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BP’s head of technology David Eyton tells BNEF that BP wants to charge EVs to 100% within just five minutes.

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Solar boom that began in 2016 is having marked impact on wholesale prices, even in winter, and may rethink investment decisions.

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The Driven and RenewEconomy are delighted to announce the program for the inaugural Electric Vehicle Transition Conference, featuring many of the country’s leading policy and technology experts and analysts.

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Tesla chair Robyn Denholm, an Australian, outlines her passion for the company's products and says Australia can lead in the transition to clean energy.

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Tesla says new "mega-pack" battery unit will allow deployment of "gigawatt" scale storage in a matter of months - cheaper, cleaner and quicker than gas generators.

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Th Australian Energy Market Operator says it is dealing with some 96 gigawatts of mostly wind and solar projects seeking to join the grid, but has made clear that its ability to accommodate much more new capacity will be limited if network constraints aren’t dealt with in a timely manner. Alex Wonhas, the former CSIRO...

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Clean Energy Finance Corp tipped record $1.3bn into renewable energy in FY19, says focus in 2019-20 will be on "important new frontier" of storage and grid stability.

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Fifty years on, the moon landing has a few things in common with Australia's move from coal to renewable energy. What we lack now is policy and vision.

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Victorian Labor flags changes to streamline development process for large-scale solar farms, while South Australia flags updated rules for both big wind and solar.

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He might be a no-show at the Clean Energy Summit, but at least Australia's minister for emissions reduction is getting a grilling in Parliament.

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Daily price ramp in Australia's wholesale electricity market is quite strong in most states right now – but particularly in South Australia and Queensland.

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Study by leading German economic think-tank finds every 1,000MW of nuclear power plant built since 1951 resulted in an average economic loss of $A7.7 billion.

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Bob Brown's words on the Tasmania wind farm created a national, politicised media firestorm of noise and fury. There was an alternative approach.

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CSIRO study done with gas industry finds Australian LNG production on 'low end' for fugitive emissions, but questions remain over contribution of Australian gas exports to global emissions.

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Queensland drops bidding restrictions on state generators, as energy minister celebrates cheap wind and solar below $50/MWh and mocks LNP push for new coal and nuclear.

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Some in the solar industry are so frustrated they’d prefer the Victoria government to ditch the solar rebate rather than carry on as is. A few modifications would end the pain.

The post Solar Insiders Podcast: Should Victoria ditch its solar rebate? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

NSW poised to overtake South Australia in wind and solar output volume, and to fill in gap created by Liddell.

The post NSW set to overtake South Australia as top renewables generator appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Wave energy demonstration plant to be trialled off King Island, Tasmania, where it will be integrated with existing wind, diesel and solar resources – a first in Australia.

The post Wave Swell Energy set to test new power generator off King Island appeared first on RenewEconomy.

BHP has pledged to spend lots of money on new technologies and clean up its supply chain. But they said that a decade ago. Has anything changed?

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The substation and transmission line to link to the Cattle Hill Wind Farm to the transmission network has been completed and energised by TasNetworks.

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