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A sugar hit of COVID-hit transport, growing renewables and suspicious revisions - all the hidden bits in Australia's new emissions data

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Neoen, Tesla and the Victoria government hold ground-breaking ceremony for the Victorian Big Battery, which will be biggest battery in the country.

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Queensland budget delivers $500 million renewable energy fund, set to underpin wind and solar boom, while coal plant write-downs cut government revenues.

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One of the owners of the newest coal generator in the country has written off its entire investment, and the growth in rooftop solar is largely the cause.

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Western Australia seeks to support state's lithium producers, offering a temporary royalty rebate while global prices remain low.

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Global engineering giant unveils its most powerful onshore wind turbine yet, a 6MW version of its Cypress line of turbines, surpassing the 5.3MW model.

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Combustion engine and non-pluggable hybrid vehicles will be fined if found parking in electric car parking spots.

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Queensland's Stanwell Corp partners with Japanese hydrogen giant Iwatani to kick start work towards Gladstone green hydrogen export terminal.

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Key energy market players renew calls for Angus Taylor to increase transparency and consultation with experts in meetings of energy ministers.

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Several Australian states are going it alone on the the energy transition, forced to act on renewables after the federal government effectively vacated the policy space.

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Vales Point owners share in another $62 million windfall dividend from ageing coal generator they bought from NSW government for just $1 million.

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Senior ministers in NSW and the ACT extinguish ideas of following other states in adding an EV tax, a move that is at odds with other jurisdictions around the world.

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Regulator seeks input on whether it should declare a 154MW reliability shortfall in NSW, much less than the 1,000MW that Scott Morrison has claimed is needed.

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Genex secures $1.5m development deal with Japanese utility J-Power to commence development works for Kidston wind project.

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The AEMC's transmission pricing proposal will ultimately hurt and disincentivise investment in wind and solar in Australia.

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Horizon Power’s Onslow DER Project was announced State winner of the 2020 Australian Institute of Project Management Achievement Awards, in the category of Regional Projects.

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Western Australia’s Labor-led McGowan Government announces members of its Future Battery Industry taskforce which will seek to grow the state’s battery industry.

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Biggest solar project in NSW approved by planning commission, despite resident concerns of heat islands and glare and council's fear of "batteries melting down like nuclear".

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Covid and drought help reduce greenhouse in latest quarter, but there's little evidence of any long-term cuts to emissions apart from switch to wind and solar.

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REP brings forward 500MW wind component of Bowen renewable energy hub, as state authorities kick off environmental review of "battery of the north".

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