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Victoria Energy Policy Centre (VEPC) releases version 1.0 of a National Energy Market (NEM) Data Dashboard, a free-to-use data portal.

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Snowy Hydro reports fall in profits after year impacted by bushfires and lower energy prices, placing pressure on plans to expand its generation portfolio.

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Clean Energy Finance Corporation stresses continued focus on investing in increasing share of renewables in a modernised electricity grid.

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The Maryvale Energy from Waste (EfW) project has marked three important milestones in its plan to deliver a state-of-the-art EfW facility, located at the Maryvale Mill in the Latrobe Valley, Victoria, Australia.

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Nexport plans to offer Australian made buses, trucks and passenger vehicles, after announcing a $700M investment in a NSW manufacturing facility.

The post Nexport’s grand vision to make electric cars, buses and trucks in NSW, lands deal with BYD appeared first on RenewEconomy.

California municipalities issue first tender for long duration storage - from eight to 16 hours - to back up growing share of wind and solar.

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A big week for South Australia as solar delivers 100 per cent of its demand one day - the first time ever in any large grid - and wind does the same thing a few days later.

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A brewing storm of major financial institutions divesting from Arctic and oil sand drilling signals a dark future for oil and gas, finds a new investigation from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). The investigation, published today, quantifies the scale of shifts among large investors. The World Bank, BPN Paribas, Goldman Sachs,...

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UNSW spin-off announces that it will start taking orders for one of the world's first hydrogen based energy storage systems for homes and businesses.

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CEC welcomes overall direction of new market rules, but warns the Cogati transmission access proposals are the "wrong reform at the wrong time.”

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Texas and Australia have much in common. They have similar sized populations and economies and are hugely invested in resources extraction. But in Texas, renewables are winning.

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Sydney and Melbourne network companies push into community-level battery storage to boost rooftop PV uptake and defer grid upgrades. Are energy retailers getting nervous?

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TrueGreen and Nexport commit to building a $700 million plant to make electric vehicles - including cars, buses and trucks - at 51 hectare site in Southern Highlands.

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Public schools and hospitals could be the key to boosting Queensland's rooftop solar industry, slashing cost and emissions and delivering hundreds of jobs.

The post Queensland urged to switch public schools, libraries and hospitals to solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Nexif finally moves to second stage of Lincoln Gap wind and battery project in South Australia after changing turbine suppliers and fine-tuning regulatory approvals.

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Model 3 price in Australia drops by up to $A7,000, as Tesla also confirms numerous upgrades and an increase in driving range.

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Big wins for parties with ambitious climate change and clean energy, as Jacinda Ardern returned in New Zealand, while the Greens win big in the ACT.

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First stage of the massive Asian Renewable Energy Hub a step closer after securing state environmental approvals from WA government, and could grow to 26GW.

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Audrey Zibelman says "facts and reality" are focus of AEMO, which is leading creation of new global partnership pushing "rapid clean energy transition of unprecedented scope."

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Another major US utility unveils plans to replace an ageing coal power plant with solar and storage, via four projects totalling nearly 1GW of new renewable capacity.

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