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CEIG warns proposed property fire levies could add millions of dollars a year in extra running costs to big solar, wind and battery projects in state with 95 per cent renewables target.

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One of Europe’s first projects to produce green hydrogen on a large scale in northern Germany has been scrapped due to high construction costs.

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Construction has begun on a 1.1MW solar farm and 3MWh battery storage project that aims to take the Tiwi Islands to 50 per cent renewables.

The post 5B begins work on solar and battery project to get Tiwi Islands to 50 pct renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Governments shouldn't coast using fat wind and solar pipelines when they could achieve so much more, says a new report.

The post Want to fight climate change? Triple global renewables target to 11TW by 2030 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

NSW threads a path in and around Hunter Valley mines and wineries as it seeks to build a major new "backbone" for transporting wind and solar into major demand areas.

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Cannon-Brookes says AGL's targets for the green energy transition are hopelessly inadequate, and will reward senior executives with bonuses just for "standing still."

The post Cannon-Brookes calls on Australia’s biggest coal polluter to move a lot faster to green energy appeared first on RenewEconomy.

"At least" six wind farms proposed for development in Tasmania face major delays, or worse, in the fallout from the decision to cut the MarinusLink project in half.

The post “Hard to fathom:” Six wind farms in doubt in Tasmania as transmission plans change appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The new battery will store power from the expanded 6.2 MW gas to energy power plant for dispatch during peak periods.

The post ACT adds new 24 MWh battery as it expands landfill gas generation appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Massive wind turbine blade hits the road, for an epic road trip too ne of the largest off-grid hybrid renewable energy systems to power a mining operation in Australia.

The post First turbine blade leaves port for epic road trip to mine’s remote renewable microgrid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Macquarie launches new Australian-based onshore renewables business, with an initial project pipeline of 4 gigawatts of wind, solar and storage projects, and plans to build much more.

The post Macquarie launches new renewables business with 4GW of wind, solar and battery projects appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Imagine the year is 2030. You are walking down your street. Your local newsletter just announced that your community is now running on 100% renewable energy.

The post The future of energy is community energy, and 100 per cent renewable appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Rooftop and utility scale solar set new records in Australia's main grid, as coal output from the country's biggest coal state also sent to a new low.

The post Solar smashes more records, as coal power sent to another new low appeared first on RenewEconomy.

W.A. to invest $708 million in new transmission projects - its biggest investment in the grid for than a decade - to kick start 10-fold increase in new wind and solar capacity.

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The NSW Planning department has performed a remarkable backflip on the messaging from its wind farm map. Everywhere is now deemed "suitable" for wind turbines.

The post NSW Planning backflips on wind energy map messaging: Everywhere is now suitable! appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Confusing new wind guidelines in NSW as coal state runs short of spinning machines. Plus: Origin battle intensifies as Tesla throws down energy gauntlet.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: State of confusion appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A large-scale green hydrogen production facility at bp’s former Kwinana oil refinery in WA has made key new progress, backed by $70m from federal Labor.

The post Kwinana green hydrogen hub reaches “major milestone” at former oil refinery appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australian researchers develop a new way to make, reproduce and test new perovskite solar cells within a matter of weeks, bypassing years of human labour and error.

The post Australian perovskite breakthrough takes the “alchemy” out of solar cell production appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Ariel Liebman was a great networker, bringing people together to work on what he called the BHAGs – the big hairy audacious goals relating to climate change.

The post Vale Ariel Liebman: Tackling big hairy audacious climate goals won’t be the same without him appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia could support up to five giga-factories, just for domestic energy storage and commercial electric vehicles.

The post Australia has everything battery storage needs, except the ability to make them at scale appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Woodside Energy was among those assessed to be at significant risk of "net zero greenwash" because of their efforts to influence governments against phasing out fossil fuels.

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