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Angus Taylor inflates Gorgon CCS role in emissions data, as reductions from renewables offset by growth in fossil fuels.

The post Covid noise slips from Australia’s emissions data as Taylor inflates Gorgon role appeared first on RenewEconomy.

For many Australians, electric vehicles remain prohibitively expensive. Here are some options that may reduce the initial costs of joining clean transport revolution.

The post Explainer: Six ways to drive down the up-front cost of buying an EV appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Wind and solar developers fear major delays due to proposed new "one at a time" connection rules designed to handle anticipated flood of new projects.

The post Solar and wind projects fear big delays from new “one at a time” connection rules appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Elliot Green Power is latest solar investor looking to exit Australia, bringing in advisers to find a buyer for its $500 million portfolio.

The post Elliott Green Power looking for buyers for $500m Australian solar portfolio appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Regulatory approval for major new transmission link raises questions about who should bear the costs, and not just the poor old consumer.

The post Why should consumers be the only ones lumped with costs of big transmission projects? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

RenewEconomy unveils two more interactive maps - large scale solar farms and large scale wind farms, both operating and under construction.

The post RenewEconomy unveils interactive maps of Australia’s big wind and solar farms appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia's emissions fell in 2020, due to the pandemic and the ongoing decline of coal, but signs of a post-Covid bounce back are already starting to show.

The post Wind and solar help Australia slash emissions, but no credit to Coalition appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Transgrid give approval to $1.83 billion investment in new transmission link after CEFC makes its largest ever financing commitment.

The post Transgrid commits to major new transmission link after CEFC steps in appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The blackouts in Queensland last week and Texas in the recent northern winter highlight why customers need more information about market pricing.

The post Customers left in the dark by surging prices after Callide coal explosion appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The solar tower that rises at Sundrop Farms shines like a beacon from above the saltbush landscape.

The post Good taste and food security: How Sundrop used solar to bring tomatoes to the desert appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A hot-water heat pump can be the cheapest way to heat water at your home or business, with or without rooftop solar.

The post Explainer: Why hot-water heat pumps are great for homes with or without solar PV appeared first on RenewEconomy.

How do you heat your home cheaply and efficiently if you don't use gas? There are renewable options.

The post Explainer: What’s the cheapest way to heat my house if I get off gas? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

One of the Victorian towns hardest hit by the catastrophic Black Summer of 2019/2020 has been fitted with a grid-connected community battery storage system.

The post Community battery finally installed in bushfire-prone Mallacoota appeared first on RenewEconomy.

DNV, an independent expert in assurance and risk management, has issued a report entitled ‘Technology Review Of Two Single-Axis Tracking System: Agile-1P and Vanguard-2P ‘ which are trackers made by Trina Tracker.

The post DNV finds that TrinaTracker is compatible with large format modules appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Battery storage investment looks good, but new wind and solar projects are stalled. CEC’s Kane Thornton explains why. Plus: The Callide explosion.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: A new wind and solar investment drought appeared first on RenewEconomy.

While debate builds around whether big batteries could have saved the day in Queensland on Tuesday, the benefits of having a home battery during a coal plant explosion are obvious.

The post What blackout? Home batteries power through Queensland coal plant calamity appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Victoria's upper house has passed Labor's controversial EV road user charge into law. Here's how it works, and what happens if you don't pay.

The post “Pay up or lose your rego”: Victoria’s EV road tax passed into law appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Infigen tells state regulators it hopes to energise its 270MW Port Augusta wind-solar hybrid project in September, and start full operation early next year.

The post Massive Port Augusta wind-solar hybrid project to be energised within months appeared first on RenewEconomy.

We test drive the new Kia Niro, talks to Nissan’s Ben Warren on progress on vehicle-to-grid, and to Solar Victoria’s Stan Krpan on the state’s EV subsidy.

The post The Driven Podcast: New Niro, Leaf’s V2G, and Victoria’s EV subsidy appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Joe Biden gets it, so why isn’t the Australian government rushing to save the weekend by embracing electric Utes?

The post Video: The Ute that “hauls ass and tows like a beast” appeared first on RenewEconomy.