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Chief scientist delivers report into reviews of oil development in the Great Australian Bight. But he wasn't asked to consider climate change.

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AEMO warns of added costs and potential delays for new projects as it delves deeper into system strength issues that have already imposed limits on five major solar farms.

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Western Australia’s state owned electricity generator and retailer Synergy has named the booming rooftop solar market as a key factor behind a huge loss and asset write down revealed by the government-owned company for the last financial year. In its FY2018-19 Annual Report, Synergy says the net loss of $657 million – including a $428.9...

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While Morrison obfuscates on climate in New York, Macquarie announces mammoth plan to finance 20GW of new renewables in five years.

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UK Labour sets net-zero emissions for 2030 that no serious climate policy expert thinks is either technologically or politically feasible.

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Spark Infrastructure today announces the appointment of Mr Gerard Dover as its new Chief Financial Officer, commencing on 8 October 2019.

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Australian concentrating solar thermal power (CSP) company Vast Solar has recently been awarded the CSP Technology Innovation Prize at the international CSPPLAZA Conference 2019 held in Suzhou, China.

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Chinese PV manufacturing giant says it “makes business sense” to shift its operations to 100% renewables by 2025 – we should hope so!

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AEMC unveils blueprint for "future energy grid" embracing rooftop solar, household batteries and electric vehicles, although its call for urgency rankles with those that see the rule-maker as a stumbling block in the past.

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Wind turbines assembled on Australian soil for first time in more than 10 years, with launch of the Vestas Renewable Energy Hub in former centre for car manufacturing.

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Morrison wants Australia's climate "action" to be praised and children shielded from truth about climate impacts, just as new UN report reveals stark impacts on oceans and reefs.

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For those not convinced we need to take urgent action against climate change, here's what happens to our planet between 1.5°C and 2°C of global warming.

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Australia's second Tesla big-battery shows market regulators remain biggest barrier to integration of renewables and storage systems.

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Neoen says earnings from Tesla big battery in South Australia hold steady after stronger than expected results in first six months of operations.

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Much anticipated ruling on marginal loss factors delayed for two months by AEMC after big investors warn that status quo would kill new investment.

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New technology designed to protect eagles from being injured or killed by wind turbines farms is ready to be tested at Tasmania’s 144MW Cattle Hill project.

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20 big investors warn that new wind and solar projects won’t go ahead without changes to marginal loss factors process. Group chairman Rob Grant explains why.

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ClimateWorks research reveals less than half of Australia's major property companies have emissions targets aligned with Paris, and one in 10 have no targets at all.

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The PM further aligns his climate rhetoric to deniers, urging kids and striking school students to adopt the mantra from the old song, "Don't worry, be happy".

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Global solar PV additions in 2019 are set to drive greater double-digit renewable power capacity growth, according to the International Energy Agency.

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