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Rooftop solar smashed more records over the "grand final" long weekend, sending coal output and network demand to new lows as the grid continues to be reshaped.

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For all of the doom-saying, Australia is putting the building blocks in place to get to net zero faster.

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Renewables covered more than half of Germany’s electricity consumption so far this year, and has averaged 50 pct or more for each of the last seven months.

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The EIS for the country's first renewable zone has been lodged, but has already run into opposition from the Greens over compulsory acquisition proposals.

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Sparc Technologies says it will speed up and extend its R&D into sodium ion batteries, as an alternative to lithium-ion, after a second round of positive results.

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Group behind Victoria's first inner-urban community battery turns to public transport to raise awareness of vital role of shared energy storage in shift to renewables.

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New analysis concludes that Australia must expand its export terminal capacity tenfold to have any hope of fulfilling its renewable hydrogen ambitions.

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La Trobe University has announced plans to install what it claims to be the largest "urban solar farm" in Victoria, a 2.9MW PV ground-mounted array and 2.5MW battery

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Competition for new transmission would ensure investment is necessary and not padding out profits of regulated monopolies, or compensating for their shortcomings.

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The Bouldercombe battery has been re-energised and charged and discharged into the grid just 48 hours after a fire destroyed one of its Tesla Megapack modules.

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Two new big battery projects in South Australia have obtained transmission connection agreements, including the first big battery for Zen Energy.

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Infrastructure Victoria CEO says there's an enormous opportunity for private households and businesses in the shift towards greater energy efficiency.

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Emerging critical infrastructure technology company has raised more than $15 million to bankroll a push into the United States and Europe to support energy utilities.

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After a brief downing of tools in May, the first turbine has been installed at what will be one of the biggest wind farms in Australia.

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Good intentions around community batteries are being hijacked by monopoly businesses, while the best route to energy equality is staring governments in the face.

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Amber’s Tim Barson on how home batteries are turning into a money spinner. Plus: Rooftop solar shattering records across the grid.

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NSW government tips $45m into Origin-led plans to build a green hydrogen hub on Koorangang Island and wean Orica and other industrials off fossil gas.

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The campaign against wind, solar, batteries and EVs is getting bizarre and intense. Prime minister Albanese pushed back when asked on radio if koalas were being killed to make way for renewables.

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Telstra to take half of the output of a new 120 MW solar farm that is being built in Queensland, its fifth such agreement with large scale renewable projects.

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US industrial giant invests $US27.5 million in a strategic collaboration to advance the development and market adoption of iron flow battery systems.

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