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First pumped hydro project win for a long duration storage tender in Australia, along with another two eight-hour batteries in landmark result that sees falling prices.

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Perth’s state library theatre was packed out on Tuesday night last week to hear climate and energy policies from the main political parties and from a community independent.

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The Australian Renewable Energy Agency has put out a call for applications for a share of $46.3 million in grants to deploy community batteries across Australia.

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Investigations are underway after a truck carrying a 70 metre wind turbine blade got stuck in a residential street, blocking traffic and damaging council property, including a roadside tree.

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House committee says nuclear cannot be deployed quickly enough to help Australia's climate targets, or to assist the transition for coal communities.

The post Too slow and too expensive: House committee says Coalition nuclear plan won’t help climate targets appeared first on RenewEconomy.

If politicians want to help permanently lower household energy bills, there are plenty of options available. Many are cheaper and more accessible than home batteries.

The post Energy bill relief: Don’t bet the house on a federal battery rebate, offer something better appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Matt Kean fights back against Ted O'Brien's attempts to silence him and the Coalition's threats to castrate the CCA - again. But where is his support?

The post “Facts, not politics:” Kean fights Coalition attempts to silence him, but will he stand alone? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Major solar and battery project now has state and federal approvals in hand, after facing opposition from some high profile objectors.

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Sources say the oil and gas major is scrapping plans to ramp up renewable capacity 20-fold by 2030, returning instead to a focus on fossil fuels.

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As we push toward a cleaner, greener grid, a key question is: Where should we build all these solar and wind farms?

The post The best spots for solar and wind farms, with the least need for new poles and wires appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Two wind turbine maintenance workers fell to their death on Saturday, with local police immediately blaming “equipment failure” for the tragedy.

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The federal Coalition confirms it will now scrap two of the six offshore wind development zones declared by federal Labor, if elected to government.

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Industry body launches new information blitz targeting Australians who are "susceptible to misinformation" from anti-renewable campaigns.

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The long duration compressed air storage project has NSW development approval and soon will have its energy market rule change too.

The post Compressed air battery wins state approval for Silver City blackout fix in Broken Hill appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Italian long-duration energy storage company sets up APAC headquarters in Melbourne as it looks for sites in Victoria to deploy its proprietary CO2 battery.

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A long election night in Germany has ended with five parties entering the next parliament and the conservative alliance of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union (CSU) under chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz becoming the strongest force. Since both the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) and the pro-Russia Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) failed to clear […]

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Sanjeev Gupta is looking to pass the Tahmoor coal mine to its ninth owner for an asking price of $800 million. But who is going to step in and take responsibility for its emissions?

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Federal Coalition ready to take leaf out of Trump's playbook and attack key institutions and attack experts who point out its policy failings.

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EnergyAustralia says investment in new storage – up to 1.6 GW by 2030 – will be "critical" as more coal fired power stations are closed.

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