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Woodside secures traditional landowner agreement for first 50MW solar farm in Pilbara, with up to 500MW planned depending on customer demand.

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Rio Tinto kick starts $3 billion renewable plan in Pilbara with two 100MW solar farms and 200MWh of battery storage.

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Two new guides aim to help renewables projects avoid the mistakes of the fossil fuel past and get the best outcomes for First Nations communities.

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Wind and solar must account for 75 per cent of global electricity generation if the world has any chance of capping global warming below 2°C, new report says.

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The 227MW Collector wind farm has celebrated its official opening in the New South Wales Tablelands. Local MP Angus Taylor did not attend.

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New bill creates credits under the Safeguards Mechanism, but the devil will be in the design, which could pose problems for getting the legislation passed.

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Australia must start planning now to ensure it can meet the huge labour and skills needs of its ambitious plans for renewables and green hydrogen projects.

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Owners of biggest wind farm in Western Australia create new company to pursue new projects and expansion opportunities.

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State-owned coal generator throws its weight behind plans to develop a green hydrogen and ammonia production and export facility in North Queensland.

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Work on the first stage of what will be Australia's biggest wind and battery project to begin next year after landing unique finance deal with no long term contracts.

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Fossil fuel giant Woodside beats out green energy evangelist Andrew Forrest's Fortescue for lead role in what has been described as world's biggest green hydrogen project.

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Households participating in Tesla virtual power plant in South Australia get a credit after their batteries play key role as shock absorbers in grid separation.

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Big solar output breaks above 5GW for first time, representing an 18-fold increase in little more than four years.

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Australia-based Gelion, whose non-flow zinc-bromide energy storage technology was spun out of the University of Sydney, has a new CEO.

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WA state-owned water utility kicks off shift to renewables with deal to buy and build a 150MW wind farm to help power its operations, including desalination.

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First concrete poured to support first of 1,500 steel towers that will make up Australia’s largest electricity transmission project.

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Report identifies risks of modern slavery in clean energy supply chains, and calls for Australia to focus on its own minerals and manufacturing opportunities.

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A multi-gigawatt tender for wind and solar capacity in Spain flops due to a "secret" price cap that failed to take into account rising costs.

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Queensland says it wants to establish a local wind turbine manufacturing industry to supply its new giga-watt scale projects.

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Australian gravity storage hopeful signs MoU with global engineering firm GHD which it says is already opening doors in Australia and overseas.

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