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New analysis suggests the costs of capacity payments to coal and gas plants could lead to electricity price increases much greater than the carbon price.

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Labor's Chris Bowen says medium-term emissions targets need to drive "greatest economic transformation since the Industrial Revolution".

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Origin Energy prepares pivot into big batteries and green hydrogen after $2.3 billion loss, another legacy company wrestling with the energy transition.

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AEMO to build an "online twin" of the main grid to allow wind and solar developers to more easily model the impact of their project proposals.

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Wind turbines face a price hike of around 10 per cent over the coming year due to rising mineral prices, logistics and Covid problems.

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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.

The post Australian “dual turbine” wave power breakthrough promises to double efficiency appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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