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New analysis shows that repurposing coal plants into solar and battery plants can deliver five times more value than decommissioning them.

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Bloomberg New Energy Finance reveals that, for the first time, battery pack prices have dipped below $US100/kWh in China’s e-bus market.

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US President-elect to appoint former Environmental Protection Agency head Gina McCarthy as domestic climate adviser, and Pete Buttigieg as Transportation Secretary.

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Horizon Power appoints local outfit to build Australia’s first renewable hydrogen demonstration plant in a remote power system in Denham, Western Australia.

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Tesla has shipped more than 10,000 electric cars to Australia since 2014, and is still selling double that of all other car makers combined in 2020, new data has revealed.

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Japan is reportedly eyeing offshore wind as the country’s energy of the future and has set a target to install up to 45GW of offshore wind capacity by 2040.

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Documents show Tasmania's publicly-owned companies expect to lose tens of millions on 'onerous' wind farm contracts.

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Solar finance provider Brighte to enter retail electricity space, following a $100 million injection by investors led by Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar.

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NSW grants priority status to transmission network upgrades, helping to fast-tracking approvals process for first Renewable Energy Zone and up to 3GW of new wind and solar.

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Federal Coalition could try to regain credibility with an EV strategy, and its failure to do so is probably the single dumbest thing it has done.

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AEMO to model faster paths to net zero emissions, with new "Export Superpower" scenario to assume Australia to get there by 2040, and more rapid emission cuts in electricity grid.

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In the last episode of the year, we take a look at the biggest solar stories of 2020.

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Joel Fitzgibbon adds pressure on Mark Butler to be moved shadow climate and energy portfolios, calls on Labor to adopt Morrison's climate policies.

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A German research team sets a new solar conversion efficiency record using two different types of solar energy technologies sandwiched together.

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Canadian Solar corporate vice president predicts that that all new large-scale solar farms being proposed for construction in Australia over the coming five years will include storage.

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South Australia’s Liberal state government predicts the state could boast more than 500 per cent renewable energy by 2050 as it becomes a national and international exporter of clean energy. South Australia has sourced a world-leading 60 per cent of its local grid demand from wind and solar over the past 12 months and aims...

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What's happened since the 2015 Paris agreement? Not enough - but more than you might think.

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German scientists say cost of meat should be doubled to account for climate change impacts - perhaps we'll see Barnaby Joyce's "$100 roast" after all.

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Angus Taylor's emissions reduction forecasts assume even faster cuts than those contemplated in AEMO's step change scenario, and accelerated coal closures.

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Tilt lands 15-year off-take deal with miner Newcrest to underpin development of biggest wind farm in NSW.

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