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Daily price ramp in Australia's wholesale electricity market is quite strong in most states right now – but particularly in South Australia and Queensland.

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Study by leading German economic think-tank finds every 1,000MW of nuclear power plant built since 1951 resulted in an average economic loss of $A7.7 billion.

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Bob Brown's words on the Tasmania wind farm created a national, politicised media firestorm of noise and fury. There was an alternative approach.

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CSIRO study done with gas industry finds Australian LNG production on 'low end' for fugitive emissions, but questions remain over contribution of Australian gas exports to global emissions.

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Queensland drops bidding restrictions on state generators, as energy minister celebrates cheap wind and solar below $50/MWh and mocks LNP push for new coal and nuclear.

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Some in the solar industry are so frustrated they’d prefer the Victoria government to ditch the solar rebate rather than carry on as is. A few modifications would end the pain.

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NSW poised to overtake South Australia in wind and solar output volume, and to fill in gap created by Liddell.

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Wave energy demonstration plant to be trialled off King Island, Tasmania, where it will be integrated with existing wind, diesel and solar resources – a first in Australia.

The post Wave Swell Energy set to test new power generator off King Island appeared first on RenewEconomy.

BHP has pledged to spend lots of money on new technologies and clean up its supply chain. But they said that a decade ago. Has anything changed?

The post How good is BHP’s pledge to tackle climate emergency? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The substation and transmission line to link to the Cattle Hill Wind Farm to the transmission network has been completed and energised by TasNetworks.

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NextEra Energy Resources will develop the largest co-located wind, solar, and energy storage project in the US, which will boast total capacity of 700 MW when it is completed in 2023.

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Suncorp becomes the latest insurance firm to abandon the thermal coal industry, setting itself the deadline to eliminate coal exposure by 2025.

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South Australia says second phase of Tesla virtual power plant going well, and it now looking at third phase which could deliver a 250MW VPP.

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How do Queensland's wind resources fit with the rest of Australia's? There's not much data out there yet, but what there is is encouraging.

The post When the wind doesn’t blow here, maybe it’s blowing over there appeared first on RenewEconomy.

AEMC needs to make some changes if their demand response proposals is to get the right outcome, and pave way for a truly two-sided market.

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Nearly two decades after it was first proposed, demand response is to finally become a part of Australia’s electricity market. Craig Memery, from PIAC explains. Plus: Queensland finally delivers.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Does demand response spell the end for dirty peakers? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

André Borschberg co-piloted the Solar Impulse plane that went round the world on solar power only. He says the future of flight is electric, from passenger plants to intra-city flying pods.

The post The Driven Podcast: From Solar Impulse to electric flight appeared first on RenewEconomy.

If this demand-response mechanism does what it is claimed to do, it could be a significant development for the electricity markets in southern and eastern Australia. But the actual proposal is eye-wateringly complex and there is reason to be circumspect.

The post Demand-response rules sound good, but the devil is in (hugely complicated) details appeared first on RenewEconomy.

he University of New South Wales has made history by announcing a shift away from fossil fuel investments of over $13 million.

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Public protest calls on Victorian government to fix or scrap its rooftop solar panel rebate, to prevent further job losses and company failures.

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