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A 41-year old man has died at the site of one of Australia's biggest solar projects, in what is being described as a workplace accident.

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Australian company says its technology uses green electricity to turn air into plasma, breaking apart nitrogen before turning it into ammonia.

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Macquarie's battery offshoot Eku Energy signs deal to build more than 1GW of battery capacity in Italy with up to eight hours storage.

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Countrywide is neck and neck with rival Line Hydrogen to refuel Tasmanian fuel cell-electric trucks.

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AEMO outlines works needed to make grid ready for 100 pct renewables, including tighter control of inverters and looking at the growing number of small solar farms.

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ARENA to partly fund $111 million project, including a green hydrogen electrolyser to help decarbonise the hard-to-abate industry.

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Federal Labor officially declares Australia's second offshore wind development zone, a nearly 2,000km square area off the coast of the Hunter region.

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Energy experts, including another former chief scientist, say nuclear debate is being used to slow down renewables and puts net zero targets at risk.

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Federal climate and energy minister Chris Bowen defends targets as ambitious and achievable, as he prepares to announce Hunter offshore wind zone and roll out capacity mechanism and fuel efficiency standards.

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Chris Bowen says climate and renewables targets are ambitious but achievable, as he concedes new temperature records show that climate change is a "lived reality."

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Kepco signs MoU to progress plans to produce up to 3.5 million tonnes of green hydrogen a year from 50GW of wind and solar installed in Western Australia.

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A new rapid deploy solar technology has landed in Australia, claiming to offer world's first and only prefabricated solar tracker system.

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WA hatches plan to provide free daytime electricity for hardship customers, much of which will come from excess solar sent to the grid from state's rooftops.

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GridBeyond acquires energy business of California AI software developer Veritone, to bolster its electricity trading, forecasting, and consulting services.

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Building new transmission infrastructure is unavoidable. But we can do it cleverly and minimise the impact on communities and landowners.

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Queensland Labor government identifies 12 renewable energy zones to help Australia's most coal dependent state shift to 80% renewables in just over a decade.

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Costs revealed for the network component of the Waratah Super Battery, and one of the world's biggest and most complex standby battery systems.

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Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, which has a 30GW pipeline in Australia, including the first offshore wind farm, is creating the world’s largest dedicated renewables investment fund.

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The state's draft connection rules have thrown up another gem, but this one will upend the state's inverter market.

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TagEnergy starts work on the first of 122 turbines for the first 756MW of the massive Golden Plains wind farm, and is laying foundations for its big battery.

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