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Tesla follows up release of the Standard Range Model 3 with news that sales will soon be online-only, but this also mean the cars will cost less.

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Audi says it will only have electric vehicles on display at this year's Geneva Motor Show – a sign of the times.

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Scott Morrison's week-long celebration of climate and energy policies looks less like a pivot than a crouch. It would make more sense if more renewables were on the agenda, but they aren't.

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Australia's warmest summer on record – with extremes of drought, flooding, fire and heat – looks set to continue into autumn, with warmer temperatures and below average rainfall.

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Pan-European decentralised renewable electricity system connected across a high-volume super grid described as least-cost option to achieve Paris Agreement goals and power EU.

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Given the rapidly falling cost of solar and wind, the renewables industry should be actively fighting for Australia to rapidly move to 100% renewables and beyond.

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The wait is finally over: Tesla releases the cheapest "mass market" version of the Model 3 yet, and send its website into overload.

The post Tesla’s big news: the base Model 3 electric sedan is finally available appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Windlab says connection delays, floods and EPC problems causes "force majeure" on world-first wind, solar, battery park, and warns new connection rules are pushing up costs of renewables.

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Victoria regulator ups solar tariffs for minimum "single rate", but slashes the peak rate for solar exports by more than half.

The post Victoria regulator lifts fixed rooftop solar export tariffs, slashes peak rate appeared first on RenewEconomy.

ASX-listed Australian flow battery maker says it can boost production of its ZMB2 batteries to 30MWh a year, and cut costs by 30% by 2020.

The post Redflow says on track to cut flow battery production costs by one-third appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Simec Energy’s Marc Barrington on the Gupta company’s plans for clean energy, the PUB battery at Port Augusta, and trying to make sense of the Coalition energy policy.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Simec Energy and ScoMo’s big hydro pump appeared first on RenewEconomy.

NSW Labor says will target at least 50% renewables by 2030, and 100% of state government electricity needs by 2025.

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Sydney-based Gelion has its eye on the $70bn global battery market with the launch of its zinc bromine gel battery technology that it says will soon undercut lithium-ion on production cost.

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An Australian-first trial using 100 per cent renewable diesel to fuel a Scania test engine is up and running thanks to the Palaszczuk Government’s Advance Queensland Industry Attraction Fund.

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Coalition says it will give Tasmania government owned utility underwriting contract for a project with no name, no location, no customer, and no pricing.

The post Coalition picks early winner in underwriting new generation scheme appeared first on RenewEconomy.

As Scott Morrison throws money at pumped hydro schemes that the owners either didn't want or don't know what to do with, new modelling shows they will likely favour coal over renewables.

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New paper says hydrogen produced using renewable electricity “already cost competitive” in niche applications, adding it's likely to match industrial-scale alternatives in about a decade.

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TAI report says renewables – and particularly solar – performed “the best of all energy sources” over the latest record breaking summer of heatwaves.

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Climate Council calls out "risky business" of NSW's complete lack of renewable energy and climate policies, while also being home to Australia’s largest and oldest coal fleet.

The post New South Wales energy sector is “ageing and unprepared” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Cumulative global wind capacity reaches 591GW after 46.8GW of new onshore wind and 4.49GW of new offshore wind was installed around the world in 2018.

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