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Australia was once the global leader in the uptake of solar PV before it slipped down the rankings. Now, it may be about to reclaim its crown.

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Big polluters like Australia face demands to establish a compensation scheme for countries impacted by climate change.

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South Australia's switch to wind and solar starts to pay off, with the renewable state posting the lowest wholesale prices in Australia's main grid for second month in a row.

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Experience with Australia's current small fleet of pumped hydro power stations suggests a fleet of smaller projects might be a better idea than the massive Snowy 2.0 scheme.

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ARENA has today announced $6.5 million in funding to the Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heating (AIRAH) to develop a pathway to low emissions for the Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVAC&R) sector.

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The future energy system is not only affordable, it is cheaper than the energy system we have today.

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Stockland to offer discounts of between 15-20% on solar and storage to up to 25,000 residents in properties developed by the company since 2015.

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The change in South Australia's grid continues to surprise energy experts, and is now accelerating towards its net 100 per cent renewable target.

The post The day rooftop solar met two thirds of South Australia’s total demand appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Drought and floods drive slight fall in Australia's emissions as Taylor denied an early pass to skip Parliament and head to Paris.

The post Australia’s emissions fall ever so slightly, but only because of drought and floods appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Booming Victorian renewables market has delivered bumper year for solar and wind power, with 12 new licences issued to generate renewable electricity.

The post Record year delivers 1770MW of new renewables for Victoria appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Barnaby Joyce auctions lump of coal – and a "start Adani" t-shirt worn by his good mate Matt Canavan – at Nationals dinner.

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1414 degrees to buy Australian assets of solar thermal company SolarReserve, including abandoned South Australia solar power tower project.

The post 1414 picks up Port Augusta solar tower project, plans huge thermal storage plant appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australian building integrated PV company ClearVue wins certification, opening up access to massive US market.

The post Australian solar PV integrated window technology gains US approval appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Interest in Elon Musk's radical and polarising Cybertruck continues with 250,000 pre-orders now taken for the all-electric ute.

The post Interest in Tesla Cybertruck goes wild with over 250,000 deposits appeared first on RenewEconomy.

NSW's demand reduction scheme offers sensible and practical policies to deal with rising peak demand – an approach that should be embraced by other state governments.

The post Other states should follow NSW demand reduction scheme with PERCs and DREDs appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A Supreme Court bid to block development of 300MW Palmer wind farm – due to potential impact on health of nearby residents – has been defeated.

The post Tilt Renewables 300MW wind farm gets all clear from S.A. Supreme Court appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Meridian Energy today announced that Jason Stein has been appointed as Chief Executive for Meridian Energy Australia and Powershop Australia.

The post Meridian Energy announces new Chief Executive of Meridian Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Rio Tinto may add renewables and battery storage to Tom Price iron ore project as part of $1 billion expansion.

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UNEP singles out Australia as major problem in report that says global greenhouse gas emissions must fall by at least 7.6% each year risk missing 1.5°C Paris target.

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A day after unveiling an expanded product portfolio to include a newly-flexed 11 MW offshore wind turbine, Siemens Gamesa announced it had updated its turbine supply contract with Vattenfall to supply 11 MW turbines to the Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm zone.

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