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The big bad Greenies are not about to storm into your house to take away the BBQ. But we do need to electrify everything, as quickly as we can.

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Dr Jan Rosenow from the global think tank, Regulatory Assistance Project, discusses why electric heat pumps are the most efficient heating technology ever invented, why overall energy demand will reduce by 40% if we electrify everything, and why energy efficiency is a key part of the electrification journey.

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Rather than viewing NSW as an outlier in its progress away from fossil fuels, we should consider it a precursor to other states following the same path.

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Countrywide Hydrogen says it will sell the hydrogen it produces in Tasmania directly via a new brand called H2Co Energy to keep down costs.

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Huge Tassie wind farm trims turbine numbers and height as it appeals an order to shut down for five months a year to protect endangered parrots.

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Queensland promises $8.5m more to Korea-backed plans for green hydrogen export facility in new pitch on its key role in the Asia-Pacific supply chain.

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Plans to combine up to 4GW of wind, solar and battery storage in WA's Pilbara will be led by the traditional owners of Yindjibarndi lands in partnership with Acen.

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Renewables reach a new milestone of 37 per cent share of the main grid over the last 12 months.

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A new renewable certificate scheme, known as REGOs, will help us better understand emission abatement of wind and solar and take us closer to net zero.

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The legislation – which is heavily dependent on CCS working – is shaping up as a financial disaster with Australian taxpayers footing the bill.

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Offshore wind turbines grow bigger and more powerful by the year, but the Hunter zone's height rule will limit developers to current-day technology.

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Tesla is poised to launch a new electricity supply venture in the UK, based around its Powerwall batteries, in its push for 100 pct renewables and global domination.

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Owners of Vales Point coal fired power generator push out closure date by four years after "reassessing" technical life of the plant.

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Two oil majors will pay a combined €12.6 billion for the right to build wind farms in the North and Baltic seas in world’s largest ever offshore wind auction.

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Going all-electric is not easy – or is it? University of Wollongong’s Ty Christopher shares his lived and worked experience of home electrification and busts some myths.

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Japanese oil and gas giant to become newest player in Australia's renewables market, in a deal to buy a 50 per cent stake in a range of solar and wind assets.

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Climate Council calls for federal government intervention as Australia's biggest polluters set net zero targets while expanding further into fossil fuels.

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Origin to build Australia's biggest electrolyser in Hunter as Port of Newcastle targets 1.5GW of hydrogen capacity to avoid being "stranded" by switch from fossil fuels.

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Tesla chair says Australia needs to act now to forge a new vision for what the Australian economy can look like, or "our luck may just run out."

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Tighter reliability standards extended to deal with growing threat of "tail risk" events amid climate change, ageing fossil power plants, and the switch to wind and solar.

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