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Just four days into the New Year, the City of Newcastle reaped the benefits from the resilience created by its 100 per cent renewable energy plan.

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AEMO convenes meeting with wind and solar project developers frustrated by constraints and connection delays in western Victoria and NSW.

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Microsoft pledges to go 'carbon negative', investing $1 billion to research tech to remove company's historical greenhouse gas emissions from atmosphere.

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The first half of summer suggests that the Victorian grid is already much more resilient that most commentators claim or foresaw.

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Investment in large scale renewables in Australia slumped 60% in 2019 as Coalition turned a blind eye to needs of the clean energy transition.

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ACT Government to end mandatory roll-out of gas infrastructure to new houses, as households begin dramatic shift away from the fossil fuel.

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Remote coastal community of Denham may become host to one of Australia's first hydrogen storage projects, as Horizon Power its overhauls electricity system.

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Kia aims to sell one million electrified vehicles annually, with half of that goal to be all-electric, by 2026.

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Horizon Power will be kicking off an electric vehicle pilot project in Broome in March.

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Austrian Greens secure one of Europe's strongest climate policies through deal with country's right wing populist party, but at what cost?

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Wind and solar developers to meet to discuss response to AEMO's ruling that new projects will be commissioned "one at a time", causing lengthy delays.

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Group of 25 wind and solar investors slam AEMC for its position on marginal loss factors, saying it has produced no detailed modelling and its decision could halt new projects.

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EU parliament endorses €1 trillion investment plan to accelerate efforts to decarbonise economy and support a just transition to a zero carbon economy.

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It is an avoidable tragedy that the only presence Australia had at the world congress on renewables was as a harbinger of the planet’s worst case scenarios. 

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Dutch water management agency plans to build a large-scale solar power plant along the 40km-length of the country’s A37 Highway.

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2019 ranks as world's second warmest year on record as global warming 43rd consecutive year of above average temperatures.

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If you want to invest in climate change mitigation there are a myriad potential stocks. Here's some ideas.

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320MW hybrid wind and solar project near Port Augusta in South Australia will begin construction in June after its new owner Iberdrola gives final approval.

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Tesla shares surge another 10 per cent on Monday, taking its market value to more than GM and Ford combined.

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After suffering big losses on fossil fuel investments, world's largest investment manager dumps thermal coal investments and issues warning to directors who fail to respond to climate change

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