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How cheap can solar be? Find out in this interview with Dr Martin Green from UNSW. Sponsored by Solar Juice.

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Forty-six Victorian councils sign up to buy 240GWh of renewable electricity from two major wind farms in deal with Snowy Hydro-owned retailer Red Energy.

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Pioneering new Frequency Regulation Pilot program will allow grid operator to use household batteries rather than fossil fuels to balance the grid.

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Iinternational consortium announces plans to develop 25GW wind and solar project in Oman which will produce millions of tonnes of green hydrogen.

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Gas is dirty, and it is not cheap. But should customers pay for its death spiral, and will they steal your BBQ tongs?

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The IEA is more optimistic than usual about renewable energy, but old habits die hard.

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Australia's gas export industry will be crushed by the shift to net zero emissions. Curiously, the gas industry failed to mention that.

The post Chart of the day: Australia’s gas exports must decline for world to meet net zero by 2050 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Angus Taylor commits $600 million to Kurri Kurri gas plant, extending a remarkable fossil fuel subsidy spending spree, even by this government's standards.

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Angus Taylor sets new regulations opening up Australian Renewable Energy Agency to support carbon capture and storage, and potentially gas projects.

The post Taylor files new regulations to push ARENA into CCS and gas projects appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Transcript of the Energy Insiders podcast from the Smart Energy Conference on May 13.

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Get ready for exponential change in the global energy landscape as a global tsunami of capital flows to support the science of climate change.

The post IEA’s simple message for Australia: No place for gas-fired recovery in net zero by 2050 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A major new report from the IEA highlights a potential pathway to net zero - and Australia will be a loser if it doesn't act soon.

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Origin tells market operator that the first units of Eraring - Australia's biggest coal generator - will close in 2030 in a staged exit.

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New analysis from BloombergNEF finds green aluminium is already cost competitive, and Australia could be a global superpower.

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Wind industry leaders say that despite hot investor appetite and lots of opportunity, developers are in "excruciating pain" trying to get projects online.

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The days of a ‘set and forget’ bidding strategy are long gone in Australia in a rapidly changing market with more wind and solar.

The post Australia’s wind and solar farms seek to dodge negative prices and grid costs appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New "game-changing" technology could be the final technological step towards a fully recyclable wind turbine.

The post Vestas unveils new technology to recycle wind blades and stop dumping appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Which wind farms performed the best on spot prices, and revenue per megawatt of capacity in Australia's main grid.

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German utility to consider earlier than planned shutdown of controversial coal-fired power plant after government sets higher emissions targets.

The post Uniper to consider early closure of controversial coal plant opened one year ago appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Trina Solar Australia assistant director and pillar of Australian solar industry, Govind Kant, 47, has died after contracting Covid19 in India.

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