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Kiamal solar gets finance from three banks and an equity boost from CEFC after starting construction, looks to nearly double size and add a huge battery.

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A record May of 47MW in rooftop solar installs in NSW takes state to 2GW mark. Records in Queensland, too, delivered 177MW in total for Australia for the month.

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Some of Sydney's iconic beach side locations are now host to on-street charging stations as part of an initative of three eastern-suburbs coucils.

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A group of 215 of the world's biggest companies have valued climate risk at just under $US1 trillion – and expect to be exposed to this risk within next five years.

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Renewable hydrogen costs fall, becoming competitive with fossil fuels and putting Australia in prime position to lead global supply of zero emissions hydrogen fuel.

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ClimateWorks will create a new register of corporate and government pledges to tackle climate change to track contributions towards Paris Agreement.

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Sydney Opera House turns to wind and solar to meet its electricity needs, and may add a battery to ensure a "perfect match."

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A total of 1.5GW of large- and small-scale solar has been installed across Australia so far in 2019, making it the biggest year for PV installs excluding 2018.

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Networks want to charge solar households for the electricity they export. Consumer groups say this is just a money grab, and their are smarter and fairer ways to change tariff structures.

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Relative newcomer to Australia, Rio Indygen, is proposing a 25MW solar farm for the New South Wales Hunter Region near the historic township of Vacy.

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Hawaii craft brewer has a huge solar array, a suite of Tesla batteries, and uses biodiesel when needed. That means it barely needs the grid and is also replacing gas.

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Gupta signs contract with Shanghai Electric to undertake construction of the Cultana solar farm in Whyalla.

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Victoria Police unveils specially modified Tesla Model X SUV for state's highway patrol, says fully electric cars the future for Australian road policing.

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NZ EV dealer and rental company Blue Cars develops new battery module for Nissan Leaf it says can extend the popular electric car’s range by up to 45%.

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The Queensland Competition Authority has cited strong investment in renewables as a reason for reducing solar feed-in-tariffs in regional Queensland.

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Greens demand answers and the Climate Council slams the Government for once again sitting on greenhouse emissions data, ignoring release deadline.

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Residential battery storage systems cost five times those for electric vehicles. Why is that?

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Chairman Ian Mutton said the board was delighted to welcome Dr Simon to the association and looked forward to working with her to continue to progress Australia’s emerging hydrogen sector.

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Thermal coal projects, such as Adani's Carmichael mine will deliver a fraction of the claimed economic benefits, new analysis from IEEFA has shown

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Share of renewable energy in Germany jumps to record 47% for first five months of 2019, with the amount of coal generation down significantly.

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