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BNEF reports temporary cost rises for renewables, driven by increased cost of materials, freight, fuel and labor. But solar and wind are still way cheaper than coal and gas.

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Technology to cut steelmaking emissions is in the early stages, but such transitions can accelerate, as shown by wind and solar.

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Public funding of energy research collapsed under the Coalition, with more funds spent on fossil fuel technologies than renewables, IEA data shows.

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AEMO's main roadmap shows Australia's main grid getting close, but not quite, to 100 per cent renewables over a year. Here's why.

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AGL reveals that Canadian investment giant Brookfield quietly increased its stake in the energy company, reviving takeover speculation.

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New research shows Australia ranks as one of the most litigious on climate change, as the number of lawsuits launched globally continues to surge.

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AEMO roadmap still assumes all brown coal generation gone by 2032, but future roadmaps may point to black coal generators closing around the same time.

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Wind and solar face curtailment rates of up to 20 per cent in a high renewables grid, because it may no longer be economic to store excess power.

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AEMO says the energy chaos is likely to accelerate the switch to renewables, but the scale of the transition is immense, and the need to act is urgent.

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Five New South Wales solar and battery recycling initiatives receive combined total of $7.4m in state government funding.

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Anthony Albanese says Scott Morrison's recalcitrance on climate change almost scuttled a major trade deal with the European Union.

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G7 western economies reaffirm commitment to climate goals while tackling ongoing energy crisis. But climate activists are not happy.

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Labor will seek to legislate its 2030 target, EV tax cuts and a revival of the Climate Change Authority during the first week of the new parliament.

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MGA Thermal says it hopes to be producing 1MWh a day of stackable thermal storage blocks by year’s end at its new commercial facility in Newcastle.

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Australia's LNG exporters are contributing to an ongoing energy crisis, by diverting gas away from the domestic market, AER data confirms.

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Olivia Smith from PositiveGood discusses where and how PR fits into your marketing toolkit.

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AEMO revealed new generation and project proposals now total more than 150GW, as it prepares to release latest 20-blueprint of how to connect it all to the grid.

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Labor will rely on Abbott-era climate policy to deliver the bulk of emissions cuts to hit its 2030 target. It must avoid making the same policy mistakes.

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Hornsdale big battery fined over response to market when country's biggest coal unit failed, and AGL wind farms fined over settings in lead up to South Australia blackout.

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WA tips another $37m to deploy 180 standalone power systems across the state, as it aims for 1,000 over four years.

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