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Lyon Group and big Japanese partner say they will begin construction in early 2019 of solar and battery storage project that will act as the country's first "solar peaking plant".

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It’s been a huge year for solar in Australia in 2018. In the final podcast of the year, we review the highs and lows, the best and the worst, and take a peak at next year.

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Horizon Power is pleased to announce the appointment of Stephanie Unwin as its new Chief Executive Officer, commencing 18 March 2019.

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Construction of world's first on grid wind-solar-battery facility in north Queensland now complete, with connection to follow in new year.

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Sabella, a pioneering tidal and ocean stream turbine developer, has partnered with QOS Energy to improve the performance monitoring of its ground-breaking Ushant tidal energy project.

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AEMO names former CSIRO energy chief to head new technical division plotting path to a clean energy transition.

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ANU-led research team says it has found a simple set of ingredients to make a tandem solar cell that could boost PV efficiency "well beyond" what is possible with silicon by itself.

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Coalition says new wind and solar will allow it slash electricity emissions by 26% by 2022, after which it expects emissions to rise and new investment to stop.

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The Andrews Labor Government has announced $1.1 million worth of grants to support renewable energy projects in local communities across Victoria.

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Santos kicks off ARENA-backed plans to shift all of its remote crude oil beam pumps to 100% solar and battery storage – a move that would save it 140 barrels of oil a day.

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has signed an agreement with the start-up FlexiDAO, selected through the open innovation programme I’MNOVATION, for the initial phases of the GREENCHAIN project.

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Concern about pace and cost of grid connections, and lack of clarity about the rules for connection, cited as biggest concern for wind and solar industry.

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Owners of Vales Point coal generator sign up for 275MW Darlington solar farm in NSW, as a hedge against future emissions and a display of how coal and solar can "work together".

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An ultra-fast prototype charger with 450kW is now open to the public in Germany – and it can charge an EV in as little as three minutes.

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A group of outback EV drivers test out using an EV charger powered by a diesel generator, and the results are promising.

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Environment minister Melissa Price kept as low a profile as possible in Poland climate talks, as Australia's only noticeable contribution to public debate was its declared support of fossil fuels.

The post Australia lies low in Katowice as UN scrapes together rules for climate deal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Melbourne firm says it has signed offtake deal for 5MW solar and storage project in S.A. Murray River region, as stage 1 of what could become a 30MW affair.

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Huge interest in clean energy transition – and technologies and policies that go with it – helped deliver more than 10m page views to RenewEconomy this year.

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WA opens up grid for nearly 1GW of new large-scale renewable projects. And it has appointed a new energy minister to shepherd the process.

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Gupta flags possible float Simec Zen Energy business and confirms interest in Coalition government's controversial tender for new dispatchable generation.

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