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Regulator cites "1,000 days of baseload outages" as reason for highest electricity prices on record. And it wants a "capacity" market?

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Europe's biggest utility plans to add another 1,000MW of renewables capacity in Australia and is seeking a retail licence to focus on industrial customers.

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Australian National University researchers set new efficiency record for double-sided solar cells and hope deliver a boost solar farm output.

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BHP and Woodside to merge oil and gas businesses, creating a $41bn giant. It might be good for BHP, but could be a disaster for the climate.

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The world's largest manufacturer of advanced EV batteries inks deal with ASX-listed miner to source mixed nickel and cobalt from its Queensland project.

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Solar industry faces pressure from rising import prices, shipping costs and Covid. But flexible exports offer hope for a smarter future.

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Queensland coal port launches study into renewable hydrogen, eyeing new export opportunities, as state plans new Renewable Energy Zones.

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Australian-led research breakthrough raises fresh hopes that wave power can play a large-scale and commercially viable role in the global shift to renewables.

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Will the boom in big battery storage proposals close the door to vehicle-to-grid technologies even before they get started?

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Germany’s revised climate targets mean its exit from coal generation will need to be completed by 2030, eight years earlier than currently planned.

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Australian clean energy innovator announces new fundraising round, as orders boom for its modular, rapid-deploying solar solution, called Maverick.

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Andrew Forrest says green hydrogen market could be worth $16 trillion, and says fossil fuel hydrogen backed by Australian government is a "smokescreen".

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CEFC looking at opportunities in green hydrogen after a year of big grid and big battery investments, and as it looks for "harder to abate" sectors.

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Mild conditions deliver a new winter demand "low" on Sunday, the new, rooftop solar inspired bête noire for the market operator.

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"Big Pharma" is enjoying a much-needed reputational boost off the back of Covid-19 vaccines, and it is now dosing up on climate action and renewable energy.

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Australia’s solar market is seeing a significant shake-up of top-selling inverter and panel brands, as retailers struggle against multiple pricing pressure points.

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Key business group plays down threat of carbon border adjustment mechanisms, but warns net zero pledges will slash demand for Australian coal and gas.

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Santos says its flagship CCS project needs a carbon price, and it is counting on a $70/tonne price by 2030.

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"Get on with it, or to get out of the way." NSW energy minister Matt Kean warns LNP leaders to act on climate change, or risk getting voted out.

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Bluescope sets net zero target and says renewables and green hydrogen the key, not gas.

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