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By 2030, private premises and microgrids will supply all demand in the middle of the day. Networks should embrace it, and not seek to curtail it.

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Landholders get new advice on how to negotiate deals with renewable energy and storage developers, including the thorny issue of "blade trespass."

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NSW to force thermal coal mines to reserve output for coal generators as BHP reveals its recent coal price is four times that of new price cap.

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Singapore-based Intercontinental Energy brings in another Big Oil major to take lead on one of its mega green hydrogen projects.

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Report suggests dropping fossil fuels and nuclear and going 100 pct renewables and storage would save the UK £120 billion by 2050.

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Report finds that dirty panels are having a heavy impact on the output of solar PV installations.

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AGL names a new CEO to lead switch from fossil fuels to renewables and appoints contractors to demolish the Liddell coal generator.

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The Australian government has named a former boss of NZ utility Contact Energy and long time executive at Origin Energy to lead its crisis-hit Snowy Hydro.

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The fossil-fuel induced energy crisis of 2022 has sparked the biggest ever jump in new construction starts for wind, solar and storage projects.

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Some solar farms are losing half of their output due to grid congestion, as renewable cop the brunt of curtailment and markets fail to provide correct signals to storage.

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CEO of one of the world’s largest wind turbine manufacturers believes that turbines are big enough and that the main challenge is to increase output.

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US-based developer enters Australian market with eyes on wind, solar and storage projects.

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Origin bidders ask for another week to crunch numbers of $18.4 billion offer amid gas price cap, accusations of gas industry bullying, and regulatory warnings.

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Carbon market participants have discovered what the federal government's efforts to fight climate change will mean for them.

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AEMO says it connected 2.9GW of new capacity in 2022, mostly wind and solar, but will need to double that over next eight years to meet government renewable targets.

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Danish start-up plans to build six new factories to recycle end-of-life wind turbine blades.

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The UK sets annual and instantaneous generation records for wind energy.

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Billionaire green investors Andrew Forrest and Mike Cannon-Brookes are shaping up for a battle of control over Sun Cable, the world’s largest solar and battery project, with big differences emerging over its design and purpose. Sun Cable – which is working on a 20GW solar farm and up to 42GWh of battery storage – was […]

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UGL to build Western Downs big battery for Neoen which will be located next to the country's biggest solar farm.

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First big battery in New Zealand will be built by a unit of French oil giant Total and promises a quick return on investment.

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