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AGL launches new mobile phone plans, as the energy giant continues its push into the telco market.

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The volume of energy from new wind and solar assets in Australia's main grid is lower than we might have expected a few years ago. In some cases, much lower.

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More than a dozen new hydrogen industry clusters secure funding to encourage industry collaboration and grow the emerging industry in Australia.

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Unless Labor decides to become an opposition, and promote science-based climate and energy policies, they are wasting everyone's time.

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Australia's biggest grid is transforming to a cleaner, better, upgraded version even as it continues to reliably operate in extreme condtions.

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Scott Morrison drives an electric truck. Did it ruin his weekend?

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Morrison government has not modelled an Australian pathway to zero net emissions, according to information provided by department officials.

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The average “good” energy share in our random portfolio was up over 100% last year, and this performance has continued into January.

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A fresh round of Spanish renewables auctions secures 3GW of new wind and solar projects, at record low prices for Europe.

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First publicly available RTM75 electric car charger is put to the test by a Standard Range Plus Tesla Model 3.

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Solar and wind farms are becoming adept at dancing around negative pricing events. Even some brown coal generators are showing surprising flexibility.

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Cubico Sustainable Investments has emerged as principal investor in the Delburn Wind Farm that will overlook site of the closed Hazelwood coal-fired power station.

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Norway's massive oil fund loses as much on fossil investments as it earns from fossil sales. Time to properly invest in clean energy.

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Innovative waste-to-fuel technologies will be used at a new Western Australian demonstration plant, after securing government support.

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South Australia now boasts cheapest grid power in Australia, thanks to its dominant share of wind and solar, and a world-first milestone of having solar meet all its electricity demand.

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The $22 billion Sun Cable project signs a key planning agreement and is granted major project status by the Northern Territory government.

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Owner of Sun Metals, one of Queensland's leading 'clean minerals' producers, invests in major transmission project that will unlock new wind and solar farms.

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Community-scale batteries to be installed across inner-city suburbs of Melbourne in joint venture between CitiPower and Yarra Energy Foundation.

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The uptake of rooftop solar has defied the expectations of energy utilities, but networks now see it and battery storage as the key to their future. Ausnet’s Alistair Parker explains why.

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A new independent panel of leading climate researchers finds Australia would still 'blow the emissions budget' aiming for net zero by 2050.

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