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Australia’s new chief scientist, Cathy Foley, says climate change is a problem with "no single solution," and one of the world's greatest challenges.

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NSW becomes the latest state to embrace price guarantees for clean energy projects, and the Berejiklian government sees them as key to lower energy prices.

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The long delayed Sunraysia solar farm receives its registration from the market operator and will begin production this week.

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Tilt gets green light to lift output at Dundonnell wind farm, as it also nears decision on its first big battery investment in South Australia.

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NSW government unveils its $32 billion investment plan for wind, solar, and storage, expected to cut emissions and costs for consumers as coal exits.

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Australian drivers embrace electrified drivetrains, with figures showing hybrid SUV sales tripling compared to same period in 2019, and passenger EVs up 25 per cent.

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We now estimate that Australia's main grid will be around 45% renewable as early as 2025, and that spells bad news for some coal generators.

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Mike Cannon-Brookes leads group of more than 100 organisations issuing endorsement of Zali Steggall's Climate Change Bill.

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S.A. government throws more money at Home Battery Scheme, boosting overall target to 440MWh and paving way for households to invest in bigger batteries.

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South Australia to "jump start" uptake of electric vehicles by transitioning government fleet to EVs and boosting charging infrastructure.

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In an Australian first, Melbourne has become home to the new, revolutionary, zero-carbon, off-grid streetfood kitchen.

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Horizon Power has engaged local company, Mechanical Project Services (MPS) to install rooftop solar systems on around 30 regional public schools.

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The new Victorian big battery is just the latest addition to a growing number of battery storage projects across the Australian grid.

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Tesla chair Robyn Denholm says mainstream adoption of grid-scale battery storage will be “the key” to replacing gas and coal power with 100 per cent renewables.

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AEMO says West Murray region in main grid is effectively full, and any new wind and solar developments will lead to significant constraints on output.

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In dissenting reports, Labor and Greens senators says CEFC amendment bill is an unwarranted power grab by federal energy minister Angus Taylor.

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System strength issues in Queensland lead to price extremes as large scale solar farms are switched off and on in response to grid constraints.

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ScottishPower claims a “world first” by using power from Dersalloch wind farm to reenergise a blacked-out section of the power grid.

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European Energy gets green light to develop northern Europe’s largest solar farm, a 300MW project set for the municipality of Aabenraa.

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The electoral turmoil within the world’s second highest emitter of greenhouse gases (number one for oil and gas, by a decent margin) is going to last a few weeks even after a winner is declared, so it’s worth taking a moment to pause and thinking about how Australia’s climate future is closely interlinked with the...

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