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Developer of Australia's biggest wind and solar hybrid project becomes latest to unveil offshore wind plans in Australia, with five projects up to 2GW each.

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Australia’s energy crisis claims another scalp, with a solar and battery virtual power plant focused retailer entering voluntary administration.

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New study finds it will be almost impossible for renewable energy to replace fossil fuels by 2050 unless Australia reduces its energy consumption.

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CEFC has spent nearly $10 billion advancing the green energy transition, but still has $4.5 billion to spend and likely more coming for grid expansion.

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A new study - completed on Wednesday - using real time data finds renewables can meet 98.8% of demand over the year, with just five hours storage.

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APA unveils climate plans that appear to undermine - under a 1.5°C scenario - its own massive investment plans and emissions rhetoric.

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New 150MW wind farm in WA wheatbelt region waved through by environmental body.

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Blending green hydrogen into residential gas supplies is dumb on many levels, but a new report says it would send home energy costs skyrocketing even higher.

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Tips, tricks and what's new in solar safety with Erik Zimmerman from SiteTech Safety.

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Scientists develop new resin which can be turned into many things, including gummy bears. One scientist ate one to prove the point.

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Queensland's biggest battery at Wandoan South is now in full commercial operations after nearly a year of testing on the grid.

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Australian lithium miner Pilbara Minerals is almost ready to flick the switch on its first solar plant as it seeks to decarbonise as it expands.

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South 32 cancels a controversial expansion of the Dendrobium coal mine, saying it is looking to spend money on low carbon investments.

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Solar output first beat coal in winter just over a year ago, but it is now happening more often, and by a greater margin.

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Petrol refiner and retailer reveals further details of its plan to take on the Australian retail energy market, starting with a pilot fuel plus electricity offer.

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Latest regulatory report shows how multiple coal plant outages left electricity market at mercy of ... other coal plants to rebid small amounts of capacity to guarantee price spikes.

The post Coal plant outages and rebidding: Why electricity prices surged towards market cap appeared first on RenewEconomy.

AEMO is bulking up with a vastly increased budget to manage the engineering challenges of a rapidly accelerating switch to renewables and storage.

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The first solar farm to power one of Rio Tinto's huge iron ore mines begins commissioning, as does a new big battery on the same network.

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Research group is looking at how aluminium can be used to store renewable power as energy and heat - for months or even years.

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The EV Summit in Canberra will likely emerge as a pivotal moment in Australia's transition to electric vehicles. But there are still powerful forces at work trying to slow it down.

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