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Florida utility plans to build the world’s largest solar and battery storage project to replace two ageing gas plants.

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“The sun was shining almost directly overhead onto the sand, and the glare on the water was unbearable.” Albert Camus L’Etranger, 1942 50% renewable target: Great slogan, but arguably as compromised as Brexit You can still make an argument that Queensland is on track to achieve 50% renewables by 2030. The renewable share of generation...

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State utility Idaho Power agrees to buy output from 120MW solar farm in the state’s south at a cost of just 2.175¢/kWh.

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Within moments of Labor's unveiling of its 50% electric vehicle target, commentators on Sky News immediately started competing to make the silliest and most ill-informed comment.

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We drive the fully electric Hyundai Kona for a week and deliver our verdict.

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Ausgrid and Reposit launch trial 1MW virtual power plant linking the rooftop solar and battery storage of 233 customers across 170 suburbs.

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Audi adds another all-electric vehicle to its belt, this time an A4-sized sedan, and makes plans to launch electric Q2 in China.

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AEMO is warning of a potential gas shortage, but is basing that call on information from the industry - which wants to drill, frack and extract.

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The Hyundai Kona is described as a “game-changer” for electric vehicles in Australia, delivering a long range option at a cheaper price than before. So how does it rate?

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Where rapid structural change happens due to closures of large coal plants in regional areas, it is important to have measures in place to ease the transition.

The post Bad news. Closing coal-fired power stations costs jobs. We need to prepare appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Former innovation minister Matt Kean appointed minister for the newly combined energy and environment portfolio in the re-elected Berejiklian government.

The post NSW merges energy and environment portfolios, puts Matt Kean in charge appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The ALP's “Climate Change Action Plan” proposes to introduce a more robust ‘baseline and credit’ scheme under the government’s safeguard mechanism framework.

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Labor unveils details of its climate and energy policy, as Coalition prepares a scare campaign, and green groups welcome the strategy, but not the target.

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Labor, favoured to win the May election, sets 50% target for share of EVs in new passenger sales and government fleets, and set emissions standards for all cars.

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In the claim against REC Group, Hanwha did not providefullparticulars oftheir allegations despite REC Group’s requests forthe sameand went ahead to commence proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia.

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Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy announces signing of Memorandum of Understanding with Prince of Makkah Region to start developing a 2.6GW solar project.

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JinkoSolar has released a 2018 report with its record hit sales of 11.4GW and a massive 98% year-on-year growth in  operating profits.

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After months of delay, and accusations of "ideological" opposition, the Coalition grants a permit to developers of 2000MW offshore wind farm - but only to explore, not to build.

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After singing the virtues of coal as minister for environment, Josh Frydenberg is writing to voters about the importance of "addressing climate change."

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Over just two summers, both the amount of energy lost since Hazelwood's closure, and the capacity it provided during peak demand, have been replaced largely by wind and solar.

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