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Amazon identifies solar farm in NSW that will support the biggest corporate PPA with a solar project to date in Australia.

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Minerals Council of Australia unveils Climate Action Plan with no dates or milestones for emissions reduction and no mention of phasing out coal mining or coal-fired power.

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Global markets will increasingly require ‘green hydrogen’ certification as they decarbonise their economies in line with Paris goals. To get distracted by anything less would be a fool’s errand.

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Labor MP Josh Burns says that if Australia is to grow its economy and create new markets we must take advantage of the future demand for cheap, clean and reliable power.

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Tesla argues for energy market reforms to be accelerated as Australia's big energy incumbents call for delays.

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Smoke impacting solar and high temperature failures in wind turbine hubs threw two new curve balls at the market operator as it sought to keep lights on in summer from hell.

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May was a big month for solar power announcements in Africa - led by a 4GW solar proposal in Algeria - but coal projects are causing headaches.

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National governments must play a more hands-on role in managing the economic response to climate change, according to Covid-19 response advisor Andrew Liveris.

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Major energy incumbents push for an even longer delay to 5-minute settlement rule, as old technologies line up against new in a crucial stepping stone to clean energy transition.

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US investment bank expects renewables spending to overtake oil and gas in 2021 for first time in history, presenting total investment opportunity of up to $US16trn by 2030.

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The ongoing patent dispute saga between four leading solar panel manufacturers continues, with Hanwha Q-Cells winning an infringement case in Germany.

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South Australia is breaking new ground in the share of solar and management of the grid. And a cautious market operator wants to be able to switch off rooftop solar if needed.

The post South Australia: The first big grid where rooftop solar could eliminate all demand appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New SonnenBatterie 10 home energy storage range unveiled in Germany, including a three-phase "islanding" solution that turns a home into a solar "power station" if the grid fails.

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South Australia to fast-track new link to NSW, and allow rooftop solar to be "shed" by market operator as it faces becoming first gigawatt scale grid in world to face zero operational demand.

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Trina Solar "paves the way" to 600W PV modules with the launch of an ultra-high power "Mega" series with an output of more than 500W.

The post Trina pushes further into large-scale solar market with TrinaPro Mega appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Tesla big battery at Hornsdale gets regulatory green light for expansion of what is already the world's biggest lithium ion battery, and a crucial component of South Australia's net 100% renewables plan.

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Tesla teams with global catamaran racing championship, SailGP, to switch the fledgling sport’s diesel-fuelled mobile recharging stations to solar and battery storage.

The post Tesla Powerwalls help world’s fastest sailing race ditch diesel appeared first on RenewEconomy.

While the world hangs on news of battery update, Tesla takes time out to explain how it has cracked the 400 mile barrier with its Tesla Model S.

The post Tesla cracks 400 mile range barrier for Model S as world waits for battery update appeared first on RenewEconomy.

CSIRO releases new forecasts for solar, battery and electric vehicles, while more solar firms under pressure from Covid-19 despite overall resilience of rooftop solar market.

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Shares in molten silicon energy storage hopeful 1414 plunge by more than 50% after frank technology review finds reliability and efficiency problems.

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