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States continue to do the heavy lifting on a clean energy transition, as Morrison ignores chance for a clean energy recovery, WWF scorecard shows.

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Australian Greens move to block Morrison's quest for a government funded gas plant in Kurri Kurri, proposing a ban on Snowy Hydro fossil fuel investments.

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Gutwein Government refuses to release documents showing advice it received before the signing of an agreement with the federal government on major energy projects.

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The proposed $600m hybrid solar thermal project in Mount Isa has got early financial backing from the Queensland government's Stanwell Energy.

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Australia is giving away too much value through exports of commodities, but could capture that value through wind and solar resources and other new technologies.

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The Energy Security Board is devising ways to keep the grid operating along the rocky road of the renewables transition. But is it looking far enough ahead?

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A Swedish salt-based energy storage system that's trialing the electric kiln tech of Australian company Calix named as a winner in Helsinki Energy Challenge.

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New data shows Australians installed of more than 31,000 battery energy storage systems around the country in 2020, a 20 per cent jump on numbers in 2019.

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Coles commits to buy renewables and slash its emissions, as supermarkets lead the way in corporate climate commitments.

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Alcoa strikes $160m deal to keep Portland Smelter open, with the aluminium producer set to play a bigger role as a virtual battery in the Victorian grid.

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TransGrid takes steps to assuage concerns about the broader impacts of Snowy 2.0, with release of new route options for the $2.1 billion HumeLink transmission upgrade.

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The Clean Energy Council says working with Australian farmers could help solve the growing problem of grid access for new large-scale solar farms.

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ANAO questions processes to award millions in public funds to coal plant feasibility study, and the use of energy minister Angus Taylor's private email address.

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Federal government urged to show leadership on EV policy as polling shows most Australians would support a ban on new petrol vehicle sales.

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AEMO presses the off button for rooftop solar, and can EVs really provide battery storage on wheels for the grid. Laura Jones from ANU’s School of Electrical, Energy and Materials Engineering, gives an update.

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Norway is unlikely to be the first place that comes to mind when thinking about solar power, but it looks the best option as it seeks to expand its grid.

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Imperial College Business School says renewable power saw significantly higher total returns over the past ten years than fossil fuels.

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Victoria to introduce EV road tax legislation on Wednesday, but the bill is likely to face opposition in the upper house.

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Western Australia sets a new record for wind and solar share in its stand-alone grid, while the growth in rooftop solar pushes grid demand to a record low the following day.

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A Spanish company is testing the viability of small-scale oscillating wind columns to act as distributed energy generators alongside rooftop solar.

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