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Green Wind is Macquarie's partner in WA wind and has revealed details about the next two of four projects in the state.

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Danish renewables giant launches new all-Australian subsidiary with plans to develop 6 GW of onshore wind and solar and "a network" of big batteries.

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The first turbine is on its way up at Wambo wind farm, a huge two-stage project in which state-owned coal generator Stanwell Corporation has a 50 per cent stake.

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NSW gets the lion share of new generation capacity in new CIS tender guidelines, wind gets priority over solar in Victoria, and new storage tender to open next week.

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Renewables hit new record high of 75.9 per cent, sending coal to a record low despite usually strong spring electricity demand.

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Trump's sweeping victory is bad news for climate action and the US energy transition, but it leaves China as the big winner.

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Australian long duration energy storage hopeful says it can deliver a grid-scale vanadium flow battery with up to eight hours of storage capacity that can compete, on costs, with current lithium-ion batteries.

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BP is dumping 18 hydrogen projects and pausing two biofuels refineries, as it focuses on more profitable fossil fuels.

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Squadron Energy confirms 15 turbines currently out of action at Murra Warra 1 wind farm in Victoria as part of "staged maintenance" to replace failed bearings.

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Eku Energy has achieved financial close on its big ACT battery after doing a revenue share deal with the government and securing debt funding.

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New pathways to clean power outlined by UK grid operator including three fold increase in wind and solar, and a reduction in nuclear.

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Revenue surge from big batteries mostly offset fall in wind and solar revenues for Neoen, with the first stage of the country's biggest battery to add more cream to the storage pie.

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One of Australia's leading wind farm developers may switch to Chinese made turbines, saying it is not happy with quality, service and prices of western suppliers.

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Thirty-seven Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders have been selected to attend a week-long intensive renewable energy training course.

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Turbine number 50 installed at what will be one of the biggest wind farms in Queensland, at least for a time.

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Andrew Forrest's Fortescue Group has dropped plans to buy a massive sheep station in outback Western Australia and use it as a renewable energy hub.

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Bizarre proposal to use 3D printed concrete spheres in a sub-sea pumped storage project wins backing from US and German governments.

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WaveX says its wave energy device cuts out inventive technologies to be cheaper than a remote diesel generator.

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AEMO details protocols that may see big batteries instructed to discharge and stand by on empty as an alternative to switching off rooftop solar systems.

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Independent MPs are pushing for no further delay on Labor's 2035 climate target, saying voters deserve more than silence from the major parties vying for power.

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