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Labor's retrograde pandering to the tax-avoiding multinational gas cartel is almost as counterproductive as the "gas-led recovery" brain-fart of the previous government.

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Orchid Energy says it is investigating the feasibility of building a multi-gigawatt portfolio of offshore wind farms off the coast of Far North Queensland.

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Proposed rule change could provide breakthrough for wind, solar and storage projects threatened by huge delays and extra costs over grid connection process.

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Victoria’s Labor government locks in shift to 95% renewables with one of the world’s most ambitious emissions reduction targets set to be legislated.

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Vast Solar signs up potential investor and offtaker in Port Augusta solar methanol plant to be powered by Australia's first large-scale solar thermal project.

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Draft bill to fast-track "next wave" of hydrogen and renewable projects in SA, including a “clear competitive tender” for government-owned land and waters.

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WA government allocates prime Pilbara land for a range of projects proposing to produce hydrogen, ammonia and renewable energy.

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Acknowledging that the regulatory environment is not fit for purpose is one thing; proceeding with transmission projects with this knowledge is absurd.

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BlueScope Steel chips in funds and prime real estate at its Port Kembla hub to build a “world first” gravitational energy storage R&D facility.

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AEMO says network in gridlock and unable to shift enough wind and solar, as Bowen says regulator decisions need to be about more than pure economics.

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Construction complete at the first big battery in the Northern Territory, although it won't be in full service until next year.

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Renewable hydrogen hopeful with electrolyser plans for Tasmania says it may have found a transport customer.

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South Australia's sixth utility scale solar farm is expected to be up and running by September and has formally applied for its generation licence.

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Bowen says green hydrogen support just the start as he compares Australian reliance on coal and gas in the future to the collapse of Kodak.

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Gerry Swiegers will take $3.7 million back to the lab to further improve the hydrogen tech he spun out into Vestas-backed Hysata.

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WA's main grid enters the big battery era with the official launch of its first battery, to be quickly followed by two even bigger storage projects.

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The problem of net negative load during the day and steeper evening ramps is becoming stark in California. More storage is needed,

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Surely we want to encourage more storage and firming, so we why don’t we have a NEM-wide policy like the LRET?

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Early stage plans to develop a 26 turbine wind farm in the NSW Riverina region have been dumped by developer Windlab.

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South Australia and Victoria will be the first states to hold auctions for storage under the new Capacity Investment Scheme.

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