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Off river pumped hydro sites using old mines or reservoirs are likely to deliver lower cost energy storage than other pumped hydro options.

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Denmark plans to be first country to begin make paradigm shift from individual offshore wind farms to massive energy island hubs.

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Sean Guzzi from Clenergy joins Solar Insiders to discuss how the industry his coping with the changes imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic, while the regulator cracks down on poor behaviour.

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Coalition dialled up the idiotometer to capacity when it talked electric vehicles last year, but now its technology roadmap admits EVs will cut emissions and lower costs.

The post Is Scott Morrison about to come full circle on electric vehicles? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

onnen started its humble beginnings with the sonnenBatterie, an innovation that only appealed to a few customers.The company is now one of the world's largest manufacturers of energy storage systems and has strategically transitioned to become a new kind of energy supplier that gives households the freedom to make a complete switch to a clean energy world.

The post sonnen celebrates its tenth anniversary and progresses to support the clean energy grid of the future appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Controversial Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro project receives planning approval from NSW government, but questions remain about its environmental and economic impacts.

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Gas industry people have been saying gas is the transition fuel for at least 30 years. It's never been true in all that time, and it's not true now.

The post Australia’s transcontinental gas pipe dream: It simply doesn’t add up appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Potential for electric vehicles in clean energy transition is more than just zero emissions transport, and Tesla is now building vehicle-to-grid tech into its EVs.

The post Tesla’s switch on V2G technology is big news for the clean energy transition appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Germany boasts the highest energy security level in the world, due in large part to the wide spread use of renewable energy sources in the country.

The post Germany leads globally in energy security levels, thanks to renewables – study appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Jemena will tap InMoment’s technology and intuitive professional services to accelerate its Voice of the Customer program.

The post InMoment partners with Jemena to boost its customer experience improvement program appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Taylor's discussion paper on technology roadmap puts focus on gas and CCS, and appears a desperate attempt to find technology winners that are not wind, solar and storage.

The post Taylor puts gas and CCS at centre of technology roadmap, coal and nuclear not excluded appeared first on RenewEconomy.

In the short term, the answer for North Queensland might be doing more of the same, but swapping the coal out for renewable energy and redeploying the coal work force.

The post Powering North Queensland: How to swap coal for renewables in LNP heartland appeared first on RenewEconomy.

India-based solar contracting giant lands contracts for Australia's biggest solar project.

The post Sterling and Wilson lands EPC contract for Australia’s biggest solar farm appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Environmental groups slam Covid Commission's recommendation for an East-West gas pipeline, saying it is a clear conflict of interest.

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Julien Vincent from Market Forces on the campaign to get banks, investment houses and superannuation funds to switch away from fossil fuels and into new clean technologies.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Could Market Forces bring an end to coal and gas? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

REST Energy is seeking expressions of interest from interested parties for a PPA for its 120MW Munna Creek Solar Farm in Queensland.

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In the panic and anxiety of those early days of the pandemic, fossil fuel advocates were calmly and openly forming a plan to capture the process of economic recovery.

The post How to change the colour of Australia’s Coronavirus climate recovery appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Some of Australia's largest industrial manufacturers could make the switch to 100 per cent renewables under a $3.5 billion green hydrogen plant proposal.

The post Massive 1000MW “baseload” wind, solar and hydrogen plant pitched for NSW appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Regulators flag potential delays to 16 key market reforms, protecting incumbent generators from threat of new technologies.

The post Regulators flag delays to 16 energy reform projects as fossil fuel interests dig in appeared first on RenewEconomy.

California utility seeks regulatory approval for five separate battery projects totalling 423MW, or nearly 1.7GWh of energy storage capacity, to come online by August 2021.

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