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The inside story of what went wrong with the Snowy 2.0 tunnelling, which has ground to a halt having barely moved in more than a year.

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Renewables output breaks above 20GW in Australia's main grid for first time, while output of wind and solar jumps 900MW to new record.

The post Wind and solar output set landmark new milestone in Australia’s rapidly changing grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

More solar beer for Australian fridges as iconic Queensland brewery goes 100% renewable in an energy offtake deal with Lightsource bp.

The post 100 per cent renewable XXXX, as oil giant and beer giant strike new PPA appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australian energy transition expert officially joins Saul Griffith in his company's mission to "electrify everything" with solar and battery storage.

The post Australian energy transition guru to lead “most exciting climate strategy anywhere” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Fully Charged LIVE Australia will be packed with progressive companies and 10-15,000 positive consumers.

The post MG4 debuts in Sydney, as Fully Charged show ‘almost every EV’ appeared first on RenewEconomy.

These are interesting times for the previously teflon-coated coal tycoon Gautam Adani and his hydra-like empire. The world is watching.

The post Adani: Are we witnessing a corporate Hindenburg? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Professor Andrew Blakers, one of the team awarded "Nobel prize" of engineering, and how solar will eliminate fossil fuels, and Australian's leading role in that transition.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: The Australian solar heroes bringing down coal and gas appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Leading solar researcher predicts technology will "wipe fossil fuels" out of the global economy, and help deliver a resilient, reliable and extremely cheap energy grid.

The post Solar’s stunning journey from lab curiosity to global juggernaut wiping out fossil fuels appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Iconic biscuit brand announces shift to 100% renewables, in a deal with major Queensland utility that's also making the move from black to green.

The post Cracker of a deal: Arnott’s takes iconic biscuit operations to 100 per cent renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

We can’t expect markets to end the burning of coal as quickly as we need to halt global warming. That means we’ll need policies to do the work.

The post Coal whack-a-mole: Current efforts to phase out coal power just won’t cut it appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Early scoping work begins on the fourth phase of the world’s largest offshore wind farm, taking the total to around 5GW.

The post World’s biggest offshore wind farm seeks to add another gigawatt of capacity appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Faulty components in turbines still under warranty are starting to savage the profits of some of the industry's biggest players. So what's going on?

The post Wind turbine failure rates are rising – has the industry gone too big, too fast? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

AGL has yet to demonstrate a “story” that investors could realistically embrace.

The post AGL’s coal sore: Boring is OK in share markets, clueless is not appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Western Australia takes up six out of 10 spots in the top rankings for wind farm performance in January, with South Australia occupying the remaining four.

The post West is best for wind farm performance as renewables blow away gas market share appeared first on RenewEconomy.

For a country that once "rode on the sheep's back," the dual use of farm land for both sheep grazing and solar generation makes more and more sense.

The post Solar and Sheep: “The future of regional Australia” and the key to better quality wool appeared first on RenewEconomy.

AGL is looking to rapidly expand decentralised assets - EVs, orchestrated solar and batteries - which means less investment in big wind and solar.

The post AGL looks to EVs, batteries and rooftop solar as it goes local and digests massive loss appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Danish wind giant explores new method of recycling wind turbine blades – including those already in landfill.

The post Vestas claims major breakthough in wind turbine blade recycling appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Snowy 2.0’s estimated completion has been officially delayed, again, making its completion this decade look increasingly unlikely.

The post Snowy Hydro finally fesses up on delays to Snowy 2.0, and for Kurri Kurri too appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Contact Energy and Lightsource bp have been tapped to build one of Aotearoa's biggest solar farms, to date, next to an international airport.

The post Big solar off and flying in New Zealand with first utility scale asset for Lightsource bp appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture, the scene of the world’s most recent nuclear disaster in 2011, is weighing up offshore wind for future power generation.

The post Tokyo Gas eyes floating offshore wind for Fukushima appeared first on RenewEconomy.