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The ESB's unnecessary capacity payments for fossil fuel generators could cost $3.2 billion a year, and consumers will pay.

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Rio Tinto awards contract to build the mining giant's first fully-owned solar farm at the Gudai Darri mine in WA Pilbara region.

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Fire erupts in Tesla Megapack battery container at the Victoria Big Battery in Geelong.

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Angus Taylor re-issues ARENA regulations in new attempt to open up the renewable energy agency to the government's preferred technologies.

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Australia's fleet of more than 80 wind farms blow away monthly production record, even with a day and a half left in month of July.

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Origin Energy takes massive hit on value of its coal and gas assets, and on its long term renewable energy contracts.

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This new record, based on monocrystalline cells developed at LONGi’s Cell R&D Centre, was confirmed in testing carried out at the German Institut für Solarenergieforschung (ISFH), and raises the conversion efficiency of cells based on CZ wafers to a new level. 

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Environment group launches legal challenge to Beetaloo gas grants, arguing resources minister Keith Pitt failed to consider risks of climate change.

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AEMO presents five scenarios for the energy transition, but only one delivers on climate targets and requites zero emissions grid by 2035.

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AEMO boss Daniel Westerman on the path to 100 per cent renewables, and getting connections right.

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TransGrid submits proposal for HumeLink transmission link, estimating it could deliver almost $500 million in benefits.

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Daniel Westerman says AEMO does not yet know best path to accommodating 100 pct renewables, but the technology is changing quickly.

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How two brothers from Queensland coal country launched into the electric motorbike market.

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ESB's post-2025 energy market reform slammed by clean energy industry which says it will slow new investment and prop up coal generators.

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Renewables overtake both coal and nuclear for first time to become second biggest source of electricity generation in US in 2020.

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World’s most powerful tidal turbine begins exporting power to UK grid, delivering an important milestone for the technology.

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Acciona gets clearance for an expanded solar farm, a 600MW project in the heart of coal country in central Queensland.

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Wind and solar projects are queuing up, but short term factors and high coal prices cause us to lift our wholesale price forecasts.

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New rules championed by Angus Taylor could benefit coal and stifle the pace of the clean energy transition. "It's terrible," said one insider.

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Australian zinc bromine flow battery maker raises just under $15 million in its latest capital raise, launched to help fund its push into the US market.

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