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Italian and Japanese joint venture snaps up a portfolio of wind, solar and battery assets put on the block by Australian super funds and investors.

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Report finds volume of fossil fuel subsidies from G7 nations increased 15% between 2016 and 2023 – with the US spending the most.

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Landowners are deeply involve with the wind and battery project design, ensuring the final layout works for their neighbours as well as commercial goals.

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Future of $12.5 billion renewable hydrogen project hangs in balance after new LNP state government pulls support, leaving questions over wind and solar projects.

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New data reveals that the total amount of large-scale solar and wind curtailment in 2024 was equivalent to the annual output of the original Snowy Hydro scheme.

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Hydro Tasmania inks new deal to supply manganese smelter with a majority renewables power mix that makes it one of the greenest in the world.

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Tilt Renewables has acquired the Boco Rock wind farm in New South Wales, a decade after stage one of the project was first commissioned.

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The NSW EPA's new guide for "Large Emitters" puts the coal industry’s methane crisis in its sights. The big question is, how will the coal mining industry respond?

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Victoria wind farm shut down after incident that appeared to show the collapse of one of its turbines.

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Climate Council's Greg Bourne says a new focus on community energy projects and electrification will address some of the missing links in the green energy transition.

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A power company has been fined $9 million for allowing a "catastrophic" generator explosion that caused widespread blackouts due to a lack of backup systems.

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Big solar and wind sent the share of renewables on the main grid to a record 44 per cent in January, and prices often into negative territory.

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New planning rules mean that wind farms will be subject to more strenuous assessments than coal mines, green groups say.

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One of the first contracted solar farms in Victoria has been offline for nearly a year dealing with component issues.

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A 70-turbine wind farm proposed for construction in coal country in Central Queensland has won federal environmental approval, clearing the way for it to be built.

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Clean energy investment hit a new high in 2024, off the back of record electric vehicle sales and record renewables growth. But BNEF says there is "still much more that needs to be done."

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Another three big renewable and storage projects enter EPBC planning pipeline, with two of them branding themselves as "energy hubs".

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Lessons from Australia teach us that going all-in on fossil fuel exports is a recipe for volatile energy supplies and higher prices. Trump’s "drill baby, drill" will leave Americans vulnerable.

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WA awarded more than $20 million to create "Australia's first live DER marketplace," in race to integrate the state's huge rooftop solar resource before the end of the decade.

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German region received 440,000 complaints against wind projects. Most came from a single group, with one person writing 565.

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