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New report reminds us that new technologies are creating fundamental changes in the way the grid is and will operate, and the way people should think about electricity.

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Solar farms are facing significant headwinds in Australia's messy grid.

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Solar scientists say modern techniques allow for dramatic cuts in solar cell thickness, and deliver another significant reduction in solar costs.

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Batteries came up with some interesting bidding strategies in 2019. Plus, new challenges for solar and wind farms.

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Having set multiple ambitious targets to cut emissions and transform its energy system, the state of California must now deliver.

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As the Australian Renewable Energy Agency faces a funding cliff, the Australia Institute calls on the Morrison government to extend its funding.

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Wind and solar resume growth path in Spain, which recorded first days of zero coal power for first time in December.

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New Tasmania Premier Peter Gutwein appoints himself minister for climate change, marking the first time the state's Liberal Party has created a separate portfolio for climate.

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Australian bushfires to drive global greenhouse gas concentrations to new records, as more than half of Australians report experiencing bushfire impacts.

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Curtin University research that aims to develop a new way of producing, storing and exporting green hydrogen from Australian resources has been awarded more than $580,000 by the Federal Government

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"Doomsday Clock" moved to 100 seconds to midnight as Morrison government is slammed for "mendacious" climate denial.

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Regulator approval for new transmission line boosts South Australia's push towards 100 per cent renewables, and unlocks up to 5,000MW of wind and solar.

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All variants of Tesla Model Y available in next few months, with Performance variant deliveries to start in February, Tesla staff have told Canadian customer.

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Solar research agency Solliance have taken a critical step forward for the highly efficient solar technology as it moves towards commercial delivery and application.

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A new study has shown that the global solar PV, battery storage, and wind power sectors will serve as the major job creating technologies by 2050.

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India’s renewable energy capacity increased to 86GW in 2019, according to new figures from JMK Research & Analytics.

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Australia's bushfire crisis underscores urgent need to decentralise Australia's electricity grid. Building up networks of solar batteries is the quickest, easiest, cheapest answer.

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Victoria Liberal leader Michael O'Brien calls on federal Coalition to raise bar on climate policy, after announcing his Party's support of the need for state emissions reductions.

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Downer flags drop in earnings, citing connection bottlenecks and commissioning delays from its portfolio of wind and solar projects.

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To meet NSW consumers’ energy requirements and maintain power system security, AEMO has commenced activation with Reliability and Emergency Reserve Trader (RERT) panel members to secure off-market generation and demand management reserve contracts.  

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