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Integrated solar and battery project in South Australia has been designed to take advantage of both low power prices and new AEMC rules.

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Fortescue Metals commissions its first two big batteries at Pilbara iron ore operations, and begins construction of first 100MW solar farm.

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FFI says it has produced "sizable volumes" of zero-carbon metallics from its iron ore, just this week. Just don't ask about the technology.

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Mettle of a big, iron-flow battery system as a potential long-duration energy storage solution to be tested.

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RMIT researchers say they have found low cost way of using seawater to make green hydrogen.

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Vast Solar to list on NYSE after cutting deal with world's biggest oil industry driller, giving it access to capital to take its technology to the world.

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Not everyone is convince wind assisted shipping is making a comeback. But most objections are based on four myths that can be easily debunked.

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Greens make formal offer in support of Labor's Safeguards Mechanism, but only if it is tweaked to prevent new coal and gas projects.

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CEC warns that Australia risks losing thousands of jobs and billions in funds to US unless the May budget can respond to Joe Biden's Inflation Reduction Act.

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A massive four-hour battery that will be used to stablise electricity supply and cut reliance on gas will use Tesla's Megapack battery technology.

The post Tesla lands gigawatt hour order for Megapack batteries to help muscle out gas appeared first on RenewEconomy.

You say 'bogged,' we say 'paused.' You say 'sinkhole,' we say 'surface depression.' Snowy Hydro's new CEO updates Senate Estimates on 2.0 and Kurri Kurri.

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Has the SA grid found an answer to one of the most intractable problems facing governments and energy markets around the world?

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Chinese wind energy company Envision Energy has unveiled a new onshore wind turbine, the largest of its kind.

The post World’s largest onshore wind turbine, and the first to reach 10MW, debuts in China appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Labor government wants to keep climate a quiet issue. But their latest projections show how dire the situation is.

The post Labor isn’t rising to the climate occasion – their own projections prove it appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Some of the world’s richest companies are hiding behind spurious ‘net zero’ and ‘carbon neutrality’ claims. A new report calls them out for greenwashing.

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Australian renewable energy industry broke through another milestone in 2022, commencing construction on over 5GW of wind and solar farms.

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Study finds that sequestering carbon in native trees rather than logging them could deliver huge financial benefits between 2023 and 2050.

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Neoen wins key exemption for transmission line that will link first stage of country's biggest wind, solar and battery project to the grid.

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Tilt buys half share in one of biggest land-based wind projects in Australia from European energy giant.

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Vast Solar lands another $65 million in ARENA funds to have another crack at delivering long promised solar thermal power at commercial scale.

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