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Australia's rooftop solar capacity is set to be 25 times bigger than the grid’s biggest remaining coal generators by 2025. But currently, no one is overseeing this huge resource.

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Solar PV is being installed faster than everything else put together (fossil, nuclear, and other renewables not counting wind) on the rooftops of homes and businesses, and in large-scale ground mounted arrays. Since the price of PV continues to fall, and since PV is essentially unconstrained, solar PV will probably grow to dominate not just...

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Energy Security Board faces uncertain future, as does policy transparency as energy ministers meet under new 'confidential' national cabinet rules for first time.

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TransGrid today welcomed OMERS, one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans, to its ownership group, this announcement follows OMERS acquisition of a 19.99% stake in TransGrid from Wren House Infrastructure
Management.

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It’s important to understand what the problem is with semi-scheduled generation - the bulk of large scale wind and solar plants - before rushing to a solution.

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"Resilient, inclusive and seamless": the new Nissan Ariya promises a lot, most notably an impressive 610 km range that beats the Tesla Model X.

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Frozen food giant to install massive solar and biogas generation system in Ballarat, slash its reliance on natural gas by 16%, and grid power by 39%.

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Warwick solar farm officially opened, completing the University of Queensland's switch to 100 per cent renewable power.

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Tilt hit by low wind speeds and system strength curtailments in South Australia, adding to woes of delayed commissioning of flagship Dundonnell project in Victoria.

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Angus Taylor appoints impact investor Justin Punch as new ARENA chair, as he chooses not to extend Martijn Wilder's contract in first stage of an expected board shake-up.

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Compressed air systems, often called ‘the fourth utility’ after electricity, gas and water and used in drying, assembly, blow moulding and paint spraying, are often shockingly inefficient.

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Our electricity market was never fit for purpose, and the barriers to fundamental change are challenging and deeply ingrained in energy culture.

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Carbon Trust report finds floating wind capacity could increase to 10.7GW by 2030 and to 70GW by 2040, with as much as 3GW being installed annually between 2030 and 2040.

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Energy experts and investors call for clean energy market reforms to be accelerated in an open letter before COAG energy ministers meeting.

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TransGrid to prepare plan for network investment and grid connections in newly announced New England Renewable Energy Zone with the aid of a $1m ARENA grant.

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So close... and yet so far. Three Tesla Model Y SUVs – not yet available to order in Australia or New Zealand – arrive in Auckland for reasons unknown.

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The NZ government will invest in solar, biomass and heat pump technology as well as electric vehicles as part of a "clean-powered public service" plan.

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Fundamental to our proposal is the idea of net market benefit: Where rooftop solar exports create value greater than their costs, then costs can be recovered from all consumers.

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The first turbine of Goldwind Australia's 312MW Moorabool wind farm has been connected to the Victorian transmission network and is generating electricity.

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New analysis of Australia's Covid-19 economic response finds governments have funnelled four-times more financial support into fossil fuel sector than to clean energy.

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