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Victoria Big Battery sets new benchmark for a battery charge and discharge as it continues to ramp up testing.

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FFI and Incitec Pivot plan biggest green ammonia facility in Australia, replacing gas with product fuelled by wind and solar.

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The Morrison government's push for more fracking in the Beetaloo Basin could leave the NT government with a staggering $22 billion carbon offset bill.

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Even by the standards of the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA), the new report published by the country’s most influential coal lobby on the subject of small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) is jiggery-pokery of the highest order. Why would a mining industry body promote SMRs? After mining for some years — or at most decades — […]

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Shortfall strategies and voluntary demand are having an interesting impact on the LGC market, while lockdowns impacted PV installations and STCs.

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More than 1GW of new wind, solar and battery storage capacity has been registered in the past three months, but number of new committed projects has slowed.

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Australia may be banking on a "gas-led recovery", but most other major economies are looking the other way.

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The problem with carbon offsets: We will need them to reach net zero, but they must be real.

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Forrest plans massive hydrogen electrolyser, wind and solar factory in Queensland, part of plans to become green renewables and resources powerhouse.

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Wirsol says it has secured land rights to develop up to 85MW of solar and a "battery opportunity" in Barnawartha in Victoria's north.

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Alinta CEO Jeff Dimery on offshore wind, Pilbara wind, pumped hydro, battery storage, 5-minute settlements and the ESB.

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Alinta admits to being "caught out" by price spikes since 5-minute settlement, and is flagging changes to cap contracts, and maybe a big battery.

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Alinta plans 1GW plus offshore wind farm and the first wind farm in the Pilbara as part of a $6 billion investment in renewables and storage.

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ESB cites wind droughts or "dunkelflaute" as reasons for a capacity market, but the modelling for such claims does not exist.

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The Climate Change Authority says stronger climate action is key to Australia's global competitiveness

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Andrew Forrest invests in breakthrough thin film solar PV tech that he says will deliver significant costs reductions and underpin his huge hydrogen plans.

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Matt Canavan calls renewables "snake oil," Keith Pitt wants $250bn to finance mining projects, and Morrison still hasn't landed a net zero target.

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A fire in a turbine at the 161MW Tararua wind farm in New Zealand's lower North Island is being investigated by the turbine's manufacturer, Vestas.

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NT unveils blueprints for massive renewable hydrogen zone, and a renewable energy hub to support new solar and battery storage.

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New scientific study finds that large-scale solar parks have a cooling effect on the land surrounding them, reducing nearby surface temperatures by up to 2.3°C.

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