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Australian-founded SIMEC Atlantis Energy will partner with General Electric’s Power Conversion business to develop the world’s largest tidal stream turbine.

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The growth of rooftop solar in W.A. means the world's biggest isolated grid could be a blueprint for the planning of a distributed energy system.

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Green hosting first emerged at the start of the century, but times have changed and the sector has evolved as consumers awareness increases.

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The ACT doubles down on its renewable energy commitments as Australia's largest community solar farm moves towards construction after securing funding.

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W.A.'s 207MW Collgar wind farm now entirely owned by Rest Industry Super, after the minority shareholder bought up UBS Asset Management's 60% stake.

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To make energy more affordable and future-proof our grid, we must better coordinate rooftop solar, batteries and other devices owned by consumers.

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Having the power system frequency poorly controlled is like driving a car on a rough road.

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Beryl solar farm reaches full output just a month after energisation.

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Vestas buys majority stake in 700MW wind project, which forms an important part of the largest wind, solar and storage hub planned for Australia's main grid.

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The mining industry is going green - at least in its electricity supply. A special “live” podcast from the Energy and Mines conference in Perth.

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Global marine contractor Van Oord and heavy lifting and transport specialist Mammoet partner with Queensland's Verton Australia to develop safer method for installing wind turbine blades.

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After a bumper year of profits in 2018, EnergyAustralia has taken a hit from state and federal retail power price re-regulation, suffering a write-down of up to $A1.3 billion.

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Miners turn corner on renewables, with minimum 50% wind and solar considered the norm, and looking to use cheap renewables to build industries rather than just export ore.

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The 180MW Berrybank wind farm will use turbines constructed in a former car factory in Geelong.

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BHP puts its Chile and Australian electricity contracts out to tender, and expects renewables to feature strongly in "game-changing" shift.

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Latest Draft Standard for residential battery installations threatens same impact as scrapped “battery bunker” rule – blocking battery installations in, or on, homes.

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A small group within renewable energy industry have set up an inaugural event, for those involved in the sector, as well as its supporters

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The Northern Territory is at a crossroads. It can go down the dead-end street of gas fracking, or become Australia’s first renewable-driven economy.

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Australia’s market leader in renewable energy and storage development, Edify Energy, has celebrated the completion of Gannawarra Energy Storage System (GESS).

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Contracted wind and solar generated 98% of ACT's net demand over past year, and 78% of ACT's electricity could theoretically have been supplied directly from wind and solar without storage.

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