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Andrew Forrest dials down his ambitious green hydrogen targets for 2030 - but still intends to reach "real zero" for his iron ore operations by that date.

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The "advanced development" project proposes to combine 500MW of solar with a 500MW/1000MWh battery in the New South Wales Central-West Orana Renewable Energy Zone.

The post Enel Green Power snaps up 1GW solar and battery project proposed for NSW REZ appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Safety had not been valued by the state-owned operator of a Queensland power plant before a catastrophic explosion, a report finds.

The post Coal plant owner did not value safety before Callide explosion, report finds appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A seventh offshore wind project has been awarded a feasibility licence in Victoria's Gippsland development zone.

The post RES, Origin offshore wind project wins feasibility licence in Gippsland zone appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Chinese wind turbine manufacturer completes construction of twin-rotor floating wind turbine platform dubbed OceanX, with a total capacity of 16.6GW.

The post Mingyang debuts two-headed wind turbine on floating offshore platform appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Ørsted claims its new installation technology reduces the associated underwater noise by 99%, just marginally above the ambient noise of the sea.

The post Ørsted pilots quieter, lower impact offshore wind turbine installation method appeared first on RenewEconomy.

EnergyCo launches education program on how councils and businesses can negotiate different types of PPAs with wind and solar projects.

The post Sign up, save money: Councils and business given tools to negotiate contracts in renewable zones appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Construction of what will be South Australia's biggest battery will get underway towards the end of 2024 after the huge project got the all clear from the state government.

The post South Australia’s biggest battery set for construction following “milestone” approval appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Ted O'Brien tells 1,000 attendees at clean energy summit they are all wrong, and paints his vision for a nuclear future. At least he turned up.

The post Blackouts, bankruptcy and “bugger off Bowen” posters: Ted O’Brien’s dystopian and error riddled energy vision appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Chris Bowen hints at increasing the size of some of the auctions for wind and solar capacity because of the huge response to the initial tenders.

The post Bowen hints at even larger auctions after huge response to Australia’s biggest wind and solar tender appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Bowen says suggesting Australia take up nuclear is like suggesting to the Swiss they should take up surfing.

The post Bowen says asking Australia to go nuclear is like asking the Swiss to take up surfing appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Sun Cable can now start the groundwork leading up to a final decision on the project, which will initially supply Australian customers.

The post Sun Cable gets environmental tick for solar and transmission part of “world’s biggest” project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Former NSW energy minister says deniers have not gone away, and the renewables industry needs to step up to counter the anti-wind and solar propaganda.

The post “The silence has been deafening:” Matt Kean urges industry to take on renewable naysayers appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Antarctic blast chilling Australia's east coast has brought new records for wind generation and for operational demand on the National Electricity Market.

The post Arctic blast blows wind energy to new highs, smashes records for winter grid demand appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Plans to develop a 400MW wind farm and big battery in Queensland's Maranoa region joins queue for federal environmental assessment.

The post Wind farm and big battery planned for coal seam gas hub seeks federal green tick appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The big four banks have made significant strides to curb lending for fossil fuel projects but a report says they still have not met their own climate targets.

The post Big banks go cool on coal and gas but fall well short on climate funding: report appeared first on RenewEconomy.

AEMO boss says nuclear too slow to replace coal, and confirms that "notion of baseload" will not compete with grid powered by cheaper renewables.

The post Nuclear too slow to replace coal, and baseload “simply can’t compete” with wind and solar, AEMO boss says appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Clean Energy Council head says bad faith actors pushing nuclear are using a weakened media and praying on anxious communities to "tear things down."

The post “Battering ram of bad faith actors:” CEC says nuclear push causing confusion, delays and higher costs appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Offshore wind industry could be entering a “just for the heroes” era, where only the most robust projects in the most attractive geographies will survive. Australia's hopes could be at risk.

The post “Just for the heroes:” Can Australia survive the offshore wind inflection point? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Federal Labor will fast-track a national certification scheme to guarantee the provenance of green hydrogen – and renewable electrons – produced in Australia.

The post Guarantee of origin scheme for green hydrogen, renewable electricity put on fast track appeared first on RenewEconomy.