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Creating a new market for grid inertia is forcing market rule makers to choose between the dirty fossil past and the green energy future.

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Renewables and battery storage developer Quinbrook turns to renewable biogas from farms in latest US purchase.

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Closing Liddell is unlikely to cause the lights to go out. Rather, the demise of ageing and unreliable coal plants offers a once-in-a-generation opportunity.

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Iberdrola to build battery recycling facility in Spain with global minerals giant and also plans major solar PV manufacturing plant.

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Experts have slammed AEMO's reasoning behind the VNI-West transmission line, calling it a "monumental mistake".

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ACT chooses Macquarie's new battery group Eku Energy to build one of the biggest batteries in Australia, rather than go with a network of smaller installations.

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Australian governments must do all they can to crowd-in private capital at the scale and speed required to deliver on our energy and climate objectives.

The post For a 1.5°C aligned electricity sector we need capital – and for capital, we need policy appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Tesla big battery no longer biggest in its own state as AGL's Torrens Island big battery finally obtains its connection agreement.

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Canadian renewables developer tapped to lead development of a huge, gigawatt-scale green hydrogen and ammonia production project in Australia.

The post Amp Energy wins bid for massive 5GW green hydrogen and metals plan appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Another strong month of rooftop solar installs – and an increase in the average system size – puts the market 20% ahead of where it was this time last year.

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Tesla expands its Megapack manufacturing operations to outside the US for the first time – to a location that promises to shore up Australian supply.

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Offshore wind giant inks deal to source highly sought after rare earth materials from Australia, critical to the mass production of turbines.

The post Siemens Gamesa taps Australian mine for rare earths critical to offshore wind boom appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Growth in wind and solar output expected to exceed demand growth for first time in 2023 outside of a recession year, signalling "beginning of the end" of fossil fuels.

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Public consultation begins on development of connection points and transmission lines to connect Australia's first offshore wind farms to the national grid.

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Investors say government should keep out of ownership of mature technologies, but assistance welcomed for new tech like storage, hydrogen and offshore wind.

The post Investors urge government to let private capital do its work on clean energy transition appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Ørsted signs deal to carry out a detailed assessment of combining offshore wind farms with liquid air energy storage.

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Rooftop solar ate everyone's lunch on a mild Easter holiday, sending grid demand to record lows but also causing unheard of levels of renewable curtailment.

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GMR Energy announces "early works" agreement for its big standalone battery on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula.

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World's largest solar and battery project has inked a deal to supply 24/7 renewable power to Darwin-based critical minerals supplier.

The post Sun Cable inks deal to supply “24/7 renewables” to Darwin minerals processing plant appeared first on RenewEconomy.

CEFC to invest up to $80 million into an ambitious private equity fund designed to drive down the emissions of middle market companies.

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