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The share of coal power falls below 50 per cent average for whole week, for the first time in what industry observers are hailing as a "turning point."

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Zero Emissions Noosa is the only non-industry group in Queensland to receive a federal grant for a community battery.
Co-convenor Vivien Griffin discusses why they are so important.

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Mingyang Smart Energy completes installation of a 20MW offshore wind turbine, the world's largest.

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One spring does not make a year, let alone a decade, but spring clearly shows that more low variable cost supply will lower prices.

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Bowen says changes to W.A. offshore wind zone means that local will not be able to see the turbines from shore, even on a clear day.

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ARENA kicks off first funding rounds for Solar Sunshot, the program aiming to get Australian companies to play a key role in pursuit of ultra low cost solar.

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First CIS auction for battery storage in Western Australia more than six times over-subscribed.

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South Australia sources more than 101 per cent of its demand over past week from wind and solar, in last week of winter.

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As Forrest's Fortescue Metals details how it will reach "real zero" emissions in its Pilbara iron ore operations, Rinehart insists such a thing is not possible.

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ENA chief executive Dominique van den Berg on the hotly contested role that networks can play in distributed resources. Plus, news of the week.

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A wind farm and battery has been given the all clear by the local council, after being rejected by state planning authorities over its impact on the safe operation of a local airfield.

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As the state swelters through a winter heatwave, Queenslanders need to know if the LNP is serious about fighting climate change and cutting power bills.

The post Heat is on Queensland LNP to show its hand on climate and renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Rooftop solar, home batteries and other consumer energy resources have been listed alongside large-scale renewables and storage as critical to reliable supply – but work needs to be done to coordinate them.

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Six big battery projects are in line to receive capacity payments from the market operator in a significant reshaping of W.A.s grid as it transitions away from coal.

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South Australia to lock its 2027 target of 100 per cent net renewables into law as BHP looks to double its copper smelting and refining operations in the state.

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Queensland government has flagged a more than 20 per cent rise in costs for the $5 billion CopperString - one of Australia's biggest energy grid expansions.

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New research shows we can greatly reduce embodied carbon, but it will require radical changes in how we design, construct, use and reuse buildings.

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A new big battery was approved after just nine weeks, marking the first renewables project to be fully processed under the state's new fast-tracked approvals pathway.

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Another major green hydrogen project has been canned by its developers, this time a massive wind and solar backed proposal in WA.

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Global mining giant circles back to its first ever large-scale solar and battery microgrid project to more than double its renewable generation capacity.

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