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Australian homes and businesses installed a record amount of rooftop solar in 2021, just edging past 3GW of new capacity added, despite another round of Covid chaos.

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New scientific research shows ocean heat is at record highs. So what does this tell us about global warming?

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Japanese government-backed project will transport renewable hydrogen produced in Queensland to the Republic of Palau, for use in fuel cells and hydrogen fuel cell vessels.

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Tesla calls on its California community to make their voices heard against the state's proposed changes to rooftop solar net-metering rules.

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Pre-election campaigning hots up in Queensland, where the federal opposition leader has promised a new $200m a year fund to build climate resilience. The National's, meanwhile, are all about coal.

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Shell lays plans for a "major hydrogen hub" in Europe, starting with construction of an offshore wind powered electrolysis plant in the Port of Rotterdam.

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US emissions surged by 6.2% in 2021, boosted by a renewed reliance on coal power and a significant uptick in transport emissions driven largely by freight trucks.

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Zhengrong Shi's Sunman Energy has launched a massive new 1GW production facility for the company's lightweight, flexible “solar skin” panels.

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GoodWe has refreshed its brand in line with the evolution of the global new energy space, emphasizing on collaboration and digitalization

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Key progress at the 2.2GW Star of the South offshore wind farm, with job vacancies posted for key roles on the ground-breaking project.

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Dutch start-up makes splash at 2022 Consumer Electronics Show with its “infinitely scalable” Ocean Battery energy storage system that sits on the seafloor.

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South Australia’s wind and solar supplied an average of just over 100% of local demand every day for a record unbroken stretch of almost one week in December.

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As new renewable energy capacity continues to boom, nuclear power generation declined in 2021 and the industry's future is grimmer than it has ever been.

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The Canadian company behind compressed air energy storage technology being rolled out in Australia has secured a $250m investment from Goldman Sachs.

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Oil and gas giant submits plans for up to 500MW of solar and battery storage to supply renewable power to industrial customers – including its own LNG operations – in WA Pilbara region.

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Plans to install a 500MW wind farm 20km off the coast of Perth are being investigated by UK outfit Flotation Energy.

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Neoen ends 2021 in Australia by achieving full-scale commercial operations at the Bulgana Green Power Hub, a 204MW wind farm paired with a 20MW/34MWh battery in Victoria.

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ARENA opens up to $40m in funding to expressions of interest from projects that promise to materially reduce the levelised cost of solar.

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Australia’s stunning solar year that was 2021 ended with a final flourish, after December delivered a record for utility-scale PV generation.

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Korea Zinc’s boosts bid to make its Australian operations greenest in the world, in deal with Swiss "giga-scale" energy storage company, Energy Vault.

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