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Consumers pay price of fossil fuel addiction with retail electricity prices set to jump again in July across all of the mainland NEM states.

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American tech icon works up the next variant of its Haliade-X wind turbine, with plans already underway to deliver a 17 or 18MW offshore model by 2025.

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On the one hand, there are some pretty neat features of the legislation. On the other, Safeguard has some eerie parallels to the subprime mortgage crisis.

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Federal energy minister seeks to downplay power price fears, and provides some nuggets to feed the gas industry chooks.

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WA renewable hydrogen project reaches critical milestone, securing more than its needed supply of water for stage one of the project.

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EnergyAustralia shifts to a new, more future focused billing and data platform for its zero upfront cost solar and battery offering, Solar Home Bundle.

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NSW is launching a new tender - likely for a big battery - focused on the "firming" gap created by the planned retirement of Australia's biggest coal generator.

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Australian carbon accounting outfit teams with Schneider Electric to create software that allows businesses to track their full carbon footprint.

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Workers on a wind farm being built in Ukraine are wearing body armour to ensure the project is completed in the northern spring.

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Offsets under the Safeguard Mechanism are not an excuse for inaction or an easy way out. They are an unfunded liability that will grow in both cost and risk.

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Australian solar pioneer to lead collaboration with India on solar, including "enormous opportunities" to build up a domestic PV manufacturing supply chain.

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GE says it will focus on leaner wind turbine manufacture operations, with far fewer variants, to stem the flow to breakdowns.

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Andrew Forrest owned Windlab shrinks size of massive wind farm but report says it still has "unavoidable" consequences for several endangered species.

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Genex Power marks "key milestone" for its first big battery, the 50MW/100MWh Bouldercombe project near Rockhampton in Queensland.

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Head of Australia's biggest distributed network says electric vehicles are not about to blow up the grid, but is surprised by anti-EV talk in Australia.

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First offshore wind auctions in Australia to be held in 2025 as country prepares ports for massive turbines that will help replace last of coal power plants.

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Sydney-based Gelion announces intention to build “world’s best battery” after buying up hundreds of lithium sulfur and silicon anode patents.

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Germany will use auctions to ensure new gas power plants are built, used only as back-up, and converted to hydrogen “as soon as possible."

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Matt Kean strikes back at NSW Labor, pointing to data showing the state outstripping the rest of the country in new renewable and storage projects.

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Arena-backed trial will see energy retailers offer innovative incentives to customers to enable access to their existing rooftop solar systems.

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