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Leading analyst says the price of electric vehicles will fall to around $5,000 or below, in the not too distant future, making petrol and diesel cars too costly to buy and maintain.

The post Why petrol and diesel cars may soon be too costly to buy and maintain appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Morrison deploys his usual spin on Australia's climate efforts in call with US special envoy John Kerry, but will the world fall for it?

The post Stats of Convenience: Morrison selling his climate spin to rest of the world appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A wind farm being built in the Philippines is crediting an innovative soil nano-technology for allowing it to complete the project safely and well under budget.

The post Road to big wind and solar paved with ingenious soil nano-technology appeared first on RenewEconomy.

International Renewable Energy Agency urges global ramp-up of wind and solar, because it will deliver 90% of all emissions reduction needed for 1.5°C climate goal.

The post Renewables will deliver all but “last mile” reductions needed for net zero target appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Trip of South Australia's biggest gas unit in middle of night sends prices to $15,000 market cap, because that's what it took to get a Snowy diesel generator fired up.

The post South Australia’s biggest gas unit trips, Snowy sends prices to market cap appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A doubling of wind energy capacity on the Victorian grid since 2017 has created a unique generation profile that has been particularly tough on gas.

The post Doubling of wind power generation blowing gas out of the mix in Victoria appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Faulty wiring and human error blamed for accidental cut to gas supplies at Darwin's largest gas generator that sent almost 50,000 into blackout.

The post Faulty wiring at gas plant caused “unacceptable” NT blackout, investigation finds appeared first on RenewEconomy.

We discuss first intervention by market operator to curtail rooftop solar, the latest installation stats, AGL’s big solar buy, and some really crap solar news.

The post Solar Insiders Podcast: Why switching off rooftop solar is a good thing appeared first on RenewEconomy.

"Double whammy". Solar industry experts warn of potential massive spike in Australian solar module prices due to increase in materials and shipping costs.

The post Australia braces for solar price hike as supply chain pressures start to bite appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia's government is justifying climate inaction on a six-year-old document that misses the entire point of emissions reductions.

The post The history of Australia’s false claim that its 2030 climate targets are world leading appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Like wind and solar, the costs of battery storage are plummeting far faster than anyone expected.

The post Chart of the day: Plummeting battery costs defy expectations appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Once Asia's economic super powers become convinced they don’t need fossil fuel imports, they will move in that direction.

The post Australia must learn to dance with the new East-West carbon and energy wave appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Report by Reputex says NSW could close all its coal fired power stations and be powered by renewables by 2030 - but it needs a plan.

The post Australia’s biggest coal state could reach 100 pct renewables by 2030, Reputex says appeared first on RenewEconomy.

NSW solar farms are performing a lot better than Queensland, Victoria and South Australia projects on the metric of spot revenue per MW of maximum capacity.

The post Why NSW large-scale solar farms are delivering a bigger bang for their buck appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New ANU research shows Australia needs to up the pace on new wind and solar investment, as AGL spends $152m upgrading Bayswater coal plant.

The post AGL starts coal upgrade, as ANU says faster shift to wind and solar needed appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Korea Zinc takes 30% stake in MacIntyre wind farm, part of a gigawatt-scale Queenalnd project that will supply a state government utility and a major refinery.

The post Korean metals giant takes 30 pct stake in massive Queensland wind complex appeared first on RenewEconomy.

We talk to Origin Energy’s head of mobility, and head of strategy, Chau Le, about the utility’s new push into electric vehicles.

The post The Driven Podcast: Why Australia’s big utilities are plugging into EVs appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Much has been gained with the Yallourn closure deal. It would not be surprising to see other generators approaching the Government along similar lines.

The post Subsidy or not, Yallourn deal will likely set a precedent for more coal closures appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Trina Solar launches fully-owned PV tracking business Trina Tracker in bid to to capitalise on the next – potentially rocky – phase of the big solar market.

The post Trina launches tracker business as big solar market enters tougher terrain appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia's government is about to re-activate its efforts to convince the world that it's doing enough on climate (it is not).

The post Cormann’s OECD campaign was a climate fakery trial run for Glasgow COP appeared first on RenewEconomy.