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We sliced open radioactive particles from soil in South Australia and found they may be leaking plutonium
Indonesia weighs carbon tax in battle against GHG emissions
School strike for climate: thousands take to streets around Australia
Students marched at 47 sites around the nation to call for action to halt global heating
Thousands of students across Australia walked out of classrooms to take part in the School Strike 4 Climate on Friday, calling for greater action on global heating.
Defying pouring rain in Sydney, strikers chanted for climate justice, condemning the gas, coal and fossil fuel industries, and the Morrison government’s recent decision to fund a $600m gas-fired power plant.
Continue reading...Explainer: Solar inverters have a new, important role to play – are you affected?
Changes to inverter standards will require new solar inverters to play a much more active role in the broader grid. So what does this mean for consumers?
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AEMC says rooftop solar export charge “optional” in bid to calm fears
AEMC seeks to calm fears over proposed solar export charges, but not everyone is convinced it will leave solar owners better off.
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Energy Insiders Podcast: Why green ammonia could be Australia’s next big export
Andrew Dickson from CWP explains why Australia’s biggest wind and solar project - 26GW - will likely focus on green ammonia. Plus: Taylor’s fossil fuel frenzy.
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Fortescue in talks to export green ammonia from Tasmania to Japan
Green energy arm of Andrew Forrest's Fortescue Metals signs MOU with Japanese engineering firm for green ammonia project in Tasmania.
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Australia’s “father of PV” says your next rooftop solar system might be tens of kilowatts
UNSW's Martin Green says the average Australian solar household will soon be installing "tens of kilowatts" on their rooftops, as costs continue to fall.
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“This sucker’s quick:” Biden test-drives electric Ford ute, fleshes out EV plan
Biden test drives the new Ford electric ute and tests its acceleration, and announces new EV policies. Meanwhile, in Australia ...
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Impact completes Brigalow solar farm, now looking at project financing
Impact completes Brigalow solar farm in Queensland but is now focusing on helping other project developers get over the line on finance.
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Telstra gets ready to challenge big utilities with low carbon energy offer
Telstra gets ready to challenge big utilities with new low carbon energy offer to its 13 million telco and internet customers.
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Australia’s Ampol to roll out carbon neutral offerings to customers as part of emissions plan
Don’t bet on Ampol pulling off a zero carbon switch
Ampol wants us to believe it can transform itself into a low emissions fuel company – a big ask for a company that does nothing much other than sell oil.
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Alcoa to trial new alumina process that uses renewables instead of fossil fuels
Aluminium producer gets funding to trial new technology that uses solar power rather than fossil fuels to turn bauxite into alumina.
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