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Angus Taylor's emissions projections report predicts every rooftop solar system will be effectively shut down for an average of two months a year. Seriously?

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The RBA backs out from buying 100 per cent renewable electricity, signing up instead with the Trevor St Baker owned coal generator Delta Electricity.

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US online retail giant signs deal to source 325,000MWh of energy a year from 96.6MW Hawkesdale wind farm being developed by Global Power Generation.

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Personal loan provider Plenti raises $100 million to expand the company's solar and storage loans program.

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Independent MP Zali Steggall welcomes positive response to proposed Climate Change Act, designed to break the climate policy deadlock.

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Australia’s first ever utility-scale vanadium flow battery to be built in South Australia to demonstrate the potential for medium duration energy storage.

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Latest CSIRO GenCost report shows wind and solar still easily cheapest electricity generation - even when storage and network costs added for 90% renewable grid.

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More gas, less wind and less big solar: The electricity numbers in Taylor's emissions roadmap make no sense. But that's not the only weird part of this report.

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AEMC pushes back the deadline for draft system strength reforms, saying more time is needed to work through the complexities.

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Angus Taylor will see out 2020 without a single legislated reform, and key energy policies missing in action.

The post Another year lost: Taylor ends 2020 with key energy reforms in limbo appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New analysis of finds Victoria could meet its legislated target of net-zero emissions by 2050 nearly five years ahead of schedule.

The post Wind and solar deliver record emission cuts for Victoria, but pressure mounts to do more appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia's CWP Renewables joins list of world’s biggest green hydrogen project developers and partners to launch Green Hydrogen Catapult initiative.

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Australia has around 7GW of battery storage projects at various stages in the development pipeline, a new report estimates.

The post Big battery pipeline nudges 7GW in Australia, as roles for storage multiply appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Victoria's peak infrastructure advisory body recommends dropping registration fees for EVs, going all-electric in government and bus fleets, and setting end date for ICE vehicles.

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"We simply don't need fossil fuels to access cheap energy anymore," says UK climate body. "Any notion that we can't afford to tackle climate change is clearly nonsense".

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Taylor says Technology Roadmap will deliver cuts needed to hit 2030 emissions target - but the projections predict doom for large-scale wind and solar investment.

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Last turbine completed at Stockyard Hill, but Australia's biggest wind project still not producing a year after original timetable.

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Market operator dramatically cuts forecast of gas use in electricity generation in Western Australia, the country's biggest consumer of gas.

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McGowan government unveils 'Just Transition' plan for coal centre of Collie, as next step in 10 to 15-year process to prepare for exit of coal generators.

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Southern California Edison signs four long-term contracts totalling 590MW of battery energy storage projects, including three utility-scale projects. 

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