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Atlas Professionals and Star of the South will jointly conduct a market study on the availability of the required labour and vessel resources for the Australian Star of the South Project, the Southern Hemisphere first proposed offshore wind farm.

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NSW Nationals further position themselves as a party that fails to recognise the threat climate change poses to farmers, passing motions at its state conference calling for the abolition of climate funding and for the protection of coal companies from legal challenges.

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Goldwind has entered an agreement with Energy Developments Pty Ltd (EDL) to deliver the wind farm project at the Gold Fields Agnew Gold Mine hybrid renewable energy project in the northern goldfields region of Western Australia.

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VW creates all-new electric Type 20 Kombi concept with cutting edge bells and whistles based on original Type 2 microbus.

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A massive plastic recycling plant being built in Victoria will be powered by locally generated wind energy, in a deal with Goldwind Australia's 321MW Moorabool wind farm.

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Swedish EV maker opens website to applications for its first run of “Founders Series” Uniti One electric cars, before they go on sale to the general public.

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Victorian households waiting to install half-price solar might have to wait another few weeks, after the July quota of the state government’s rooftop rebate was filled within days.

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AEMC is proposing a series of complicated rule changes to solve what most see as a simple problem – and it risks an unknown impact on the electricity market.

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Plans to build a 500MW solar farm with 250MW/1000MWh of battery storage north-east of Adelaide have won development approval from the S.A. government.

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Mammoth 1.17 GW Noor Abu Dhabi solar park, claimed as the world’s largest single solar project – and one of the cheapest – has entered commercial operation.

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Tesla has achieved its goal to beat its previous quarterly delivery record, reporting 95,200 electric vehicles delivered by end of June – 72,531 of which were Model 3s.

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An Australia-first housing development trial offering drastically reduced daytime power costs through a residential solar PPA has seen 90% uptake from new home buyers.

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Why I held a Tesla Model 3 reservation from week one, but bought a Hyundai Kona electric instead.

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Los Angeles deal for 400MW solar + 400MW/800MWh battery plant set to lock in prices of under 2c/kWh for PV, $1.3c/kWh for stored power.

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Oversupply and an emissions profile not much better than coal are putting US$1.3 trillion in new LNG export and import infrastructure at significant risk of becoming stranded, new report finds.

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Chile successfully navigates total solar eclipse that briefly knocked out 1500MW of solar. But will Australia be as prepared for its own eclipse in 2028?

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Minutes after announcing plans to accelerate its electrification strategy, senior BMW executive says Europeans don’t actually want to buy pure electric vehicles.

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Porsche's flagship all-electric car, the Taycan, has been captured cruising the streets of Shanghai ahead of its global launch this September.

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With a “rulebook” for the Paris Agreement largely settled, the focus was on hammering out some contentious issues and laying the groundwork for the upcoming COP25.

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Stanford University researchers find simple technique of "wake steering" – or slightly tilting wind turbines – can boost performance and reduce variability of output.

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