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The level of investment in large-scale batteries in Australia has doubled in the last six months, according to an analysis by the Clean Energy Council.

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AGL, the country's biggest emitter, to offer customers carbon neutral options on all energy products, but won't fast-track the closure of its coal generators.

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Victoria has now overtaken South Australia as the state which usually has the largest volume of wind generation.

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A group of prominent Melbourne universities, factories and other businesses targeting zero emissions sign bulk purchasing deal with Victorian wind farms.

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Volkswagen's Zwickau factory produces its last ever combustion engine vehicle, closing a 116-year chapter on fossil-fuelled cars and switching to EV production, only.

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The biggest problem facing utility-scale solar is that it has to compete with rooftop solar. Reverse auctions could be a solution, and so could storage.

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TAI report shows that as renewables flourish, total sent-out coal-fired power fell to below 66% of total generation and to less than 70% of grid-level generation, excluding rooftop solar.

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Energy ombudsman could have new powers to oversee complaints relating to new energy technologies such as solar and battery storage provided by electricity retailers.

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Macquarie's Green Investment Group to partner Enso Energy to build pipeline of solar and battery projects across the UK.

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New official figures reveal renewable energy accounted for almost half of UK’s electricity in first three months of 2020, thanks to record wind record generation and falling coal numbers.

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Morrison's Technology Roadmap undermined by lack of national emissions targets, tech billionaire says during launch of plan for one million green jobs.

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India-based research finds “unusually high insolation levels” during Covid-19 lockdown in Delhi in March, increasing the amount of sunlight hitting solar panels by 8%.

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In the US, renewables output beat coal in 2019 for first time in 134 years, and despite a hostile administration will likely account for 50% of demand by 2030.

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Bidding war breaks out for ASX-listed Infigen Energy ramp up as overseas suitors up their offers.

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Energy minister Matt Kean says NSW can become renewable and economic superpower thanks to resources of low cost wind, solar and storage, if ideology doesn't get in the way.

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NSW energy minister Matt Kean says cheap and clean wind, solar and storage can turn the state into an economic superpower. It’s an opportunity too good to miss.

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Developers behind Queensland's “Battery of the North” are planning another massive project for the state's south – a 500MW wind farm with 200MWh of battery storage.

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Massive investment in wind, solar, housing, transport and manufacturing will deliver more than one million jobs, according to report launched by Mike Cannon-Brookes.

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Wireless charging could give all-electric taxis a competitive advantage as Jaguar partners in world-leading trial.

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Weeks after launching plans for Australia-made hydrogen fuel cell SUV, H2X teams with ACT-based renewables company on the local manufacture of green hydrogen electrolysers.

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