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Mercedes-Benz all-electric EQC claims top Australian car award ahead of Tesla Model 3 for "normalcy in the face of futuristic technology".

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Battery metals could be for Australia in the 21st century, what oil and gas was to Norway in the 20th.

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Slump in renewables investment could cut short electricity price declines – and potentially send them back in the opposite direction – under current federal policy settings.

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Richard Di Natale resigns after five years as leader of the Australian Greens as Bandt indicates leadership ambitions.

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Morrison's refusal to act on climate may not just be due to the denialists and the fossil fuel lobby that surround him, it's also guided by the "prosperity doctrine" of his pentecostal church.

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Port of Newcastle has offset carbon emissions from all corporate flights as part of efforts to reduce its impact on the environment and create a more sustainable port.

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Experienced energy industry executive Rod Duke is the new chief of publicly-owned Energy Queensland, parent company of Energex and Ergon.

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Tornado that tore down six transmission lines to leave South Australia islanded for a week, and four wind farms sidelined, as AEMO praised for keeping lights on in extreme conditions.

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On the morning of January 16, Antaisolar successively signed the 2020 strategic cooperation agreement with One Stop warehouse and Solar Chaser respectively.

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Santos and AGL complete project to install solar and batteries to power pumps at 20 remote oil wells

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Clean Energy Council says action on grid connection issues necessary after investment in Australia's large-scale renewables sector was cut in half in 2019.

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South Australia hints at zero emissions target, and pushes for more renewables, storage and other climate action.

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"Deal with the devil" directly links support for renewable energy infrastructure with expansion of coal and gas industries.

The post Quid pro coal: Morrison support for NSW renewables contingent on fossil fuel expansion appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Sunwiz director Warwick Johnston on the past year and 2020 forecasts, and what we learned from the bushfires.

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The Prime Minister’s office is effectively run as a branch of the Minerals Council and other conservative interests, climate denialists to the core.

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in the US, NextEra saw the future and committed to wind, solar and batteries. In Australia, AGL and Origin bet the house on fossil fuels, and their shareholders have suffered.

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Billionaire Twiggy Forrest is investing in world's biggest solar plant, and now his own iron ore operations are adding solar and battery to cut costs and emissions.

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United Energy to trial use of batteries to manage peak demand and reduce load on constrained sub-stations in Melbourne suburbs.

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Morrison's claim that gas is a key transition fuel for Australia's switch to renewables is wrong and hopelessly out of date. He needs to catch up to Tesla.

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Vena Energy’s Anil Nangia discusses Wandoan big battery in Queensland, the biggest unsubsidised battery in Australia to date. Plus: Morrison’s climate and energy fail.

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