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Australian solar innovator SunDrive strikes agreement with China solar giant that could be big boost to Labor's Made in Australia plans and its Solar Sunshot program.

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There are deliberate campaigns underway to spread misinformation and disinformation about renewables, particularly in regional areas, in an attempt to delay this crucial transition.

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The size of big battery projects in Australia is rapidly increasing, with the latest proposal around eight times bigger than the current biggest operating battery in the country.

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Solar PV mounted on the nation's rooftops have supplied more than 50 per cent of the main grid's power demand for the first time.

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Construction begins at Hydrogen Park Murray Valley, where a 10MW electrolyser is expected to generate around 500 tonnes of renewable hydrogen a year for use in gas mains.

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Australia could create thousands of jobs and transition workers out of the fossil fuel industry if wind towers were produced at home, a research group says.

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Renewable records continue to tumble, while a big battery helps solve one of the grid's main challenges. Julius Susanto from Ampere Labs joins us to explain. Plus: Lots of big wind stories.

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The growth of rooftop solar is creating new headaches for the market operator in terms of minimum demand. But the first big battery in the country's most vulnerable state may have already fixed the problem.

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State Coalition parties seem determined to stop renewables, with Victoria re-heating a decade-old wind buffer plan and Queensland vowing to burn coal for as long as it can.

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Wind propulsion technology today is as far removed from 18th century sailing ships as today's Formula 1 cars are from 18th century horse-drawn carts.

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Ikea owner signs up for another stake in Australia's biggest wind project as production ramps up.

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New report says renewable deployments have accelerated but still not at the pace to meet emissions goals. Australia, however, is hailed a "global pioneer" on wind and solar.

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Labor has sprung a surprise move to create a committee to look into nuclear power. It will be chaired by an MP whose electorate is one of those targeted by the Coalition for a large reactor.

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Far from being a poster child for nuclear power, the UK is a case in point for both the problems with technology and its decline in some major economies.

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Plans for what is shaping up to be the biggest wind project in Australia's main grid will be released next week, with up to 250 turbines in state-owned softwood plantations in the central west of NSW.

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Energy Consumers Australia CEO Brendan French on why cost-reflective electricity tariffs should not be mandatory – and should not make energy bills more complicated.

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Australia's growing fleet of big battery projects are rapidly shifting their main revenue source from frequency control to arbitrage. Here's why.

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Plans to build a nearly 500MW wind farm in central-western New South Wales have been withdrawn, due to "changing economic and planning requirements."

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A new study from one of the world's leading methane scientists finds that over its life cycle LNG emits a third more CO2 than coal.

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Rooftop solar records tumble in South Australia and Victoria, while clouds covering Sydney allow chance for large scale solar in the west of the state to shine.

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