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As Forrest's Fortescue Metals details how it will reach "real zero" emissions in its Pilbara iron ore operations, Rinehart insists such a thing is not possible.

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ENA chief executive Dominique van den Berg on the hotly contested role that networks can play in distributed resources. Plus, news of the week.

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A wind farm and battery has been given the all clear by the local council, after being rejected by state planning authorities over its impact on the safe operation of a local airfield.

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As the state swelters through a winter heatwave, Queenslanders need to know if the LNP is serious about fighting climate change and cutting power bills.

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Rooftop solar, home batteries and other consumer energy resources have been listed alongside large-scale renewables and storage as critical to reliable supply – but work needs to be done to coordinate them.

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Six big battery projects are in line to receive capacity payments from the market operator in a significant reshaping of W.A.s grid as it transitions away from coal.

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South Australia to lock its 2027 target of 100 per cent net renewables into law as BHP looks to double its copper smelting and refining operations in the state.

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Queensland government has flagged a more than 20 per cent rise in costs for the $5 billion CopperString - one of Australia's biggest energy grid expansions.

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New research shows we can greatly reduce embodied carbon, but it will require radical changes in how we design, construct, use and reuse buildings.

The post How low can we go? To cut the carbon that goes into buildings we need radical change appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A new big battery was approved after just nine weeks, marking the first renewables project to be fully processed under the state's new fast-tracked approvals pathway.

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Another major green hydrogen project has been canned by its developers, this time a massive wind and solar backed proposal in WA.

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Global mining giant circles back to its first ever large-scale solar and battery microgrid project to more than double its renewable generation capacity.

The post Ground-breaking solar and battery microgrid to double in capacity at WA gold mine appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New Zealand Green Investment Finance commits $NZ78 million to support the development of five projects being developed by Far North Solar Farm.

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New analysis from McKinsey & Co investigates why renewable energy deployment is falling behind what is needed to reach global targets.

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AEMO says the electricity outlook has improved since 2023, but further delays to projects or dampeners on investment mean "reliability will deteriorate.”

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The miner has pulled its 1.7GW H2Tas project from the federal environment approvals process after two years in the queue.

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The NSW side of the line will now start, although the amount Transgrid has raised is $100m less than the ceiling approved by the regulator.

The post Transgrid locks in $700 million to start works on NSW side of VNI West network upgrade appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Fortescue Metals CEO says he sees "endless opportunities" for green metals industry in Australia, as green hydrogen takes a back seat in the company's ambitions.

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Australia's largest gas infrastructure business says it plans to spend most of its capex on bespoke renewables in the Pilbara over the next two years.

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Snowy Hydro confirms that its new "fast-start, on demand" Hunter Power Plant will begin operations, not on hydrogen, not on gas, but on costly and polluting diesel fuel.

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