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The Tesla Model Y electric crossover has finally gone on sale in Australia, after a long two year wait. Specs confirmed.

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In Europe, the mantra is "energy efficiency first" and the IEA calls energy efficiency the "first fuel." In Australia, it is the "forgotten fuel" – to our great cost.

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AGL loses yet another senior leader as it announces Loy Yang A unit outage could last all of winter.

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NSW establishes a new $1.2 billion investment facility to fast track the construction of transmission infrastructure for the states' REZs

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Macquarie offshoot Corio unveils plans for the biggest offshore wind project to date in Australia.

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Heat, humidity, dust, swarms of flies and monotonous work. Building a solar farm in the outback is not quite what they say in the brochure.

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We have to start thinking about batteries in completely new ways. They aren’t just our backstop insurance policy, they are the pathway to energy independence and a decarbonised economy.

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Taxing the 'super profits' of gas companies could help governments cut the energy costs of consumers, and fund energy efficiency improvements.

The post “Tax excess profits:” Higher taxes, not subsidies, could be key to solving energy crisis appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Former head of Australia's carbon offset watchdog defends claims most offsets lack integrity, and says regulators are "clearly afraid of scrutiny".

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The mood in the solar industry has lifted as energy price hikes boost interest in rooftop PV and battery storage.

The post Solar Insiders Podcast: The solar industry won’t waste this energy crisis appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Mining giant issues Request for Proposals to develop at least 4,000MW of wind and solar and "firming solutions" to power its Queensland aluminium assets.

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NSW is targeting offshore wind projects to help power some of the state's biggest energy users as it opens up registrations for Illawarra renewable zone.

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AEMO playing the role of "ship's crew and its cartographer" for the grid as it maps out route to 100 per cent renewables in just a few years.

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Bowen says ESB to release capacity market proposals within days. He needs to take care it is not a prop for fossil fuels, and is truly "flexible".

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Energy ministers agree to progress design of a capacity mechanism "at pace", along with a "supercharged" ISP to fast-track transition.

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FFI's Felicity Underhill says Australia’s net-zero by 2050 commitment is “not enough” to underwrite the nation’s fledgling renewable hydrogen industry.

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Bowen meets state and territory energy ministers to discuss market chaos, while the Nationals ramp up nuclear advocacy.

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Capacity markets might sound like a good idea, but would be complex and costly, and wouldn’t provide protection against our current crisis.

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Albanese talks to Mike Cannon-Brookes about manufacturing options for massive Sun Cable project, the world's biggest solar and battery proposal.

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Snowy Hydro is hiking contract prices and may build more gas fired generators, because they would make "ridiculous amounts of money".

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