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AEMO's new engineering framework lays out "just how incredibly fast change is coming" via the wholesale shift to renewables and calls for collaboration from industry to keep up the pace.

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Heightened fears that AGL Energy has not properly budgeted for coal plant remediation following announcement of plan to carve out its generator business.

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Bruce Mountain from the VEPC and Jonathon Dore from Solar Analytics join Solar Insiders to discuss the pros and cons of the proposed solar export tax.

The post Solar Insiders Podcast: The good and bad of the solar export tax appeared first on RenewEconomy.

There’s great excitement about Australia potentially producing hydrogen as a clean fuel at large scale, for export to countries such as Germany, Japan and South Korea. Hydrogen (H₂) is a useful energy carrier, and doesn’t release greenhouse gas when that energy is recovered. But carbon dioxide (CO₂) can be emitted when hydrogen is produced, depending […]

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We, too, once supported the dogma that any export price would be bad to the bone. Two things changed our mind.

The post “Solar tax” mythbuster: Here’s what you need to know appeared first on RenewEconomy.

State governments will need to lift their game on the regulation of networks and the management of voltage issues under proposed solar export tax.

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Biden administration announces more detail of its major climate plan as Australia reiterates its lack of climate ambition at a global climate summit.

The post Biden puts meat on policy bones at IEA net zero summit, Taylor falls short appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The behaviour of rooftop solar and battery systems during periods of major grid disruptions will be the focus of a new UNSW study.

The post Can rooftop solar and household batteries keep grid stable when big generators fail? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Genex locks in contractors engineering and construction works for Kidston pumped hydro project.

The post Genex locks in EPC contracts, other partners for flagship pumped hydro project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

AGL CEO Brett Redman says the traditional gentailer model for Australia's big energy utilities is breaking down, and they will have to find new ways of doing business.

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AGL CEO Brett Redman on the reasons behind the utility’s proposed split, the pace of change with new technologies, and what’s next.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: AGL’s Brett Redman on the big company split appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Plans to build a 300MW wind farm in the New South Wales Hunter region have been lodged with the state’s Department of Planning, Industry and Environment.

The post Epuron submits plans for 300MW wind farm in NSW coal country appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The program will provide up to 2600 properties with a 5kW System that will generate about 45 STCs per property.

The post AHO Program choose GreenDeal as the STC provider appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Santos signs off on an NT gas project, set to produce so much emissions, it has been described as a "carbon dioxide factory".

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Sun Cable lodges application for manufacturing and assembly plant for 5B's Maverick solar array systems, that will eventually supply its own 14GW solar plans.

The post Sun Cable submits plans for gigawatt-scale solar manufacturing plant in Darwin appeared first on RenewEconomy.

TPG Telecom, Australia's third largest telco, says it will source all its electricity from renewables by 2025, Netflix focuses on carbon sequestration.

The post Low carbon streaming promised as TPG and Netflix go ‘net zero’ appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia will take five years of climate inaction to COP26, with a plan for another ten. Its climate policy is flying off the rails.

The post Angus Taylor will take five years of climate delay to COP26, and a plan for another ten appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Federal government should target net-zero emissions by 2050 as “absolute minimum,” new scientific report warns, to avoid potentially insurmountable challenges to Australia.

The post “Delay as dangerous as denial:” Australia faces devastating costs of climate inaction appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Calls for a moratorium on new coal mines, as a record number of new mine proposals lodged in 2020, despite a global decline in demand for coal.

The post Surge in new coal mine proposals in NSW triggers fresh calls for coal moratorium appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Federal Labor promises to slash EV taxes and fund community battery roll-out, in some of its first energy policies announced since the 2019 election.

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