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Sales of new petrol and diesel cars in Australia slump sharply for 18th month in a row, as electric and hybrid sales continue to surge.

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Tetris Energy is pleased to announce that it has reached financial close with Eni Australia Limited to acquire the two construction-ready solar photovoltaic (PV) projects at Batchelor and Manton Dam, in the Northern Territory of Australia.

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Massive waste-to-energy proposal for Western Sydney backed by Macquarie Group set to reignite debate over merits of burning trash for energy.

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Horizon becomes first utility to cut poles and wires and take customers off grid with renewables and storage, and more network operators will follow soon.

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Queensland state LNP breaks with federal counterparts and says renewables and energy efficiency better option than nuclear.

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The East Bay Community Energy (EBCE) group – a not-for-profit public agency that operates a Community Choice Energy Program for Alameda County in California – has contracted two more major solar and battery storage projects that it describes as “astoundingly low.” The latest deal is an agreement to contract a total of 225MW of solar...

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One in five cars sold in Norway last month was a Tesla Model 3, as Tesla claims quarter of all sales in the Norwegian auto market.

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GE Renewables wins contract to provide world's biggest wind turbines to UK Dogger Bank projects that recently set record low price for the technology.

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The Climate Action 100+ intitiatives finds investor pressure helps change company approaches to climate change, but movement on lobby groups remains slow.

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Europe's largest CO2 emitter and brown coal generation giant RWE has pledged to become carbon neutral by 2040.

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Transgrid highlights absurdity of "do no harm" rule that requires new wind and solar farms to install machinery that raises costs and may be making grid less stable.

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Melbourne Water adds new electric vehicles as part of drive to a zero emissions fleet within 10 years.

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Chinamay shutter nearly 8.7GW of coal-fired power by the end of the year in an effort to further curb smog and greenhouse gas emissions.

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An electronic petition calling for a climate emergency declaration by federal parliament sets a new record.

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China's new energy policy decisions will affect the whole world. Climate activists should really be marching on Beijing if the news flow this year is any guide.

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Sales of Tesla Model 3 electric vehicles in Australia likely to smash records, and mark a turning point for the local car market.

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Central Queensland’s Stanwell Power Station is in top notch order for summer after a multi-million dollar “grease and oil change” that has pumped $11 million into the local economy.

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EDL is in the running for the Award for Excellence – Power, in competition with power producers, as well as utilities, system operators and regional market entities from across the globe, including the United Kingdom, France, South Korea, United States of America and India.

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NSW storage proposals include 14 different big battery projects, a handful of virtual power plants, and a coal mine which wants to install pumped hydro.

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Solar Victoria confident solar rebate challenges resolved as fresh allocation of 4,000 rebates exhausted in 80 minutes.

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