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Massive electricity price spike in Queensland again demonstrates how and why gas is fighting a losing battle against battery storage for key role in Australia’s future renewables grid.

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As more countries get behind carbon neutral targets - Scott Morrison stands alone as the only world leader who thinks economic recovery can be built on fossil fuels.

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Labor's Joel Fitzgibbon forced the party into saying nice things about coal and gas projects - but has he locked Labor onto a 'go slow' path for renewables?

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Greenpeace East Asia report finds repurposed EV batteries could cover all global demand for energy storage in 2030 – around 368GWh of capacity.

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Total capacity of global offshore wind projects that are operational, under construction or in development has jumped nearly 50 per cent since January.

The post Offshore wind the big mover as global pipeline jumps 50% to nearly 200GW appeared first on RenewEconomy.

BOC to build solar-powered hydrogen production and refuelling facilities at Fortescue's Christmas Creek mine, for fuel-cell buses that transport workers.

The post BOC to supply solar-fuelled electrolysers for Fortescue’s hydrogen bus fleet appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia's foreign minister refuses to 'welcome' zero carbon pledges from Japan and South Korea, says Australia will not be influenced by other countries on carbon targets.

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Nexport’s Luke Todd on plan to import four electric vehicle models from China’s BYD, and creating a platform for more EV makers to import directly into Australia.

The post The Driven Podcast: Direct imports to lift EV choice for Australian consumers appeared first on RenewEconomy.

China has set a net zero emissions target, which ultimately means the closure of the biggest coal fleet in the world. China coal expert Ryna Yiyun Cui from the University of Maryland explains how this might be done.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Can China wean itself off coal? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

BP CEO says the oil and gas supermajor will “probably” bid on offshore wind rounds in next six months, as part of pivot into renewables and hydrogen. 

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Last of 31 turbines completed at Tasmania’s 112MW Granville Harbour wind farm, a project that promises to deliver a one-third increase to state’s total wind power capacity.

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ANZ invokes a frenzied response from Coalition ministers for suggesting its largest customers should probably start preparing for a transition to zero emissions.

The post Federal ministers urge boycott of major bank proposing climate risk in lending decisions appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Tesla is already the market leader in EVs, but it is beating the legacy car makers on revenue growth, margins and cash flow. And then there is software.

The post Can the world’s big legacy car makers catch up with Tesla? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

South Australia Liberal government unveils details of hydrogen plan, including new green hydrogen hubs that could support more than 12GW of new wind and solar capacity.

The post South Australia names hydrogen hubs to foster “epic” growth in wind and solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Green Building Council of Australia now requires buildings to be completely fossil fuel free and 100% renewable powered to gain the highest possible 6 Green Star rating.

The post Buildings must now eliminate gas to qualify for top Green Star ratings appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australian-owned EV-NRG launches domestic V2G charger, with ability to both charge an electric car and discharge energy back to the grid.

The post “First” vehicle-to-grid electric car charger goes on sale in Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.

South Korea's new net zero adds to a drumbeat of death knells for Australia's coal exports

The post South Korea’s net zero target adds to Australia’s carbon export woes as denial deepens appeared first on RenewEconomy.

UNSW solar researcher takes out a PM’s prize for science, for work on sustainable thin film solar cells.

The post UNSW ‘green’ thin-film solar researcher awarded PM’s prize for science appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The failure of a lithium mining company highlights why it's time Australia took a strategic interest via a Sovereign Wealth Fund for battery metal mining.

The post How high-cost foreign debt sunk an Australian lithium mining asset appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Matt Kean delivers passionate rebuke of claims that his support for climate action and clean energy is inconsistent with conservative politics.

The post Matt Kean: Conservatives should embrace wind and solar, not fight it appeared first on RenewEconomy.