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Morrison set to win majority, Kerryn Phelps concedes in Wentworth while Labor leadership heats up as a factional showdown.

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We’ll be revising down our forecasts for the next 3 years, but in the end I doubt if it changes the end point, just the way we get there.

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Coalition's surprise win means focus turns to the states, the corporate sector and the Australian Energy Market Operator. Where does its blue-print for the future take us now?

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Lies and deceit have taken away the chance for Australia's energy policy to move into 21st century. But there is still something that people can do right now.

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Election result hangs in the balance. The career of Tony Abbott has ended, while the Coalition cling to hopes of retaining power.

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It's time for Australia to seize the opportunities in climate action and renewable energy. It's time to kick this mob out and end the climate crap.

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The Redflow deployment will be part of the Haidong Transportation Group’s Smart Grid Project in Qinghai Province, which is recognised as a key market in China’s shift to a low carbon renewable energy future.

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Coalition ministers have been keen to promote the results from BAEconomics’ theoretical modelling exercise, but ignoring what is happening in the real world.

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Aaccording to the UK's solar power trade group, the peak solar generation record was broken twice over the first two days of this week.

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European solar trade body expects global solar industry will add nearly 800 gigawatts of new solar over the next five years.

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Last year, I organised, lobbied and arranged funds for a 100kW solar array for my school in Sydney’s south. This year, I will let my vote do the talking.

The post Lessons from a solar school campaigner: Why your climate vote counts appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Pangea Energy and vanadium battery producer CellCube to build a 50MW/200MWh storage system alongside a solar farm in South Australia.

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Global energy investment reached $US1.8trn in 2018, but renewable generation saw declines in dollar terms and only a small increase in capacity growth.

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This summer's load shedding tell us that NEM institutions and policy makers are not yet focused on what can be done to reduce and manage demand before considering supply side options.

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BNEF says electric cars will dominate global new car sales by 2040, but petrol car sales may already have peaked. Meanwhile, head of ARENA also gets bullish on EVs in Australia.

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ACT becomes first state or territory to make formal declaration of climate emergency and calls on federal support for jurisdictions to prepare for climate change impacts.

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Federal Labor leader Bill Shorten has referred to climate change as an "emergency," in his final formal pitch to voters ahead of Saturday's federal election.

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Drilling and associated development of oil in the Australian Bight will be decided by an approval system totally inadequate in the complex world of today.

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Bizarre new rules, strict new performance standards, a feeding frenzy and archaic rules are causing delays, cost blowouts and cancellations, and threaten Australia's solar boom.

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Queensland energy minister says controversial new solar rules will result in a more highly skilled workforce, and won't get in way of state's renewable energy target.

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