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We can't afford to give free kicks to heavy emitters, especially when Australia needs all the help it can get to reach 82% renewables by 2030.

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Fortescue outlines its path to "real zero" at its Pilbara mines with plans for multiple gigawatts of solar, wind and battery storage, plus an electrified fleet of trucks and trains.

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NSW make $128m commitment to "community projects and employment opportunities" in the Central-West Orana Renewable Energy Zone, to smooth the exit from coal.

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Toyota Australia announces $3m tilt at stationary hydrogen fuel cell power generator assembly and distribution, in a deal with France-based EODev.

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Rio Tinto wants to install 600MW of renewables to replace the gas it uses to extract iron ore – including old mine sites earmarked to host solar farms.

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Independent expert looking at Origin Energy takeover says there is likely little value for the utility in keeping Eraring open beyond 2025, and any extension would be limited.

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Genex lands off take agreement for proposed Kidston wind project that will form part of the clean energy hub incorporating wind, solar and pumped hydro storage.

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The overwhelming takeaway from industry experts at this year’s AFR Energy & Climate Summit was that while commitment to ambitious clean energy goals remains strong, achieving 82 per cent renewable energy by 2030 is fast becoming unachievable under the existing plan. The repeated calls for increased support and investment to bring the necessary volume of […]

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EnergyAustralia announces plans to help coal plant workers transition from jobs at its Yallourn power station to the Elanora Offshore wind farm.

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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation committed a record amount of finance to renewables and grid projects in 2022-23, but says the task ahead is huge.

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CSIRO says a "curtain" of falling ceramic particles may deliver the extreme heat needed to deliver the low cost "solar battery" long promised by CST technologies.

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Australia is going through a major debate right now about the closure timings of the country’s big coal fired power stations. Harnessing consumer and distributed energy resources - solar, batteries and EVs - are part of the solution.

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Battery storage has become Tesla's highest margin business, and has more than doubled in size over the past year.

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To have any chance of hitting our overall emission reduction targets, we must speed up the rollout of renewables. There's an obvious solution to this problem.

The post RET is still the best: Why it’s time to renew Australia’s renewable energy policy appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The argument of wind and solar diversity for the big new transmission link from Victoria to NSW doesn't hold water.

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Newly published UNSW research is the first to quantify climate change’s impact on solar resource reliability in Australia over the next century.

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Record levels of solar is taking pressure off the grid and pushing down prices, but regulator says there is a "pressing need" for new investment" in large scale wind and solar.

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Bubble curtains are being rolled out at two US offshore wind projects to minimise noise impact on whales and other marine life.

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The 180 MW Dulacca wind farm officially opened as state Labor government ramps up efforts to reach its renewable energy targets.

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One of Australia's biggest super funds is prepared to plough up to $2 billion in small scale solar and batteries, a sector ignored by big investors.

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