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Australian gas giant flags major write-down in the value of troubled processing plant on Victoria’s east Gippsland coast.

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Australia's largest wind project remains idle, and ongoing delays means Origin Energy has to pay a large penalty for not producing enough renewable energy certificates.

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Oil and gas giant announces planting of 3.6m native trees in Western Australia, a headline action in a cluster of seemingly climate friendly initiatives.

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Fortescue to channel 10 per cent of future profits into renewable energy to help meet its green hydrogen ambitions.

The post Fortescue puts aside $400m for new hydrogen, wind and solar projects appeared first on RenewEconomy.

IPART flags another “likely” reduction to NSW rooftop solar feed-in tariff, as it prepares to set new benchmarks for the next three financial years.

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Origin Energy says things could get messy with coal plants heading towards early closures, as it reports first half profits slashed by 98 per cent.

The post Origin profits collapse as it prepares for ‘messy’ coal exit and big battery plans appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Comcar fleet has chosen a Tesla Model 3 and a Hyundai Ioniq in a two-year trial to "assess viability".

The post Federal MPs to ride in Tesla Model 3 and Hyundai electric cars in Comcar trial appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A clearer picture is emerging as Texas continues to suffer through a major blackout - massive coal and gas issues have caused the problems.

The post How sudden trips of gas and coal plants triggered Texas energy catastrophe appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Victoria to establish a separate body to manage and prioritise billions of dollars of network upgrades required to support the state's transition to 50% renewables.

The post Victoria creates new body to modernise grid for wind and solar transition appeared first on RenewEconomy.

AEMO says number of connected wind and solar projects hit record high in 2020, but the queue for connection and registration is also growing.

The post Wind and solar projects join grid in record numbers, and connection queues grow appeared first on RenewEconomy.

In WA, the politics of energy is turned upside down as Labor labels the ambitious clean energy plan of the WA Liberals as reckless and too costly.

The post Labor energy minister “horrified” by Liberals “risky” zero emissions energy plan appeared first on RenewEconomy.

SolarEdge announces solar revenue records for 2020, including in Australia where it charted 30% year on year growth – despite Covid.

The post Global inverter giant charts record revenue for 2020, “led by Australia” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Problems at a major solar farm in Queensland raises the “cowboy” issue again, and why are new homes being built with roofing too weak to host solar panels.

The post Solar Insiders Podcast: Does the solar industry deserve the “cowboy” label? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Whitehaven Coal – the kind of pure play thermal coal miner that investors are abandoning in droves – lost $94 million in the six months to December.

The post Collapsing thermal coal price pushes miners deep into the red appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Barnaby Joyce calls for CEFC to fund "high intensity" coal plants, but the emissions threshold he proposes would make that impossible.

The post Barnaby Joyce blunders attempt to open CEFC funds to “high intensity” coal plants appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Oil major Total sets new target of growing its renewable energy capacity to 100GW by 2030.

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National Parks Association of NSW outraged by plan to build overhead transmission infrastructure for Snowy 2.0, saying damage to Kosciuszko is unacceptable.

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Another viral, inaccurate meme about wind turbines that's got the attention of Matt Canavan has links to the fossil fuel industry.

The post Matt Canavan’s false wind meme is linked to the fossil fuel industry appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New research shows that electric cars reduce emissions, in a coal-dominated grid, and Australia should embrace them.

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COVID-19 has pushed gas prices down, but lack of competition and opacity of price-setting means it won't last long, says the ACCC.

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