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People living on the Far South Coast of New South Wales will benefit from cleaner and cheaper renewable energy that will help cut the cost of power bills, with Labor’s plan to establish a Community Power Hub in the region.

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If adopted by government, the proposal would make Germany the largest economy with concrete plans to end use of coal to produce electricity.

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Former CEFC boss Oliver Yates to take on Josh Frydenberg in traditionally safe Coalition seat of Kooyong, as Tony Abbott and Greg Hunt also face competition from climate and energy focused independents.

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Google expands its portfolio of renewable energy projects to a fourth continent as it signs a long-term PPA for the output of a 10MW solar array in Taiwan.

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Extreme heat plus coal outages have made it a rough couple of days for the Australian grid operator. But there are some of good news energy market stories to come out of this heatwave, too.

The post Grid held together by solar, load management, as coal fails in heat appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Could Scott Morrison and Angus Taylor do anything possibly more unpopular than announce funding for new expensive, unreliable and high-polluting coal fired power plants during a record-breaking heatwave?

The post Will Morrison kick off 2019 with massive own-coal? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Recent advances in energy storage technology, especially batteries, coupled with dramatic cost declines is making storage increasingly attractive.

The post Battery storage as substitute for gas peakers – better performance, lower cost appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Committee on Climate Change says the UK needs to cut power emissions from about 265g of carbon dioxide per kilowatt hour in 2017 to under 100g by 2030.

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Texas enters 2019 with more than 30 per cent carbon-free electricity generation in its mix, thanks mainly to the largest concentration of wind power in the United States.

The post Texas grid kicks off 2019 with a 30% carbon-free energy mix appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Ørsted’s decision to further expand its developmental reach to Japan is unsurprising, the decision by TEPCO is of more interest.

The post Japan looks to offshore wind as TEPCO inks MoU with Ørsted appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Top Australian solar retailer snapped up by Japanese giant – offering major vote of confidence in solar market, and sign of new competition in W.A. retail electricity.

The post Infinite Energy acquired by Sumitomo, promising shake-up of WA power market appeared first on RenewEconomy.

BNEF report says Australia on track to become biggest, "most attractive" home battery market in world in 2019, thanks to state government subsidies and huge rooftop solar uptake.

The post Australia tipped to add 70,000 home batteries in 2019, lead global demand appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The gas industry of the future could manufacture and deliver renewable fuels, rather than mining and processing natural gas.

The post How 100% renewables can create jobs and even save the gas industry appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Statkraft to supply 3,000GWh of renewable electricity for large industrial consumers in steel, cement, metallurgy, chemical, paper, and industrial gases sectors in Spain and Portugal.

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France and Spain reject controversial STEP gas pipeline, a move which protestors hope will starve investment, and perhaps scrap the pipeline altogether.

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Around 1GW of coal-fired power generation goes missing in Victoria ahead of summer heatwave – and as federal government prepares short-list of proposals for subsidised “reliable” power generation to shore up the national grid.

The post Coal units cut out as report warns ‘HELE’ plants “just as unreliable” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

First of 56 turbines being installed at Bulgana Green Power Hub – Neoen Australia's ground-breaking wind power and battery storage project in Victoria.

The post First turbine goes up at Neoen’s wind and battery hub in Victoria appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Works are underway on Maoneng's 255MW Sunraysia Solar Farm near Balranald in New South Wales.

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Q CELLS newest Q.PEAK DUO-G5 panels are set to make history as they power the homes of South Australia's first multi-site, battery-powered residential development as part of the South Australia home battery scheme launched in October 2018.

The post Natural Solar chooses Q CELLS to power historic SA solar and battery installation appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New South Wales waves through 60MW Narrabri South Solar Farm being developed by Canadian Solar in the state's north.

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