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A new Australian-based venture capital firm featuring ex Patagonia boss Rose Marcario is raising $50 million to invest in what it calls “regenerative” technologies, a step beyond “sustainability” and “net zero” into investments that can help restore damage to the planet and people. ReGen Ventures is seeking $50 million and has already locked in $20 […]

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National Cabinet approves ESB's suite of reforms for the NEM, but promises more work on capacity mechanism, including low-emissions focus.

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Australia now has nearly 1kW of solar installed for every person in the country, thanks to a record year of rooftop installations.

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Morrison's mishandling of major international relationships has come back to bite the PM, as Australia isolated on the eve of COP26.

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Tindo Solar seek investment partner as it prepares to open its new plant in Adelaide and prepares a new retail offering that includes battery storage.

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Latest LCOE report from Lazard confirms that wind and solar by far the cheapest of all energy sources, and cost of storage is falling too.

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COP26 officially launched in Glasgow; G20 disappoints; China proposes 1.2TW of renewables but comes up short on targets, and Greta arrives.

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Maoneng wins planning approval for what will be the biggest battery in South Australia, to be built just north of Adelaide.

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First big solar farm to be built in Mt Isa grid after APA lands a 15-year supply contract with a local zinc miner.

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Andrew Forrest strikes deal with billionaire Bamford family to become biggest supplier of renewable hydrogen in UK, with focus on heavy transport.

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A 2.8GW solar project has been proposed for the Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory, along with green hydrogen hub for exports to Asia.

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South Australia shortlists seven projects that could deliver 1.5 million tonnes of renewable hydrogen to its proposed new hub.

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Mike Cannon-Brookes discusses government policy failure, Sun Cable, the cost of capital, and whether the 1.5°C target can be met.

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The first big battery in the country's biggest state grid bursts into action for the first time on Friday.

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Mike Cannon-Brookes and Barnaby Joyce go head-to-head on the future of clean energy, and the future of agriculture under net zero.

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With more than 30,000 people expected in Glasgow, Australia will be well represented by both official and non-government delegates at COP26.

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The campaign for nuclear power stations in Australia could slow the transition to renewable energy - yet nuclear is a technology whose time has passed.

The post Too expensive, too slow: Even the baseload argument doesn’t work for nuclear appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Rio Tinto and Bluescope team up to use renewables to make green steel, while Fortescue buys another hydrogen technology company.

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Queensland Liberal senator suggests to CSIRO boss that zero net emissions targets could they spell an end to all plant life on earth. (Probably not).

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South Australia has made a major leap towards its 100 per cent renewables target this week after constraints relaxed on wind and solar.

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