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Australia’s biggest wind farm gets to first base, but no word on full commissioning
Owners of Stockyard Hill confirm the project has passed its first hold point, but gives no indication when full operation might be achieved.
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Damages dispute between contractor and owners of NSW solar farm at standstill
A dispute between one of Australia's major contractors and the owners of one of the biggest solar farms in NSW is at a standstill.
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Paul Italiano steps down as head of transmission group Transgrid
Transgrid CEO Paul Italiano announces sudden resignation from the transmission company.
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Xi Jinping, Bolsonaro, Putin and Morrison: The four leaders resisting global climate action
As countries prepare to return to international negotiations on climate, Australia will find itself lumped in the club of fossil fuelled rogues.
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Old style tech to give major boost to Australia’s shift to wind and solar
New spinning machines about to join South Australia's grid will allow the maximum output of wind and solar farms to be dramatically lifted.
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China is backing more than half of world’s remaining coal power pipelines
China is looking isolated as the last enabler of global coal-fired power projects.
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Iron air battery backed by Bezos and Gates promises storage at fraction of cost
Form Energy, backed by Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, unveils more details of long duration battery storage at a fraction of price of current technologies.
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“No more yeah, buts”: Renewable ad campaign to combat myths and misinformation
Clean Energy Council launches new ad campaign to spur Australians to action, with the message that 'renewables are here now'.
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Australia sets new wind output record, breaks through 6,000MW for first time
Relaxation of constraints in South Australia allows wind energy to set second output record in a week in Australia's main grid.
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World’s largest floating solar farm – more than 2GW – to supply Singapore
Sunseap to build "hyper-scale" floating solar and storage project to supply Singapore with power. What does it mean for Sun Cable?
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New Chair of WA Economic Regulation Authority
Premier Mark McGowan today announced the appointment of Stephen Edwell as the new Chair of the Governing Body of the Economic Regulation Authority.
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Energy Insiders Podcast: How quickly can we get to 100% renewables
Monash Uni’s Behrooz Bahrani says new technologies, such as grid forming inverters, are changing the way we can manage the grid.
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AEMO subsidiary to lead planning for NSW’s ambitious clean energy vision
AEMO to play a hands on role in planning New South Wales' electricity transition, after being appointed as the NSW Consumer Trustee.
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How “Gallium” doping can protect solar panels from the sun, and lower costs
UNSW research is exploring what could be another major turning point in solar cell manufacturing.
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Bavarian conservative state premier wants coal phase-out by 2030 after floods
In light of the catastrophic floods that hit Germany, Bavaria's conservative state premier wants coal generation to finish by 2030.
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New wind farms take output to record levels in WA, despite cyclone impact
Wind output hits new record in Western Australia grid, but overall generation hit badly after cyclone tore through transmission lines.
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Wivenhoe’s pockets rare windfall from Callide coal explosion, but where was big battery?
Wivenhoe pumped hydro plant scores windfall gains in high prices that followed Callide coal explosion.
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Wind and solar set new production records as they reshape Australia’s grid
Wind and solar have set new production records in Australia's main grid as they continue to reshape the grid and displace coal and gas.
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Machine learning breakthrough allows day-ahead predictions for solar farms
New machine learning models will allow the output of solar farms to be accurately predicted a day ahead of time.
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Baseload: 5GW of coal capacity missing before Callide coal explosion
Nearly 5GW of coal capacity in NSW and Queensland was missing when Callide coal generator exploded and took out another 2.5GW.
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