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Genex looks to fast track 1.6GW solar project in Queensland as it completes foundations to its first battery storage facility.

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Essential Energy teams with AGL to install a 2MWh battery in the rooftop solar-heavy Port Macquarie region.

The post NSW network joins rush to batteries to soak up solar, save on poles and wires appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New report argues fuel tax credits should be removed for on-road users, and halved for off-road users, to drive emissions reductions and save billions.

The post Fuel tax exemptions make no sense – for the climate or the economy appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Research projects designed to harness solar energy in space are driving new approaches to the technology that could pay dividends on Earth.

The post Space-aged solar innovation: Is it coming down to Earth? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Monopoly electricity network companies have won limited rights to own and operate community batteries in one-off waiver to ring fencing rules.

The post Networks win rights to access “community” battery scheme in controversial call by regulator appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Array Technologies will set up manufacturing facilities on Australian soil as part of VRET conditions to supply a new Victorian solar farm.

The post Solar tracker giant sets up manufacturing facility in Australia to supply local projects appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A new initiative aims to drive onshore lithium battery innovation by challenging 11 start-ups to deliver ground-breaking new technologies or ancillary services.

The post Eleven Aussie battery start-ups tapped for “hyper-acceleration” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

South Australia defied the critics with the first Tesla big battery, now it plans to do the same with the world's biggest green hydrogen power plant.

The post The radical plan to build world’s biggest green electrolyser and hydrogen power plant appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Sam Crafter dealt with technology skeptics when he led the task force for the Tesla Big Battery. Now he's doing it again as head of South Australia's hydrogen office.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Does a green hydrogen power plant stack up? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

We know about “agrivoltaics”, where land under and around solar panels is used to grow crops and graze livestock. But what about “conservoltaics”?

The post How solar farms can double as havens for our wildlife appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Between 2016 and 2021, a group of just 12 Australian fossil fuel companies emitted more carbon pollution than 50% of the Pacific Islands’ total emissions over the same period.

The post Carbon emissions from Australia’s ‘Dirty Dozen’ more than half Pacific Islands’ emissions appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Queensland will install 35 neighbourhood batteries to soak up the excess solar in one of the state’s top 10 rooftop PV postcodes.

The post Energex and Origin to roll out 35 neighbourhood batteries in solar soaked regional city appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New South Wales state government to support four of the state’s highest emitting manufacturers to transition into low-carbon facilities.

The post NSW announces grants to help big manufacturers slash emissions appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Norway-based independent energy expert taps Aussie-made solar data and forecasting upstart, Solcast.

The post Australian solar forecasting innovator snapped up by EU energy giant appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A green hydrogen project that promises to be one of the first in Australia to produce at a commercial scale has signed up its first offtake partner.

The post First solar hydrogen project strikes offtake deal, to nearly double solar farm appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australian PV Institute launches new version of UNSW-developed online solar calculator, making it free to use for anyone seeking to install rooftop PV or a home battery.

The post UNSW rooftop solar mapping tool puts power in consumer hands – for free appeared first on RenewEconomy.

ACT government switches on 10MW/20MWh Queanbeyan battery – one of at least two big batteries commissioned to aid the territory's shift to all-electric renewables.

The post ACT switches on its first big battery on path to full electrification appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Two 10MW/1,000MWh multi-day iron-air battery storage systems will be deployed at two retiring coal plant sites in the US.

The post Retired coal sites to be transformed into multi-day iron-air batteries appeared first on RenewEconomy.

In the final part of our Energy Transformed podcast series we look at Victoria’s ground-breaking path from brown coal to green energy, and the role that the new public utility will play in the transition.

The post Energy Transformed Podcast: Amping up – Victoria’s energy transition appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Ikea buys into $3 billion wind and battery project in Victoria as part of multi-billion dollar renewable spend.

The post Victoria’s biggest wind farm lures major new investor, with billions earmarked for renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.