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America's tumbling coal power consumption was surpassed by renewable energy in 2019, and wind power overtook hydro as the US biggest renewable power source.

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A few tweaks to an old idea could stimulate investment in renewable energy zones and the electric "highways" needed to transport wind and solar.

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Regional Queensland solar FiT gets marginal increase for 2020-21, driven by higher ancillary services fees and energy losses, which were mostly offset by a decline in wholesale energy costs.

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Zinc refinery and solar farm owner Sun Metals pans "system strength" rules, saying they are slow, ad hoc, lack transparency, add costs and discourage investment in large scale wind and solar.

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Oil price crisis and its impact on US shale oil production is revealing where China and the US stand with their very different energy strategies.

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The ACT is set to ban waste incineration to energy projects, concluding the potential impacts to public health could not be justified.

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Suntech's 9.47MW Robinvale solar farm – one of a growing number of 'small but smart' projects pitched at under 10MW – has been completed in Victoria's north west.

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Latest quarterly emissions update shows emissions down thanks to renewables and drought, but increases from the gas sector are hindering faster progress.

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If uptake of EVs is to gain hold in Australia, they need to be fit for purpose - here's a list of what we should expect to see in coming years.

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Regulator flags new "reliability" rules to affect wind and solar farms, as ESB considers tightening Australia's reliability standard to 99.9995 per cent.

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AEMC sets new rules to open up the option of stand alone power systems to remote and fringe-of-grid communities as network alternative.

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Sun Cable says the $20 billion solar and storage project planned for the Northern Territory likely to be just the first of many.

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Europe unveils $A1.2 trillion Covid-19 recovery plan that has renewables and climate as the centrepiece, casting Australia even more starkly as a backwards-looking global laggard.

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France to jumpstart local auto industry decimated by Coronavirus pandemic with €8 billion plan including major boost for electric vehicles.

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Carbon emissions from Great Britain’s power grid hit lowest levels last weekend, thanks to a decrease in demand and a big increase in renewable energy.

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This year will see the largest ever drop globally in both investment and consumer spending on energy as the coronavirus pandemic hits every major sector, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). The crisis is accelerating the shutdown of older fossil-fuelled power plants and refineries, with the agency saying it could provide an opportunity to...

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Battery storage is really easy to do if the economics are supportive, but pumped hydro is incredibly difficult to do.

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Sun Cable CEO David Griffin joins Energy Insiders to discuss the latest update for the $20 billion plan to build the world’s biggest solar farm and biggest battery storage plant in the Northern Territory.

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Morrison government has not modelled the economic impact of transitioning to a zero emissions economy, despite signing up to such a target under the Paris Agreement.

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Solar module manufacturers are readying the next wave of 500+Wp processes.

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