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When too much wind and solar is not nearly enough! What does a grid look like when it is nearly 100 per cent powered by renewables?

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Korea Zinc buys wind and solar developer Epuron, delivering a wind and solar portfolio of up to 9GW for its green metals and hydrogen ambitions.

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WA's biggest solar farm delivers a capacity factor of 40 per cent for the month of November, which will have pleased its new owners.

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Spain's BlueFloat and Energy Estate to develop at least three offshore wind farms, totalling 4,300MW in waters off NSW and Victoria.

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Hornsea 2, set to become the world’s largest offshore wind farm when construction is complete, has begun generating its first power.

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ASX-listed Volt Resources and Urban Electric Power (UEP) will collaborate on the development of alternatives to lithium-ion batteries.

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NSW releases 57-page design document that it hopes will form the blueprint of its renewable energy zones and its planned exit from coal.

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We have the technology: Kobad Bhavnagri, from BloombergNEF, discusses opportunities in green steel and green aluminium for Australian industry.

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Photon sells stake in big solar project in NSW to better focus on development of RayGen solar and electro-thermal energy storage technologies.

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Plans to combine a big battery with large-scale solar PV and solar thermal technology in South Australia have gained significant new momentum.

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Behind-the-meter resources like solar and battery storage must be optimised or consumers will pay more in the energy transition.

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New guidelines designed to protect regional centres from “encroaching solar and wind development” to come into play in early 2022.

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Morrison government appears set for an early Christmas present, with the NSW government granting planning approval for the $610m Kurri Kurri gas generator.

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Fortescue Future Industries designs and builds its own electrolyser in-house, to produce and test new renewable hydrogen technologies.

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Tilt Renewables begins construction of massive Rye Park wind farm, the biggest wind project in NSW to date, using the biggest wind turbines in Australia.

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Australian resources giant BHP has agreed to trial the innovative long-duration energy storage technology of Swiss company Energy Vault.

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New report shows Australian carbon market experienced a major bull run in 2021, driven by voluntary corporate demand – and with no signs of slowing down.

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Matt Kean remains the NSW energy minister after a pre-Christmas reshuffle, but his predecessor will exit state politics altogether.

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Connection problems have hampered wind, solar and battery projects for the last three years. Now something is being done about it.

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We must ensure Australia’s clean energy transition sees solar development occur with co-benefits for local communities, and protects productive agricultural land.

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