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New Senate committee to focus on roles and transparency of energy market regulators and grid operator, with AEMO's ISP expected to be a major focus.

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Dutton accused of not understanding the energy system by federal energy minister Chris Bowen, while former state energy minister Matt Kean also says nuclear not a suitable companion to renewables.

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Latest quarterly report from the Clean Energy Regulator reveals a promising uptick in large-scale wind and solar investment and unstoppable momentum in the rooftop PV market.

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Brisbane-based iron flow battery manufacturer Energy Storage Industries has secured investment worth $65 million to build Australia’s first manufacturing plant for grid-scale batteries.

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Not even a PM as pugilistic as Tony Abbott could dispense with a legislated Clean Energy Finance Corporation. The newly established NZEA will have the same protection and show investors the country is serious.

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Graphite boosted EV batteries and perovskite solar that can work indoors receive funding in the latest Advance Queensland funding round.

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Peter Dutton's big speech on nuclear provided a couple of new porkies, and no details of what, why, when and how much. Just denial and delay.

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EnergyAustralia signs up to buy 40% of the output from stage two of the massive Golden Plains wind farm near Rokewood, in Victoria, in a landmark PPA for the big-three gen-tailer.

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A service operation vessel under charter to Danish offshore wind giant Ørsted has reportedly collided with a turbine at the Hornsea 1 offshore wind farm in the North Sea.

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Renewable energy records continue to fall across the National Electricity Market (NEM), including a new high for rooftop solar in New South Wales on the weekend and, in Queensland, a new peak for the potential amount of renewables in the state, factoring in curtailed solar and wind. First to Queensland, where on Saturday September 21 […]

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Squadron Energy is shifting infrastructure, removing a section of underground power lines and narrowing roads to reduce the impact on biodiversity of a major new wind farm.

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AEMO chief executive Daniel Westerman explains why Australia is shifting from the old paradigm of "baseload" power, and why he still wants spinning machines. Plus: News of the week.

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Australia's national environment law is completely blind to the issue of climate change. A 'climate trigger' could be the most powerful step Australia can take towards tackling global warming.

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AEMO boss Daniel Westerman on why the future of Australia's grid lies in variable renewables, storage and dispatchable energy. Baseload power, he says, is a construct whose time has passed.

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Coalition plans to build seven nuclear power plants are "economic insanity", the treasurer says, ahead of a speech by the opposition leader unveiling details behind the policy.

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Despite a strong performance over the past two years, Germany’s solar sector is facing declining demand and a weakening market, leading to major cutbacks among PV companies. 

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IEA report lists South Australia alongside Denmark as the only other energy system in the world successfully managing significant volumes of surplus variable solar and wind – and facing huge challenges in the final leg.

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Bowen says Coalition nuclear plan could be catastrophic for industry because of huge supply gaps as the Coalition seeks to stop renewables and "sweat" coal while waiting for reactors to be built.

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Latest global status report for the nuclear industry shows investment remains stalled, far from the "renaissance" claimed by Peter Dutton and co.

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One of Queensland's original big batteries, announced as part of the post-Callide energy storage blitz, is powering ahead, on track to switch on in 2025.

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