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Senior executive from aerospace industry giant Airbus says company may launch a commercial airliner running on green hydrogen by the early 2030s.

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Iberdrola partner with Fertiberia to build a 100MW solar PV plant with 20MWh battery storage to power one of the largest electrolytic hydrogen production systems in the world.

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While the UK government is right to want more energy storage to support the shift to renewables, a focus on building large, expensive batteries isn’t necessarily the answer.

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New research finds that the costs of offshore wind projects is now so low, they are delivering 'negative subsidies' to the benefit of energy users.

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Amazon teams with NZ network company Vector to mine consumer data and use it to fast-track “profound” change in the energy sector – starting in Australia and New Zealand.

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ClimateWorks Australia launches a centralised platform for tracking corporate and government climate change pledges as it hopes to raise ambition.

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The first 100MW solar farm Western Australia begins sending power to the gird.

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Energy and climate policy experts warn governments must prepare for impacts of inevitable coal phase out on workers and communities.

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Another nine large scale solar farms in north Queensland with total capacity of more than 700MW warned their output could be cut to zero due to "system strength" issues.

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Latest AEMO study into virtual power plants shows how household batteries and solar will be critical for managing highs and lows of the grid.

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Labor refers federal funding for Queensland coal plant feasibility study to watch dog, and asks why fund was granted before a company with no energy experience even applied for it.

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Demand is up in past month, and wind was down, but renewables share has grown over last 12 months and is helping lock in low prices for next year or two.

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Redflow zinc-bromine flow batteries paired with solar take Tambourine Mountain home – and electric vehicle – off-grid and 100% renewable-powered.

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The rivalry between Europe and China in emission-free hydrogen technologies could become one of the defining business stories in the global effort to stop climate change.

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A group of Australia's largest industrial emissions set to co-operate on reducing supply chain emissions through newly formed Energy Transitions Initiative.

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W.A. unveils plan to spend $66.3m on solar and battery storage for schools, isolated communities and social housing as part of a $5.5bn Covid recovery plan.

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Car industry's proposed voluntary scheme on emissions so weak it will barely cause a change from business as usual, which is Australia being dumping ground for dirty cars.

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Community groups will be able to trade surplus electricity from rooftop solar systems in a bid to cut energy costs, as part of an ARENA backed pilot.

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Tesla says next US Gigafactory will be in Austin, Texas, where work has already begun on an "ecological paradise" that will produce the Cybertruck and Semi.

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A 2.5MW solar system installed across 25 rooftops at La Trobe University’s Bundoora campus in Melbourne’s north has been completed.

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