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Contact Energy hires consultants Roaring40s to help develop a pipeline of large-scale wind farms in New Zealand over the next six years.

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Genex turns to its shareholders to raise $110m needed to build its flagship Kidston pumped hydro project, while ARENA chips in with a new $47m grant.

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AGL gives green light to 250MW Torrens big battery in South AUstralia, although storage will initially be for one hour rather than the four hours originally flagged.

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A global stocktake of net zero targets finds many lack substance and short term ambition, leading to greenwashing and marketing deception.

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Tesla has warned its soon-to-be released Tesla Semi electric trucks will be too wide for Australian roads unless current rules are changed.

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SA Labor opposition promises to build a renewable hydrogen electrolyser plant and storage facility, which it says could stop rooftop solar from being switched off.

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Department officials say failure to deliver 'bankable feasibility study' into Collinsville coal plant would be a legitimate outcome of $4m government grant.

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Snowy Hydro CEO expresses love for gas, telling senate estimates a new gas generator at Kurri Kurri won't be competing with big batteries for market share.

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Australia’s first offshore wind project narrows down route for overland – but underground – transmission line to connect 2GW of wind power to Victorian grid.

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Renewable policy is getting better in Australia's states, but is it enough to cancel out federal inaction?

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AGL lodges planning application for a 200MW/800MWh big battery to be built at the site of the Loy Yang brown coal generator in Victoria.

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NSW government seeks feedback on proposed network access models to manage network connections in the state's Renewable Energy Zones.

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Huge hybrid solar and battery project is expected to produce 1,800,000 megawatt hours of electricity a year.

The post Construction begins on Australia’s biggest solar and battery hybrid in New England appeared first on RenewEconomy.

States continue to do the heavy lifting on a clean energy transition, as Morrison ignores chance for a clean energy recovery, WWF scorecard shows.

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Australian Greens move to block Morrison's quest for a government funded gas plant in Kurri Kurri, proposing a ban on Snowy Hydro fossil fuel investments.

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Gutwein Government refuses to release documents showing advice it received before the signing of an agreement with the federal government on major energy projects.

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The proposed $600m hybrid solar thermal project in Mount Isa has got early financial backing from the Queensland government's Stanwell Energy.

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Australia is giving away too much value through exports of commodities, but could capture that value through wind and solar resources and other new technologies.

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The Energy Security Board is devising ways to keep the grid operating along the rocky road of the renewables transition. But is it looking far enough ahead?

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A Swedish salt-based energy storage system that's trialing the electric kiln tech of Australian company Calix named as a winner in Helsinki Energy Challenge.

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