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RETC's PVMI Report compiles and ranks its independent test data, identifying the industry's leading PV module manufacturers and technologies.

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Westwind's Toby Geiger on plans for Australia's biggest wind project, and the connection problems and firming challenges in Australia's main grid.

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What are the prospects for green hydrogen in Australia’s mining industry? BHP, Rio, CEFC, and Enel Green Power share their views.

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Ausnet says customers in the Dandenong Ranges may be without power for more than three weeks following storms on June 9.

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NSW allocates $380 million to support state's first renewable energy zone as it pursues country's "most ambitious" renewable transition plan.

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The declaration will allow Energy Australia to urgently divert the Morwell River away from the Yallourn coal mine, which is at high risk of flooding.

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Australia's environment minister has rejected a court finding that she has a duty of care towards young Australians on climate. It's unsurprising.

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AEMO's Daniel Westerman says there is a "paradigm shift" in the WA grid thanks to rapid uptake of solar, but battery storage will help manage the change.

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Labor's Chris Bowen brandishes a solar panel in Parliament, telling the Morrison government not to be afraid of renewable energy.

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Resources giant Rio Tinto will explore the use of renewable hydrogen in alumina production, as part of a $1.5 million study.

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Aldi has become Australia's first supermarket chain to source 100% renewable electricity for its operations – and has done so six months ahead of schedule.

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Solar developer Fotowatio Renewable Ventures will build its first battery in Australia with a hybrid solar-storage power plant near Dalby in southern Queensland.

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The finalists in the 2021 Clean Energy Council Awards have been announced.

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A plan to build a 250MW Canberra Big Battery attracts strong interest for the biggest aggregation of distributed batteries in the country.

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An 80MW solar and battery project proposed for Victoria’s Gippsland region by group looking to establish an Australian Renewables Academy in Sale.

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A new report finds some yawning gaps between the deployment of renewables and what's needed to meet climate targets.

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Australia's funding for climate research has shrunk to nearly nothing since LNP took power. Now its directing what little is left to fossils, and it's a sad moment for ARENA.

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Macquarie concludes $140 million debt deal for solar tower and parabolic trough portfolio in Spain.

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Mocean Energy puts its first wave energy conversion prototype, Blue X, to sea at a test site at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney.

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ARENA announces new funding for industrial emitters as Labor and Greens seek to halt changes that would direct money towards Coalition's preferred technologies.

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