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Vales Point coal plant, which is to get $8.7m of taxpayers money to fund upgrades, fined just $30,000 for breaches of rules regarding dumping of toxic materials.

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Australia is barely mentioned in IEA's 2020 World Energy Outlook, and only to note the exposure of its coal and gas industry to the state of climate action around the world.

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And why long-term investment will remain uncertain until a more robust and integrated climate and energy policy framework is developed.

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Greens leader Adam Bandt says Australia missing out on chance to embrace Green New Deal in Covid response, calls Morrison government policies 'criminal'.

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French oil and gas supermajor teams with Google Cloud to develop ‘Solar Mapper’, a digital tool that uses satellite imagery and AI to mine the solar potential of houses.

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Ausgrid reveals plan to turn streetside power kiosks into EV chargers, making electric vehicle charging more accessible in Sydney with start-up Jolt.

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Trina Solar's Vertex 600W and 550W series of glass-backsheet and dual-glass modules passes the TÜV Rheinland Photovoltaic Module IEC standard serial test.

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Infrastructure Capital Group acquires 75% share in major solar and wind investment platform with French renewables giant Engie and Japanese trading house Mitsui.

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Elecnor and Clough joint venture EnergySecure tapped to deliver TransGrid portion of NSW-S.A. interconnector.

The post Elecnor wins $1.9 billion contract to build NSW side of new link to South Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Former CEFC chief Oliver Yates warns a senate inquiry that proposed changes to the agency's investment mandate could open it up to 'dirty deals'.

The post Planned changes to CEFC investments ‘dangerous’, former CEO says appeared first on RenewEconomy.

IEA says renewables will emerge as the new "king of electricity" in latest World Energy Outlook, which for the first time looks at net zero target by 2050.

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UK researchers find that designing solar cells with checkerboard lines could increase their ability to absorb light by 125% and reduce costs.

The post “Checkerboard” solar cell design could boost output and make panels much cheaper appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Weighing the case for a new link to Mt Isa, and the push into renewable micro-grids for other remote consumers in north Queensland.

The post North Queensland: The case for Copperstring link to Mt Isa, and renewable mirogrids appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Neoen has proposed a new site for its proposed Victoria Big Battery, and also downgraded the size from 600MW to 300MW.

The post Neoen shifts location and reduces size of proposed Victoria Big Battery appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia's corporate PPA market sets new records in 2020, with 3,500MW of new wind and solar projects securing corporate off-take deals.

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Energy Renaissance says it will start building $28m, solar powered Renaissance One lithium-ion battery plant within weeks in Tomago.

The post Energy Renaissance names Hunter region for Australia’s first battery “gigafactory” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Modelling shows drivers can save significant amounts of money owning an electric car compared to their fossil-fuelled rivals.

The post Cost of owning Tesla Model 3 much less than rival BMW 330i appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Team of Deakin University researchers take out global business award, for plan to deploy innovative sodium batteries to electrify Indonesian transport.

The post Deakin Uni team wins global prize for sodium batteries for low cost transport appeared first on RenewEconomy.

FRV lands "green loan" from ING to finance new 90MW solar farm in NSW.

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NSW government fast-tracks planning approvals for 600MW Oven Mountain pumped hydro project with Critical State Significant Infrastructure designation.

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