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Making his last major speech before the election, Anthony Albanese says stronger climate action could help repair Australia's diplomatic relationships.

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Researchers reveal a major breakthrough in renewable energy technology by using Earth’s radiant infrared heat to generate solar electricity in the dark.

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After bushfires, floods and numerous IPCC reports, the Morrison-Joyce government still has a 2030 emissions reduction target set by Tony Abbott.

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"Decarbonisation, not defossilisation" is the new catchcry of a fossil fuel industry as new climate research points to tipping points.

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Forrest resumes executive role at Fortescue, hires ex AGL boss Andy Vesey and names former head of GE Europe as new FFI CEO.

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NT government passes key legislation to pave way for $30 billion solar and battery storage project.

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The price of gas is so high some "dual-fuel" generators are switching to dirtier diesel. So much for the gas-led recovery.

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Software billionaire questions future solvency of AGL Energy's proposed coal spin-off Accel Energy, in hard-hitting letter to shareholders.

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Company behind 10GW of electrolyser capacity installed globally is setting up shop in Perth, to catch Australia's renewable hydrogen wave.

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As the gas and oil industry gathers in Brisbane for the annual APPEA summit, data shows some member companies paid no income tax for past seven years.

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Australia's biggest wind and solar hybrid energy project signs long term supply deal with retailing giant Woolworths.

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New chief executive named at Synergy as state owned utility prepares to close first coal units and charge up its first big battery.

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New Zealand announces “landmark” Emissions Reduction Plan designed to set country on pathway for net zero by 2050.

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Despite being in the grip of an "energy war," Europe mostly provides the renewables policy framework Australia should aspire to.

The post Energy transition: How to combine great renewables resources with even better policies appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The wind energy industry is having its best year to date, and project sizes and turbines are getting bigger.

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Coalition provides another $30m in grants for CCS, potentially investigating the capture and storage of CO2 in Angus Taylor's electorate.

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Carbon traders are undertaking a "flight to integrity", analysts say, offering a premium for offsets free of environmental integrity concerns.

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Pioneering solar and battery storage project, and one of the first in world to showcase different market services, has new owner.

The post “World first” solar and battery grid project in Queensland changes hands appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Independent candidate Allegra Spender says Wentworth would be "best represented by the crossbench, not the backbench".

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About 80TW of combined solar and wind is required to decarbonise the globe – so how are we tracking?

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