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Batteries are a lot faster to permit and build than gas, have dramatically less impact on the environment, and provide a range of other grid services.

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An 800kW solar system installed on the industrial rooftop of a window furnishing company in Sydney will soon supply power to its employees, too.

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Hydrogen could help bring more than half of the world's emissions down to zero, but to reach that potential it needs batteries to fail, new analysis finds.

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Two German hard coal power stations and one small-scale lignite plant will stop selling electricity by the end of 2021.

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WA is the most affluent and highest per capita carbon emitting state in the world. Its failure to cut emissions will be multiplied by other who will not act because Australia refuses to.

A clean electricity grid is a ‘no net cost’ means of enabling clean transport and  ‘clean green’ production.

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A record-breaking 3GW of new rooftop solar installations in 2020 pushed the total renewable energy mix in Australia to almost 28 per cent.

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AEMO's new engineering framework lays out "just how incredibly fast change is coming" via the wholesale shift to renewables and calls for collaboration from industry to keep up the pace.

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Heightened fears that AGL Energy has not properly budgeted for coal plant remediation following announcement of plan to carve out its generator business.

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Bruce Mountain from the VEPC and Jonathon Dore from Solar Analytics join Solar Insiders to discuss the pros and cons of the proposed solar export tax.

The post Solar Insiders Podcast: The good and bad of the solar export tax appeared first on RenewEconomy.

There’s great excitement about Australia potentially producing hydrogen as a clean fuel at large scale, for export to countries such as Germany, Japan and South Korea. Hydrogen (H₂) is a useful energy carrier, and doesn’t release greenhouse gas when that energy is recovered. But carbon dioxide (CO₂) can be emitted when hydrogen is produced, depending […]

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We, too, once supported the dogma that any export price would be bad to the bone. Two things changed our mind.

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State governments will need to lift their game on the regulation of networks and the management of voltage issues under proposed solar export tax.

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Biden administration announces more detail of its major climate plan as Australia reiterates its lack of climate ambition at a global climate summit.

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The behaviour of rooftop solar and battery systems during periods of major grid disruptions will be the focus of a new UNSW study.

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Genex locks in contractors engineering and construction works for Kidston pumped hydro project.

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AGL CEO Brett Redman says the traditional gentailer model for Australia's big energy utilities is breaking down, and they will have to find new ways of doing business.

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AGL CEO Brett Redman on the reasons behind the utility’s proposed split, the pace of change with new technologies, and what’s next.

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Plans to build a 300MW wind farm in the New South Wales Hunter region have been lodged with the state’s Department of Planning, Industry and Environment.

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The program will provide up to 2600 properties with a 5kW System that will generate about 45 STCs per property.

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Santos signs off on an NT gas project, set to produce so much emissions, it has been described as a "carbon dioxide factory".

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