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New projections from BNEF show that significant cost cuts to wind, solar, and battery storage, will help push the share of renewables in the global grid to nearly 50% by 2050.

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AGL has completed construction of a 2.12MW solar plant in Whyalla that will help lower cost for a Santos oil and gas processing facility.

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Morrison adds coal lobbyist who provided infamous lump of coal to his advisory team, cementing the links between the government and the Minerals Council.

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YouTuber Simone Giertz has created the tradie's dream by converting her Tesla Model 3 into the world's first Tesla ute.

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The second big battery in South Australia, which can do things the Tesla big battery cannot, releases its first performance report.

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Victoria government details cautious, coordinated roll-out of home solar and batteries rebates, as the Solar Homes scheme prepares to reopen in full in July.

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Bloomberg NEF says people-powered revolution in rooftop solar and battery storage, along with cheap wind and solar farms, will drive coal out of Australia's grid.

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South Australia to make electric vehicles a focus as it looks to solve the solar “duck curve” in the grid, and help integrate high renewables.

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EV can help to significantly lower global transport emissions, but governments must develop the strategies to ensure they can achieve their full potential.

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Government investment in clean energy projects could improve budget bottom line, as well as helping to tackle climate change.

The post NSW Budget: Coalition misses opportunity to invest in state’s energy sector appeared first on RenewEconomy.

You know electric vehicles are entering the mainstream when they form a major highlight of solar expos. Nigel Morris tells us what he found at Munich’s Intersolar event.

The post The Driven Podcast: When electric vehicles meet the solar industry appeared first on RenewEconomy.

WA Government owned Synergy has forecast substantial losses as the emergence of cheap renewables squeezes its coal and gas heavy fleet out of the market.

The post Synergy caught between high gas costs and falling renewable prices appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Modelling shows that a faster transition to a high renewables grid would be cheaper and more efficient than a slow transition.

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South Australia storage tender to focus on unlocking battery storage value streams not recognised by Australia's electricity market.

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Victorian college installs solar powered electric vehicle charger with view to go off grid and power staff and parents' cars.

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The Driven The first batch of all-electric Tesla Model 3 sedans have been spotted on car transport trucks in the UK, as the best-selling electric car arrives in its first right-hand drive market. A number of bright red models of the long-awaited “mass-market” electric car were seen being transported towards London on the M20 on...

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What happens to solar panels and batteries at the end of their life? Australia's booming residential PV and storage market means this a problem we have to solve.

The post How to avoid the looming waste crisis from Australia’s solar energy boom appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A failed Queensland solar thermal project has become the latest target of the post-election facts-don’t-matter campaign against renewables in Australia.

The post Pauline Hanson’s anti-solar rant confuses panels with mirrors, facts with falsehoods appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Victoria is home to 20% of the main grid's coal and gas generation capacity, but is the source of 35% of all power station outages.

The post Brown coal generators rated least reliable in the country: report appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Experience from the Tesla big battery shows that artificial intelligence could be the key to managing an energy market, and is five-times more effective than human traders.

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