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Unforeseen delays to onshore infrastructure will cost the Danish wind giant more than $US300 million after pushing the commercial operation date out by a year.

The post Ørsted takes $307 million hit after delay to US offshore wind farm appeared first on RenewEconomy.

At the request of Tesla and other developers, big batteries could be exempted from a contentious energy market rule designed to plug future supply gaps.

The post Big win for Tesla and Co in push to exempt batteries from contentious reliability rule appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Greens are right to challenge some details of the Future Made in Australia Act. But its passage is crucial to our climate and economic goals.

The post Why we must move now on Future Made in Australia, even if it’s not perfect appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Anthony Albanese calls on the Greens to support the government's signature Future Made in Australian plan, as negotiations begin on the proposal's future.

The post PM issues Greens challenge on solar and battery manufacturing plan appeared first on RenewEconomy.

AEMO says world is watching as Australia leads in the penetration of wind and solar in the grid and addresses the engineering challenges.

The post “Purely phenomenal:” AEMO says world is watching as rooftop PV leads surge to 100pct renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Nic Stone talks to Solar Insiders about the myriad innovative off-grid projects that are using PowerPlus Energy's Australian made – and made for Australia – batteries. Plus: Big solar approvals, small solar canned.

The post Solar Insiders Podcast: Battery boom-time in the land of the diesel-free donga appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Sun Cable is still juggling its technology options as prices for solar, battery storage and wind turbines move around. Its biggest challenge might be converter stations.

The post Sun Cable still juggling tech options as it lays plans for world’s biggest renewable project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Texas grid has many similarities to Australia, and this week it dealt with record demand in a searing heatwave with no problems, thanks to solar and battery storage.

The post “Energy transition in real time:” Texas grid hits demand records, and for solar and battery storage appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A "community" solar farm and 5MWh battery that was 16 years in the making will be switched on this week, and is unique in what it hopes to achieve.

The post Tiny town in Victoria hits go on edgy community energy concept appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Victoria lays out plan to reach its target of 95 pct renewables target by 2035, by which time it expects to close the last of its coal fired generators, relegated gas to a minor support role.

The post Victoria lays out plan for 95 pct renewables, with no coal, not much gas and a big lift in demand appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Listed Frontier Energy has revealed some surprising details about the costs and revenue options for its proposed solar and battery hybrid project.

The post Anatomy of one of Australia’s first big solar and battery hybrid projects: The costs and revenues appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Battery start up says its solid state battery design can work with different cathodes and solves two of the key challenges that have held back the technology.

The post Has the solid-state battery riddle been solved? This start-up thinks so appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Wholesale electricity prices in New Zealand have soared over recent weeks, climbing as high as NZ$1,000 per megawatt hour and forcing pulp and paper mills to curb production. More rooftop solar would help.

The post NZ’s electricity market is a mess. Rolling out rooftop solar would change the game appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Ørsted scraps its pioneering eMethanol project, because of slower-than-expected industrialisation of the technology and lacklustre demand.

The post Danish renewable giant scraps development of eMethanol project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Updated: Federal environment minister Tanya Plibersek gives approval for first stage of Sun Cable, with enough solar and battery storage to provide 4 GW of continuous power to Darwin.

The post Sun Cable: Plibersek approves first stage of world’s biggest solar and battery project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A "smart" hot water heat pump can create cheap, flexible demand and deliver big consumer savings. It's time for governments to act.

The post It’s time to shift flexible hot water heating from overnight coal to smart wind and solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Corporate Australia needs to not only get on top of their climate policies but also start educating their employees about what it covers.

The post Australians want to work for firms that take climate change seriously, but few know if that is the case appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The biggest battery project in South Australia has been licensed and registered, paving the way for testing and commissioning.

The post South Australia’s biggest battery achieves key registration and licence approvals appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Form Energy gets funds for groundbreaking 8.5 GWh iron-air battery, which will be capable of up to 100 hours of storage and will be the world's biggest battery.

The post Low-cost iron-air technology to feature in world’s biggest battery project in US appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Alex Wonhas, the former head of engineering and system design at AMEO, says a rethink of the way we use big batteries could help get the energy transition back on track.

The post “We need to think differently about storage:” How big batteries can ease the transmission burden appeared first on RenewEconomy.