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Windlab and EPC contractors agree on four week "truce" on disputes over claims and counter-claims the troubled Kennedy Energy Park.

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AGL says renewable energy projects getting "choked" by connection issues, but batteries are at tipping point and making sense for time shifting wind and solar.

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Q CELLS has been recognised as a leading solar brand in Australia for the fifth year in a row.

The post Q CELLS secures ‘Top Brand PV’ accolade for fifth year in a row in Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Byron Bay is now home to one of Australia's first all-electric VW Kombi vans, thanks to know-how of a German ex-aircraft engineer.

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Australian mining company Oz Minerals plans to power its proposed West Musgrave copper nickel mine in central Australia with up to 80 per cent renewables.

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Plans to build huge 800MW wind farm in central-western New South Wales to be put before local community in meeting with developers UPC/AC Renewables.

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Senate passes motion calling on the Morrison government to extend the life of Australian Renewable Energy Agency that faces funding cliff.

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ANU’s Mark Howden explains why we have a climate crisis, not an emergency, and why we shouldn’t expect a “new normal” in climate change.

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The Chief Scientist argues that Australia should kick-start hydrogen industry with fossil fuels despite predictions using wind and solar will soon be cheaper

The post Finkel renews call for Australia to embrace hydrogen from coal and gas appeared first on RenewEconomy.

No long summer break for rooftop solar, with another 206MW of residential and commercial systems registered in January – usually a quiet month on the solar calendar.

The post Rooftop solar makes flying start to 2020 with 33 per cent boost in January appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Grid scale batteries enjoy record revenues in fourth quarter, but pumped hydro storage struggles to deliver profits.

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New data shows rooftop solar displacing coal power in NSW, but the big utilities have used their market power to also push more gas into the market and boost prices and profits.

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Victoria's brown-coal generators account for most outages, but the main grid's newest coal generator proves to be the least reliable with the most breakdowns.

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A new report by energy and carbon market analysts, RepuTex, indicates that emissions from Australia’s largest industrial facilities have surged to 60 per cent above 2005 levels.

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Out of ruins of wrecked Model X has sprung forth an electric Cortina, resurrected to bring a classic car into modern age of electric mobility.

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Downer, one of the biggest contractors in the sector, dramatically quits solar construction business saying it is too hard and the risks too great.

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Synergy and Western Power extend "shared storage" trial to two more W.A. suburbs, after initial Tesla community battery install proves a huge success.

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AVL granted $1.25m towards its bid to become one of the world’s lowest-cost producers of vanadium, a key ingredient for large-scale battery energy storage solutions.

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AEMC's head of strategy quits to return to private sector and a role with listed renewable energy company Infigen Energy.

The post Tim Nelson to leave AEMC and move to Infigen Energy appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Wind and solar projects warned of years of delays in Victoria and NSW due to lack of grid capacity, as poor planning and perverse rules fail energy transition.

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