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ASX-listed New Energy Solar says its on track to exit Australian market by mid year, with negotiations with buyers for local solar farms well progressed.

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More than 100 Australian companies have issued a joint call to governments to ramp up spending on renewables.

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Fossil fools: Murdoch media has joined Angus Taylor and the coal lobby in pushing capacity markets. But they are not what they think it is.

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A new report highlights some emerging but manageable challenges behind the critical minerals required to replace fossil fuels.

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A new $209m Australian Climate Service set to improve federal government responses to climate fuelled disasters.

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UK researchers say vertical axis wind turbines could prove to be more efficient than the current standard horizontal axis, propellor style machines.

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Three commercial scale green hydrogen facilities to be established in Australia, sharing in more than $100 million in funding from ARENA.

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Energy efficiency certificate markets dried up in March and April, and the price again began to climb to a high just above $60.

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New fossil fuel plants are being announced even as a massive failure to manage a rapid coal phase-out worsens. All under a cloak of hydrogen.

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Australia can expect days of 100 per cent renewables with increasing regularity, as market share of wind and solar grows, ESB chair says.

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At current rates of emissions cuts, Australia won’t reach net-zero emissions for at least another 200 years.

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Longstanding mystery solved after solar-powered research drone washed up on a Victorian beach after contact was lost for 18 months.

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Other nations have acknowledged the demise of coal, and it’s time Australia caught up.

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Toronto based Amp Energy unveils plans for $2 billion green hydrogen play, snapping up three big solar and battery projects in South Australia.

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Networks make final pitch for new transmission link seen as crucial for South Australia to reach net 100 per cent renewables, and for NSW to exit coal.

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EnergyAustralia to build the country's first "green hydrogen" capable gas generator in NSW, helping fill market gap created by closure of Liddell.

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Morrison government confirms it clashed with AEMO over gas price assumptions.

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Westpac has told oil and gas producers it will no longer accept them as new customers unless they have clear strategies aligning them with the Paris goals.

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Officials deflect questions on land deal for proposed Snowy Hydro gas plant, with the Kurri Kurri block owned by Liberal party donor Jeff McCloy.

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'Tsunami' of new renewables to supply majority of electricity in Australia's main grid by 2030, as market share of coal and gas collapses, Reputex predicts.

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