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In 2018, Ziggy Switkowski said the "window for gigawatt-scale nuclear has closed." Now he is defending the Coalition's uncosted nuclear plan.

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Evergen’s Ben Hutt on optimising solar, batteries, and the race to electrification. Plus: News of the week and the nuclear fallout.

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The ACT government has unveiled its Integrated Energy Plan which lays out the pathway to become Australia's first 100 per cent renewable, all electric city.

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Coalition vows to override objections of states, asset owners and local communities to their nuclear plans.

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An up to 2GW offshore wind project proposed for the New South Wales Hunter region, has been awarded a feasibility licence by the federal government.

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Tasmania fires up its biggest gas generator for first time in five years. It says this is because of low water levels, not low wind.

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After years of delays and cost over-runs, the US has finally opened its newest large scale nuclear unit, using the design favoured by Peter Dutton. Here's why it could be the last the US ever builds.

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GenCost's findings on nuclear are worth revisiting this week, but so are its findings on solar thermal, as offering the lowest LCOE of any "flexible load, low emission" generation technology.

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The largest solar project on Australia's main grid, to provide power to smelters and refineries, seeks federal green tick.

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Two French companies say they have successfully completed the pouring of the world’s first wind turbine foundation made from decarbonised concrete.

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Fortescue invests in Spanish company that is working on wind energy innovations including a "self-erecting" turbine tower.

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Amid all the insults about the stupidity of the Coalition's nuclear plan, Chris Bowen probably best summed it up: "It’s a joke, but a serious joke because it threatens the renewable transition."

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Nuclear costs for large or small reactors would need to be reduced by two thirds for nuclear power to compete with firmed renewables. There is no reasonable expectation that this could or would ever occur.

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Andrew Forrest-owned wind farm has gained approval from the federal environment minister, in a decision that has sparked debate over the impact of wind turbines on biodiversity.

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It beggars belief that opposition leader Peter Dutton proposes nationalising a nuclear public debt bomb and detonating it at the heart of energy policy in this country. 

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The gas power station is supposed to run partially on green hydrogen – if any becomes available to buy.

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Dutton unveils nuclear plans, with seven coal sites targeted, a 2035 start date and a whole bunch of lies about blackouts and prices.

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NSW to spend $128 million to upgrade roads to support transport of massive wind turbine blades and towers and other equipment to regions.

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The challenge is part of Arena's bid to reduce the installed cost of solar to just 30 cents per watt and reach a levelised cost of electricity under $20 per megawatt hour by 2030.

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Part two of the 1.3GW Golden Plains Wind Farm is underway after the massive project locked in finance from CEFC and other Australian and global lenders.

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