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FFI strikes partnership with Djibouti to explore potential green hydrogen industry

Tue, 2022-07-05 13:02

Djibouti’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Yonis Ali Guedi and Fortescue Future Industries CEO Julie Shuttleworth sign Framework Agreement.FFI partners with Djibouti to study green hydrogen options as part of a plan to establish itself as a leading global green hydrogen supplier.

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Wind generation overtakes brown coal in June, in month of new records

Tue, 2022-07-05 12:58

Wind generation overtakes brown coal in June, in a month of records that saw Victoria become first state to deliver a terawatt hour of wind in a single month.

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Amber says support for household batteries smartest way out of energy crisis

Tue, 2022-07-05 12:04

Independent retailer Amber Electric says unleashing household batteries would be a better solution to current energy crisis than a capacity mechanism.

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CleanCo names new CEO to lead renewables “growth phase”

Tue, 2022-07-05 11:58

Queensland’s publicly owned CleanCo appoints former US utility boss as new CEO.

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Price cap could return on Tuesday as coal and gas drive prices higher again

Tue, 2022-07-05 09:09

Price cap likely to return to Queensland on Tuesday as market operator seeks emergency reserves in country's most coal dependent state.

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Sun Cable names financial advisors for world’s biggest solar and battery project

Tue, 2022-07-05 08:55

sun cable solar and batterySun Cable names financial advisors to raise more than $30 billion for what will be the world's biggest solar and battery project, and the first of many.

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Marginal loss factors: Why they matter, and where they bite

Mon, 2022-07-04 16:55

An in-detail look at why MLFs are important and some of the more notable trends that are driving long-term location signals for wind and solar.

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Regional towns could be wiped out by move to net-zero. Here’s their best chance for survival

Mon, 2022-07-04 14:51

 Canva).The demise of fossil fuels could prompt a boom in new green industries, but only if governments back the zero carbon transition.

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Labor welcomes doubling of coal and gas profits, but no talk of windfall tax

Mon, 2022-07-04 14:30

Labor welcomes doubling of profits for Australia's coal and gas exporters last year, despite consumers getting slugged, showing little has changed on this front despite change of government.

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Germany stops landmark mechanism that funded renewables expansion via power bills

Mon, 2022-07-04 13:39

Germany ends landmark renewables levy on consumer power prices. The surcharge helped to spur the growth of wind and solar power capacity for more than two decades.

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Small retailers issue plea for help as fossil fuel price surge claims another victim

Mon, 2022-07-04 13:17

Australia transmission network infrastructure - canva - optimisedSmaller electricity retailers issue joint plea to market regulators to stop "chain reaction" of failures as yet another energy retailer calls in administrators.

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Angus Taylor lines up against huge solar and battery project in Hume

Mon, 2022-07-04 12:58

Minister for Energy Angus Taylor during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas).Community group says former federal energy minister is quietly supporting opponents of a 400MW solar farm and big battery in his electorate.

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German wind giant buys into three big Australian offshore wind projects

Mon, 2022-07-04 12:48

German wind giant teams up with UK based developer to advance three offshore wind projects in Australia.

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Victoria starts momentous shift from dirty and expensive gas, but is it quick enough?

Sun, 2022-07-03 12:23

Victoria begins momentous shift from gas in a landmark roadmap to embrace electrification and energy efficiency.

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Webinar: Funding Net Zero: Green Capital for the Asia Energy Transition

Fri, 2022-07-01 21:19

Join a panel of leading experts in a broad ranging discussion about the challenges and opportunities of net zero for Asia.

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Energy Insiders Podcast: Australia’s rapid transition to renewables

Fri, 2022-07-01 15:26

AEMO lays out roadmap for a rapid transition to renewables, Baringa's Alan Rai joins us to discuss the high points and the lows.

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Could an emissions reduction trajectory be baked into a capacity mechanism?

Fri, 2022-07-01 15:08

big battery Neoen Tesla VictoriaEnergy ministers will decide which technologies will be eligible in a capacity mechanism, but the ESB chief says emissions cuts could be built into its design.

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“Big shift in language:” Transgrid welcomes new urgency in transmission plans

Fri, 2022-07-01 15:07

Australia transmission network infrastructure - canva - optimisedTransgrid says switch to green energy is going to accelerate, particularly after the disruption in global energy markets.

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Chubb’s big challenge is to restore confidence in Australia’s tainted carbon markets

Fri, 2022-07-01 12:47

Former Chief scientist of Australia Ian Chubb speaks during an address to the National Press Club in Canberra, (AAP Image/Lukas Coch)Labor taps former chief scientist Ian Chubb with the task of restoring confidence in Australia's troubled carbon offsets regime.

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US Supreme Court curtails EPA’s power to regulate carbon pollution

Fri, 2022-07-01 12:45

Ruling by activist court doesn’t take away the EPA’s power to regulate carbon emissions from power plants, but it makes federal action much harder.

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