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NSW net zero plan clears path for up to 17.7GW of new wind, solar and storage capacity in three separate renewable energy zones.

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More key clean energy conference and seminars postponed due to virus, with key COAG meeting now likely to be held via video-link.

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A senior Queensland bureaucrat will take on the leadership of the chief energy market rulemaker, as the new chief executive of the AEMC.

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Infigen says revenue from new battery offsets impact of huge reduction in wind output caused by severing of the main transmission link to South Australia.

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Contracting group says dispute over who should carry the cost of delays at the biggest solar farm in NSW could head to arbitration.

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NSW government targets $11.6 billion in investment, in stage one of its net zero strategy, along with a commitment to two additional Renewable Energy Zones.

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IEA says global oil demand is expected to decline in 2020 for the first time since 2009, as the impact of the coronavirus continues to spread around the world.

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Conservative UK government allocates £1 billion ($A2 billion) to increase roll-out of electric car charging hubs and extend Plug-In Grant under its 2020 budget.

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Carbon Tracker warns that more than $1 trillion in planned coal investments is at risk of becoming stranded, as the costs of wind and solar continue to fall.

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As Australian governments scramble to formulate the appropriate response to the newly declared pandemic proportions of the Coronavirus, a new report from the Climate Council reminds us of the burningly urgent need to address that other global catacstrophe, climate change.

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Online retailing giant inks new deal for supply of renewables in Australia, agreeing with Canadian Solar to buy output of 146MW Gunnedah solar farm in NSW.

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Australia's clean energy industry announces raft of postponements of major events and conferences in response to COVID-19 pandemic.

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AEMC Reliability Panel says climate change making reliable electricity supply more difficult, but that emerging technologies like battery storage will help address these challenges.

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Tesla ploughs ahead with plans to localise parts for Chinese Model 3 production, increasing production of certain parts in new lines at Shanghai Gigafactory.

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Windlab and EPC contractor extend "stand-still" in dispute over Kennedy solar, wind and storage project until either end of April, or when a settlement can be reached.

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AEMC approves request from Victoria for 'enhanced RERT' powers to allow AEMO to secure multi-year emergency electricity supply contracts.

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Australia's current network stablity crisis is like “too many cooks playing Chinese whispers to spoil the broth.” So how can we possibly solve these problems?

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Adani Renewables’ ongoing bid for regulatory approval for its long-delayed 140MW Whyalla solar farm is back in the hands of the state’s Essential Services Commission.

The post Adani Renewables applies – again – for Whyalla solar farm generation licence appeared first on RenewEconomy.

All-electric, solar housing complex in Utah to feature a Sonnen battery inside all 600 apartments, in deliberate design “statement” unlikely to be replicated in Australia any time soon.

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Electrifying the transport sector is the best way to boost Australia's energy security – think policies to increase EV uptake, not sourcing oil from the other side of the Pacific.

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