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An unexpected federal election victory for the Morrison Government signals a new environment where state, territory, corporate and community action will need to drive and bolster the momentum for renewable energy development in Australia.

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The unexpected victory of conservatives in Australia's election is bad news for the future of global climate action.

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BHP sees early end for thermal coal, huge oppotunities in electric vehicles and renewable energy technologies, and a decarbonised future far different from the Coalition government.

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Results will shape EU climate and energy policy for next five years, with major ramifications for Germany, Europe, and the global effort to create a climate-friendly economy.

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Redflow wins "preferred supplier" status to NZ-based Soul Energy, in deal that could yield orders for hundreds of the Australian company's zinc bromine flow batteries.

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Infigen says "firm renewables" cost between $55 to $67/MWh - well below the price of the current coal-dominated grid.

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Hanwha QCELLS takes leading solar panel market share in UK, and wants to emulate that success in the Australian market.

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The shock-waves from the Coalition election win are being felt beyond Australia’s shores. Nigel Morris reports back from Intersolar in Munich and why some big developers are changing their plans, and abandoning Queensland altogether.

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The Queensland Government and Adani have issued each other new deadlines as both seek to expedite coal mine approvals

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Network operator Ausgrid seeking proposals to expand its virtual power plant, targeting the estimated 5,000 batteries within its network and help defray investment costs.

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The Labor leadership contest shapes up as a battle for the future of climate policy and as contest between pragmatism and ambition.

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Gold miner GBM Gold plans 60MW solar farm, including a floating solar element, on old evaporation ponds near Bendigo.

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Deloitte seeks expressions of interest for three large solar and battery storage projects owned by Lyon Group companies.

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Declaring a "climate emergency" – and developing a climate emergency plan – is the only strategy that matches ambition to the scale of the problem.

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Developers of 35MW solar farm in Queensland - backed by billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes - taking Palaszczuk government to court over its new rules governing large-scale solar installations.

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As campaigners and political parties digest elections results, the Adani mine has been labelled as a proxy war, and a failed campaign to engage rural Queensland voters about the future.

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JinkoSolar won the Intersolar Award 2019 in the Photovoltaics category for its Swan bifacial module with transparent backsheet from DuPont.

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Adani's flagship solar project in Australia effectively mothballed because of issues meeting generation performance standards.

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Is Australia’s clean energy transition about to come to a crashing halt, or just hit a pause as the Coalition turns focus to coal? Clean Energy Council’s Kane Thornton discusses Morrison’s big win.

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Spanish renewables group Acciona adds organic solar PV panels to towers of wind turbines and may add batteries too.

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