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In 2024, Renew Economy's traffic jumped 50 per cent to more than 24 million page views. Now it's time for a break.

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In our final episode for the year, SunWiz's Warwick Johnston on the highs and the lows of 2024 for rooftop PV, home batteries and all those who make the industry tick. Plus the news of the week.

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CEFC winds up 2024 with record investment in two huge transmission projects, as Marinus reveals the cost for undersea cable has jumped again.

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Regulator says big energy players are manipulating prices to their benefit. It's not illegal, but it's putting a sour note on the energy transition and may require changes to market design.

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The builder of Australia's biggest battery project describes the country's long stringy grid as like a peal necklace, and notes the "precipitous" fall in battery cell costs.

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Australia's biggest coal grid witnesses record output of wind energy - in the evening peak.

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The first big solar battery hybrid is cashing in on demand peaks, providing power until late in the evening and displaying flexibility not possible for coal or nuclear plant.

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A new wave of geothermal energy companies are emerging, and they're using shale gas tech to make it cheaper, faster and simpler than a decade earlier.

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The Albanese government approved a batch of four coal mines on Thursday, including a super-emitting mine that could almost crash the Safeguard Mechanism. 

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Landmark compensation claim against coal generation companies has been dismissed, with the court finding that maximising profits is not illegal and everyone is doing it.

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If politicians really want to help households lower their energy bills, there’s better places to go looking than the next big power station. Local networks are a good place to start.

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In our last episode of the year, federal energy and climate minister Chris Bowen joins us to discuss the CIS, climate targets, EVs, the agenda for 2025, and the Coalition's nuclear plan.

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Chris Bowen describes Peter Dutton's nuclear plan as a political "con job", and says while Labor's policies are starting to deliver there is more to do.

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How would Freud diagnose the pro-nuclear and anti-renewable lobbies? Do not be surprised if it involves phallic symbols and nostalgic idealisation. Plus, a musical assessment.

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Victorian power distributors say they want to be among the first in the world to own and operate kerbside electric vehicle chargers that would be installed on their network of power poles. The idea of kerbside charging is not new, with Ausgrid running a program in New South Wales to help boost public charging infrastructure, and some […]

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Transgrid’s massive HumeLink transmission line, considered crucial to unlocking capacity of Snowy Hydro 2.0, has been given the federal green tick.

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US Department of Energy has eroded the fossil fuel industry's arguements for ramping up fossil gas exports, with direct relevance for Australia.

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New rule change is progress for Australian consumers seeking to get the most out of investments in rooftop solar, batteries and efficient electric appliances. But experts warn that the devil is in the detail.

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Goldwind says its first 22 ME offshore wind turbine will be a "weapon" on costs, helping reduce them up up to 10 per cent.

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In less than 24 hours Victoria went from having record demand to warnings of having too little. No wonder the likes of Tesla are warning that its grid is no place for nuclear.

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