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Scientists call for three-pronged action on emissions after new research finds Covid-19 did little to slow climate emergency.

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Australia's biggest battery is ready to begin production with its Tesla Megapacks, but Elon Musk has warned of looming supply crunch.

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Two leading energy experts slam a survey by an industry-funded consumer body on the "solar tax", saying respondents were misled.

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The federal government will fund 20 microgrid projects, to boost strength of regional grids during natural disasters and increase renewables use.

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Australian researchers achieve new efficiency milestones for next generation perovskite solar cells, turning to a common dietary supplement.

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Two large-scale solar and battery storage projects proposed for Victoria’s Gippsland region underwritten by a “landmark joint venture.”

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Rooftop solar exports are subsidising others, and we should stop treating this technology as if they were big fossil fuel generators.

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Owners of Stockyard Hill confirm the project has passed its first hold point, but gives no indication when full operation might be achieved.

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A dispute between one of Australia's major contractors and the owners of one of the biggest solar farms in NSW is at a standstill.

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Transgrid CEO Paul Italiano announces sudden resignation from the transmission company.

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As countries prepare to return to international negotiations on climate, Australia will find itself lumped in the club of fossil fuelled rogues.

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New spinning machines about to join South Australia's grid will allow the maximum output of wind and solar farms to be dramatically lifted.

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China is looking isolated as the last enabler of global coal-fired power projects.

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Form Energy, backed by Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, unveils more details of long duration battery storage at a fraction of price of current technologies.

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Clean Energy Council launches new ad campaign to spur Australians to action, with the message that 'renewables are here now'.

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Relaxation of constraints in South Australia allows wind energy to set second output record in a week in Australia's main grid.

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Sunseap to build "hyper-scale" floating solar and storage project to supply Singapore with power. What does it mean for Sun Cable?

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Premier Mark McGowan today announced the appointment of Stephen Edwell as the new Chair of the Governing Body of the Economic Regulation Authority.

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Monash Uni’s Behrooz Bahrani says new technologies, such as grid forming inverters, are changing the way we can manage the grid.

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AEMO to play a hands on role in planning New South Wales' electricity transition, after being appointed as the NSW Consumer Trustee.

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