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Peter Dutton vows to scrap the NSW Hunter region offshore wind development zone and the $10 billion project that would be built there.

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A battery project hailed as a "first of its kind" when unveiled two years ago has been scrapped by iron ore billionaire Andrew Forrest's Squadron Energy - because it is too small.

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Group of science and engineering academies agree that baseload power plants not required to support a renewables dominated grid, and are likely to make it more expensive.

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Two First Nations-backed solar projects cleared for construction in the Pilbara, to power mining and industry and give back to Indigenous communities.

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Matthew van der Linden on Flow Power's big move into residential retail. Plus the latest on the rooftop PV market, SunDrive's innovation progress, and other news.

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A new energy transition fund chaired by Julia Gillard beats off other big players to snap up Neoen's wind, solar and battery assets in Victoria.

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UNSW scientists see huge promise in new material developed for a high-performance organic battery that avoids the pitfalls of lithium-ion.

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Carbon-reducing technology known as the chlorine bypass will be used at Boral's cement kiln, including product destined for wind turbine foundations.

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Queensland company PowerCap is set to produce sodium batteries from 2025.

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Spanish energy giant Naturgy raises $2.3 billion to expand Australian portfolio as it commissions its latest wind project.

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Australian solar innovator SunDrive has passed a major milestone on the road to commercialising its homegrown copper-based PV technology.

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Survey finds just 26 pct of women think nuclear power would be good for Australia. That compares to 51 pct of men, but only one in three males willing to live near one.

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New report by CSIRO suggest electrolyser manufacturing by Australian companies could be worth $2.9 billion a year - by 2050.

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Two workers have reportedly been rescued by helicopter from a wind turbine in Brazil after a fire broke out in the generator of the Siemens Gamesa wind turbine.

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Japan’s largest oil company has announced a $200 million investment into Queensland’s green hydrogen ambitions, committing to build a demonstration plant near Brisbane.

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Fortescue suspends its validation work under the Science-Based Target Initiative while the tricky question of scope 3 emissions - created by the use of its products by its customers - is resolved.

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The first cyclone resistant solar farm, along with a big battery, have been opened to provide daytime power for BHP's iron ore port operations in Port Hedland.

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New monthly data from Rystad Energy shows utility wind and solar generation exceeded 4 terwatt-hours – a first for the month of November.

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AEMO says its ability to deal with summer heat and floods have been boosted by more than 3 GW of new capacity, particularly in big battery projects that have already proved useful.

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Construction has been completed on the second biggest battery in Victoria, which will be the second big battery in Australia contracted to Big Oil company Shell.

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