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California's rotating outages blamed on the state’s failure to integrate the demand and supply sides of the market.

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Santiago-based power company AES Gener has taken an important step in developing a mammoth hybrid renewable energy project in Chile.

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Infinite Blue Energy issues call for $2 million in pre-IPO investment, as the company targets ASX-listing before developing a massive green hydrogen plant.

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Risen Energy's Merredin solar farm – by far W.A's biggest – reaches full generation in a timeline that would be the envy of solar developers in eastern states.

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Energy Security Board has its mandate extended for another 12-months, as energy ministers finally agree to let the body finish its NEM redesign work.

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Tesla stock goes through roof, now worth nearly twice that of Toyota, as analysts factor Tesla becoming major supplier of EV batteries.

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A former Abbott business adviser, who once called for Snowy Hydro to privatised, and who has been a trenchant critic of wind and solar, has been appointed to the Snowy Hydro board.

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Investment in new wind, solar and storage projects slumps again in second quarter, due to growing grid problems and lack of federal policy.

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A mesh-metal tower used to measure wind conditions at the proposed Delburn wind farm in Victoria has been toppled in an incident being investigated by police.

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Goldwind Australia to consider use of biofuels, or hydrogen, to fuel new hybrid gas project that has received NSW government backing.

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It may represent the world's fastest energy transition, but is AEMO's step change scenario to 94% really such a stretch target?

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WA government calls for proposals for 'carbon for conservation' projects, that help protect national parks while storing carbon.

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EnergyAustralia pushes further into rooftop solar and energy efficiency business.

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The California grid is failing to meet demand in a record heatwave. It is already becoming clear that this is a story of mismanagement, rather than the fault of renewables.

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Australian developed 'stethoscope for wind turbines' is looking to substantially cut maintenance and repair costs through early damage detection.

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Researchers in California demonstrate possible solution to two of Earth’s biggest problems – recycling plastic waste and finding cheap ingredients for batteries.

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Resources companies dominate list of successful recipients of $22m in WA government funding for hydrogen fuelled transport initiatives.

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SA Power Networks responds to claims that charging solar households to export their excess generation to the grid would be unfair and unnecessary.

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CEC concerned that failure and retreat of contractors in solar industry will lead to rising costs.

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Legislation to fast-track the development of a 226 turbine wind farm within exotic pine plantations in Queensland has passed through state parliament.

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