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Chinese solar giant Jinko seeks planning approvals for a large solar and battery project near Goondiwindi in Queensland.

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Community forums for proposed wind farm in central Victoria cancelled by the developer over "safety concerns".

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Updated: Australia's newest and biggest battery makes a surprise intervention on the grid as the market operator marshalled resources to keep the lights on in NSW.

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NSW asks consumers to dial back electricity use in heatwave as major coal units go missing, including at the Eraring facility it has agreed to underwrite to stay open for longer.

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Tamworth Regional Council to join legal proceedings to block the Hills of Gold wind farm.

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Ace Power launches brave proposal for the New England Hillview wind farm - along with a solar and battery proposal - into the NSW planning process.

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Bowen says renewables and EV policies are bringing Australia close to its 2030 target, but is being urged for a dramatic boost in ambition for 2035.

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Spanish owned FRV starts generating power to its biggest solar farm to date, which has a supply contract to data centres operated by Microsoft.

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NSW government gives planning approval for another giant battery to be built at the site of a coal fired power generator likely to close within the next decade.

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South Australia wants to bring back two mothballed diesel generators for the next two summers, citing the lack of demand side measures in the state and delays to the new link to NSW.

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French gentailer Engie signs its first Australian virtual energy storage offtake deal, giving it access to the Victoria Big Battery's services to help balance its retail renewables supply.

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Concentrated solar thermal company spun out of CSIRO has launched promising to deliver zero emissions, 24/7 heat and power that can compete with the cost of gas.

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Absence of more than 3 gigawatts of "always on" baseload fossil fuel generators, including at the country's newly subsidised biggest coal fired power station, leaves coal dependent grids vulnerable to heatwave.

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Second stage of Kwinana battery completed, which will nearly double the state's storage capacity as wind and solar hit new record shares of more than 85 pct.

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Vast Solar secures first tranche of promised Arena funding as it works towards the country's first big solar thermal project in Port Augusta and local manufacturing.

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Bowen announces expert panel led by Tim Nelson to set roadmap for complete rethink of electricity market. Will it be top down for utilities, or bottom up for consumers?

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The latest survey into farming attitudes to renewables is that relationships with developers could use some work.

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South Australia chooses supplier of the world-first hydrogen capable turbines to support its charge towards a 100 per cent net renewables grid.

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Indonesia, with the fifth biggest fleet of coal power plants in the world, vows to end fossil fuel generation by 2040 and commits to 75 GW of new renewables to take its place.

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Environment minister Tanya Plibersek defends coal mine approvals as 170 people arrested for blockading world's biggest coal port at Newcastle.

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