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Green hydrogen costs are expected to fall as quickly as solar and battery storage, but Australia needs more things to go its way if it is to create a huge export industry for clean fuels.

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Industry calls for targets, urgent regulatory and market reform, to meet "immediate" need for energy storage on changing Australian grid.

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Zali Steggall remains optimistic for the future of Australia's clean energy sector, but says it needs to take up the polticial fight for strong policies.

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UK becomes first major economy to legislate an end date for its contribution to global warming.

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NSW says details of its promised zero-interest loan scheme for solar and battery storage should be released soon, and will aim to unlock billions in investment.

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We look at the generator report card on how the grid is dealing with the present and shaping for the future. Plus: Lights out at Loy Yang A unit, while AGL looks to the future with telcos.

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Australia is poised for a transformation of its electricity system – but not in the ways you’ve heard before. In recent months, transmission companies around the world have been increasingly considering energy storage as the means to supplement a fundamental part of our electric power infrastructure: the poles and wires that carry high-voltage current from...

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk says it won't be long before his electric vehicle company will be making cars with nearly 650km of real driving range.

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The Future Business Council has appointed Suzanne Paynter as its new Chief Executive Officer.

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In Australia, support for nuclear power is increasingly marginalised to the far-right - support for nuclear power has become a sign of tribal loyalty.

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A trip at AGL’s Loy Yang A power station in Victoria is unlikely to lead to higher wholesale price outcomes on its own, and the impact will be mitigated by more renewables.

The post Bad trip from a coal generator could yet lead to a price hangover appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Other countries are delivering billions of dollars in savings on energy bills by managing how and when they use energy, but Australia has made almost no progress.

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Australia’s energy market operator has warned Australia’s exit from from coal and transition to a renewable grid is coming faster than almost all of us would have predicted.

The post Australia has to look forward on energy, says Zibelman: “We have no choice” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Toyota and Hyundai suspend sales of hydrogen vehicles in Norway following the explosion of a refuelling station located just outside of Oslo.

The post Hydrogen re-fuelling station explodes in Norway, Hyundai and Toyota suspend fuel cell sales appeared first on RenewEconomy.

AGL to expand virtual power plant to other states, offering $1,000 payment to households installing a new battery, and an annual rebate to those with existing systems.

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New report says Australia has potential to host 179 gigawatts of rooftop solar, which would generate more than grid's entire current demand.

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The Queensland budget has delivered funding for investments in state-owned renewables and an expansion of the state's hydrogen export capabilities.

The post Queensland budget delivers $250 million to kick-start CleanCo appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Cheap wind and solar will allow electrication of transport and industry, and re-boot Australia's competitive advantage in manufacturing, steel and aluminium.

The post Cheap solar and wind can re-boot Australia’s economic advantage appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The appointment follows the successful completion by Professor Carr of a five-year term leading the Australia-China Relations Institute at UTS as Director and Professor of International Relations.

The post Bob Carr appointed to new business and climate change role at UTS appeared first on RenewEconomy.

AGL looks to the future as it makes a multi-billion dollar play for emerging telco Vocus Group.

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