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Australia efforts on emissions are bad enough, but its attitude to energy productivity is woeful. Low targets will be missed, consumers are being hit by higher bills. Only fossil fuel interests are happy.

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Greensync’s Phil Blythe on why a pilot in Wellington may provide a blueprint of how to integrate consumer charging habits and the needs of the grid.

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The growth of wind and solar continued in Australia during the month of September, playing the key role in reducing emissions from Australia's main grid.

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Victoria is talking up its efforts on renewable energy, but it should really be leading in the shift to electric buses too.

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ARENA funds studies into two huge renewable hydrogen projects in Queensland that would shift ammonia production to solar and wind from gas.

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Minerals Council of Australia - with deep ties to Morrison government - gets number eight global ranking for groups acting against climate policies.

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AEMO is looking at how electric vehicles fit into the grid. AEMO’s Greg Staib even imagines them used as batteries at peak times. Pity if you are trying to flag down a share car at the same time.

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Chief scientist delivers report into reviews of oil development in the Great Australian Bight. But he wasn't asked to consider climate change.

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AEMO warns of added costs and potential delays for new projects as it delves deeper into system strength issues that have already imposed limits on five major solar farms.

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Western Australia’s state owned electricity generator and retailer Synergy has named the booming rooftop solar market as a key factor behind a huge loss and asset write down revealed by the government-owned company for the last financial year. In its FY2018-19 Annual Report, Synergy says the net loss of $657 million – including a $428.9...

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While Morrison obfuscates on climate in New York, Macquarie announces mammoth plan to finance 20GW of new renewables in five years.

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UK Labour sets net-zero emissions for 2030 that no serious climate policy expert thinks is either technologically or politically feasible.

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Spark Infrastructure today announces the appointment of Mr Gerard Dover as its new Chief Financial Officer, commencing on 8 October 2019.

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Australian concentrating solar thermal power (CSP) company Vast Solar has recently been awarded the CSP Technology Innovation Prize at the international CSPPLAZA Conference 2019 held in Suzhou, China.

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Chinese PV manufacturing giant says it “makes business sense” to shift its operations to 100% renewables by 2025 – we should hope so!

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AEMC unveils blueprint for "future energy grid" embracing rooftop solar, household batteries and electric vehicles, although its call for urgency rankles with those that see the rule-maker as a stumbling block in the past.

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Wind turbines assembled on Australian soil for first time in more than 10 years, with launch of the Vestas Renewable Energy Hub in former centre for car manufacturing.

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Morrison wants Australia's climate "action" to be praised and children shielded from truth about climate impacts, just as new UN report reveals stark impacts on oceans and reefs.

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For those not convinced we need to take urgent action against climate change, here's what happens to our planet between 1.5°C and 2°C of global warming.

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Australia's second Tesla big-battery shows market regulators remain biggest barrier to integration of renewables and storage systems.

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