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It has been a great year for solar, but as we reveal today, there are still some disturbing sales practices taking place. Customers be warned.

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Energy consumer advocates note "welcome changes" in draft determination proposing “enhancements” to emergency demand response mechanism.

The post AEMC flags plan to lower costs, improve efficiency of demand response appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A green hydrogen power plant facility in South Australia is a step closer to completion with announcement of a generator supplier.

The post Renewable hydrogen power plant step closer in Port Lincoln appeared first on RenewEconomy.

AGL unveils new pumped hydro proposal for NSW, and flags a new battery storage plan for households as it prepares for energy transition.

The post AGL says it’s getting serious about storage, both batteries and pumped hydro appeared first on RenewEconomy.

AGL has a plan, and it should not come as a surprise to anyone: Milk its huge coal assets for everything they are worth, while preparing for the tricky part of preparing for the energy transition.

The post AGL has a plan: Milk coal assets while preparing for energy transition appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Met Office expects average global surface temperature from 2019-23 to reach between 1.03 and 1.57°C above pre-industrial levels, making the period from 2014-23 the hottest decade since records began.

The post Met Office: World has 10% chance of ‘overshooting’ 1.5°C within five years appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Italian oil and gas major Eni has acquires 33MW solar farm set for construction near Katherine, in the Northern Territory – the biggest for the NT so far.

The post Italian oil major taps Australian renewables, buys up NT “biggest” solar farm appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The move is further proof of a shift away from traditional power generation technologies such as coal and nuclear towards renewable energy technologies.

The post Japan scraps another coal-fired power plant appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Renewable energy broke through the 20% market share threshold in 2018, for the first time since the 1970s. Meanwhile, coal and gas generation continued to fall.

The post 2018: The year fossil fuels began their inexorable decline appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Simon’s more than 20 years of experience has been focused on public policy leadership, governance and delivery. He most recently worked with the Victorian Government, where he served as the Victorian Renewable Energy Advocate.

The post Simon Corbell, champion of renewable energy & sustainable transformation, joins Energy Estate appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Ten years ago, the nation had its worst-ever bushfire disaster - and it has left a profound legacy.

In episode two of Guardian Australia’s Look at Me podcast, we head to the south-western grasslands of Australia – home to one of the rarest birds in the world, the plains-wanderer. Its habitat has been decimated by agriculture, but now some farmers are putting the bird’s survival before profit and becoming key figures in its conservation

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Illinois and Minnesota state legislators in recent days announced 100% carbon-free electricity targets and increases to both states' Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS), building on revamped climate action across America’s midsection early in 2019.

When the place we grow up in is destroyed, it can be traumatic. Often these places are where we form our first connections to nature and our senses of self.

Disintegration of rapidly melting Thwaites ice mass could threaten coastal communities worldwide

Scientists have discovered a giant cavity at the bottom of a disintegrating glacier in Antarctica, sparking concerns that the ice sheet is melting more rapidly than expected.

Researchers working as part of a Nasa-led study found the cavern, which they said was 300 metres tall and two-thirds the size of Manhattan, at the bottom of the massive Thwaites glacier.

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As communities move towards renewal after Black Saturday, we ask how they're coping and what lessons have been learned.

Fisheries officers will be trying to scoop up the Murray Cod in nets and then drive them more than 100 kilometres downstream.

The amount of rubbish being transported from New South Wales and dumped in Queensland landfills has skyrocketed in the past year.

New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) published additional information this week about the assumptions and electricity generation mix that helped inform its 2020 RGGI cap proposal, in an effort to placate environmental groups who have argued for a more stringent target.