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Biden government announces huge support package across 25 projects and 14 states to “boost the domestic production of advanced batteries and battery materials nationwide.”

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Federal Labor green lights three major thermal coal mine expansions, in a move that lays bare the blatant disregard of climate change in Australia's environmental laws.

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Prices spike towards market cap in South Australia this week, despite significant amounts of unused capacity. What will the regulator discover?

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New research shows that heating perovskite layers in a microwave instead of an oven is faster, almost as efficient, and makes them more recyclable.

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Researchers in the United States have discovered a simple method of extending the lifespan of lithium-ion batteries by as much as 50 per cent.

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Fortescue announces $4 billion deal for hundreds of electric trucks, dozers and excavators to eliminate fossil fuels at its mines. Even Rio Tinto is excited and vowing to be a "fast follower."

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Latest data from the Clean Energy Council finds Australia hurtling towards a major new milestone for rooftop solar capacity and adding batteries to the mix at a record rate.

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In move to address plunging grid demand in the middle of the day, market operator may force big batteries to discharge and stand by on empty as alternative to switching off rooftop solar.

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The last coal-fired power station in the UK will close within days, nearly 143 years after the world’s first coal-fired power station began operating in nearby London.

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Senior CSIRO scientist Michael Ambrose recently completed Australia’s most comprehensive study on the ‘leakiness’ of recently built homes. Here's what he found.

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New Senate committee to focus on roles and transparency of energy market regulators and grid operator, with AEMO's ISP expected to be a major focus.

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Dutton accused of not understanding the energy system by federal energy minister Chris Bowen, while former state energy minister Matt Kean also says nuclear not a suitable companion to renewables.

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Latest quarterly report from the Clean Energy Regulator reveals a promising uptick in large-scale wind and solar investment and unstoppable momentum in the rooftop PV market.

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Brisbane-based iron flow battery manufacturer Energy Storage Industries has secured investment worth $65 million to build Australia’s first manufacturing plant for grid-scale batteries.

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Not even a PM as pugilistic as Tony Abbott could dispense with a legislated Clean Energy Finance Corporation. The newly established NZEA will have the same protection and show investors the country is serious.

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Graphite boosted EV batteries and perovskite solar that can work indoors receive funding in the latest Advance Queensland funding round.

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Peter Dutton's big speech on nuclear provided a couple of new porkies, and no details of what, why, when and how much. Just denial and delay.

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EnergyAustralia signs up to buy 40% of the output from stage two of the massive Golden Plains wind farm near Rokewood, in Victoria, in a landmark PPA for the big-three gen-tailer.

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A service operation vessel under charter to Danish offshore wind giant Ørsted has reportedly collided with a turbine at the Hornsea 1 offshore wind farm in the North Sea.

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Renewable energy records continue to fall across the National Electricity Market (NEM), including a new high for rooftop solar in New South Wales on the weekend and, in Queensland, a new peak for the potential amount of renewables in the state, factoring in curtailed solar and wind. First to Queensland, where on Saturday September 21 […]

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