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Recent months saw a sharp decline in LGC prices with shortfall penalty strategies and surplus impacts much discussed. Meanwhile, STC supply continued to grow.

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South Australia's 108MW Tailem Bend solar farm has started sending electricity to the grid, kicking off operations for the state's second big solar project.

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Final trials of listening devices that monitor the health of wind turbines will take place in coming months ahead of a commercial launch mid year.

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Extreme weather events are causing severe damage to native flora and fauna, but the casualties are slipping under the radar

Some headed for the beach while others took refuge in air-conditioned buildings to escape Australia’s unprecedented weeks-long heatwave this summer.

But for ecosystems up and down the country – languishing far from the cities and the social media glare – there was no escape.

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AGL takes delivery of first "fast-start" gas generators as it prepares for high renewables share, 5-minute trading and bigger duck curves.

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Tracking dugong in the Gulf of Carpentaria; reviving ancient Aboriginal bunya harvest tradition; end of an era for regional retailer; octogenarian triathlete touts benefits of exercise.

After the death of the last male northern white rhino, scientists are looking at new ways to revive the sub-species on the brink of extinction.

Tesla follows up release of the Standard Range Model 3 with news that sales will soon be online-only, but this also mean the cars will cost less.

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Audi says it will only have electric vehicles on display at this year's Geneva Motor Show – a sign of the times.

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Australia's current greenhouse emissions target is not ambitious enough, and we're not on track to hit even this modest goal. But the potential is there to hit zero emissions by mid-century if we try. Anna Skarbek, CEO at ClimateWorks Australia, Monash University Anna Malos, Project Manager, climate and energy policy, ClimateWorks Australia Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Molluscs that have shells - like pipis, clams and oysters - have to build their own shell from scratch. And they keep building it their whole life, using chemicals from the sea and their own bodies. Aurelie Moya, Research Fellow, James Cook University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A new astronaut capsule, which launched on Saturday, has successfully guided itself into the station.

The demonstration flight of America’s new astronaut capsule will see it dock with the lab.

More than 600,000 tonnes of plastic packaging – out of 900,000 tonnes used – was not recycled last year

Only a third of Australia’s plastic packaging waste ends up being recycled, according to a new report.

The study, conducted by the University of Technology Sydney and commissioned by the Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO), tracked different kinds of packaging waste in the 2017-18 financial year.

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SpaceX has launched a capsule designed to carry people from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Students' mass walkouts to demand action have sparked a debate over school attendance in Germany.

PM Trudeau announces $1.4bn (£1.2bn) for a Nasa space station to help land humans on the Moon.

The new combination could be approved to carry people if the mission is successful.

Firewood banksia don't just survive in Western Australia's sandy plains, they thrive, showing off with vibrant, pink-red flower spikes. Rachel Standish, Senior Lecturer in Ecology, Murdoch University Lauren Svejcar, PhD Candidate, Murdoch University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The seven-foot (2.1m) hoodwinker sunfish washes up in Santa Barbara, baffling scientists.