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Nexif, Infigen agree to lease S.A. government's back up diesel generators, convert them to gas and pair with their wind farms and battery storage units.

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As another Australian journalist wades into the nuclear culture wars – this time spruiking small modular reactors – it's a good time for a fact-check on this fabled technology.

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The conference program for All-Energy Australia, the leading Australian clean and renewable energy event, has been announced for 2019, with over 200 speakers across two days.

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Victoria Labor government yields to calls to fix troubled rooftop solar rebate, with raft of changes including almost tripling number of applications open for September.

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Forecast blackout threats for this coming summer in Victoria could be avoided with a highly targeted, aggressive demand reduction air conditioning upgrade program.

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The Coalition is deliberately white-anting Australia's electricity governance, and the result will likely be a slower transition, and an increased risk of blackouts.

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Energy regulator sues owner of gas plant for role in February 2017 blackouts in South Australia that conservatives had sought to pin on renewables.

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The ACT government is finalising its shift to 100 per cent renewables and is now focused on decarbonising transport with a shift to electric vehicles.

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Hawaiian Electric Companies group launches one of America's largest renewable energy procurement bids, as it works toward state goal of 100% renewables by 2045.

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Victoria government approves three PV projects for development in Goulburn Valley, controversially dodging state's own updated guildelines to solar farm development.

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Labor climate spokesman says hyperbole and rhetoric of hard right in media and government will put the brakes on coherent electric vehicle policy in Australia.

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Revised development plans for a 630MW wind farm on S.A. Yorke Peninsula, linked to Adelaide via an undersea cable, have won state government approval.

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Aurecon has been appointed by Spark Infrastructure as the owner’s engineer for the Bomen 120 MWdc bi-facial solar photovoltaic (PV) project currently under construction near Wagga Wagga in New South Wales.

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A record July for wind energy generation has also the combined output of "new renewables" – that is wind and solar – to reach a new peak for the month.

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South Australia hailed as an example to the world of how grids can move beyond "baseload" and transition to low emissions grid dominated by renewables.

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John Laing writes down $120 million from value of renewable energy projects due to transmission constraints, and puts a halt to new investments in Australia as a result.

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Data gleaned by ClimateWorks with Victorian councils shows there are already EVs that are within or below normal council operating costs.

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BloombergNEF report suggests that rather than lithium being in short supply, there is a glut which will force prices down. But it may be short lived.

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A Canberra-bound car carrier was spotted on Saturday full to the brim with some of the first Model 3s destined for Australian customers.

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Australia's slow uptake of electric vehicles could blow out the carbon budget, and a target of 50% EV sales 2030 was needed to keep the country on track.

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