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NSW deal with Origin will reward Australia's biggest utility to have its coal generators trundle through the night, but is there any guarantee they will operating when really needed?

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Is the Eraring coal extension a good deal? Plus: Kane Thornton from the Clean Energy Council discusses GenCost, AEMO, CIS, Made in Australia and what the US is up to.

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NSW secures deal to extend life of Australia's biggest coal generator by two years.

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CEFC commits $490 million to the "large and complex investment task" of equipping the grid in NSW's first REZ to connect 4.5GW of solar, wind and storage.

The post CEFC makes biggest investment yet to help “close looming gaps” in NSW grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Snowy 2.0's luckless Florence tunnel boring machine is stopped again, this time after reportedly taking a wrong turn and getting stuck in hard rock.

The post Once too soft, now too hard: Snowy 2.0 tunnelling machine Florence comes to a stop again appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Former PM turned aspiring pumped hydro developer calls for changes to the Capacity Investment Scheme, arguing long duration storage needs a separate category with looser time constraints.

The post Turnbull says CIS won’t work for long duration storage, nuclear support is “religion” for Coalition appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Stanwell says most of the heavy lifting is done at the 300MW, two-hour big battery it is building at the site of its Tarong coal power plant in Queensland.

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BNEF is calling time on fossil fuels, saying even at current rates of investment the days are numbered for oil, coal and gas. And no, it doesn't see nuclear coming to Australia.

The post Coal and gas use must peak and decline, “starting today:” BNEF outlook warns world headed to 2.6°C appeared first on RenewEconomy.

To attract more long duration energy storage, Australia must provide the right market incentives. One of the key mechanisms for doing this is the Capacity Investment Scheme.

The post Capacity Investment Scheme: Why it must play the long duration storage game  appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Changes to Australia's carbon credit unit scheme will allow farmers to propose new carbon reduction methods, but critics say it could undermine the scheme.

The post “Back to the future” for Australia’s carbon credit scheme appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The WA remote power provider says fossil fuel is out and renewables are in for five towns in the north.

The post Horizon Power goes renewables-first in latest remote standalone power tender appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Major green hydrogen, green ammonia and advanced fuels project backed by up to 10GW of electrolyser capacity takes crucial step forward in South Australia.

The post Amp locks in contracts for massive 10GW Cape Hardy green hydrogen and ammonia project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

NSW hopes funding for more hands on deck, including dedicated squads of engineers, will help Transgrid and AEMO to fast-track the connection of big batteries in the state.

The post Big battery connection “squads” to the rescue as NSW scrambles to fill grid reliability gaps appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Final GenCost report confirms nuclear too slow and costly for Australia, and integrated renewables remain by far the lowest cost and quickest option.

The post Renewables and storage still cheapest option, nuclear too slow and costly in Australia – CSIRO appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Without changes that include significant support for household batteries, the schemes that incentivise excess power being exported by households to the grid are no longer fit for purpose.

The post Rooftop solar incentives without battery storage are no longer fit for purpose appeared first on RenewEconomy.

One of Australia's biggest renewable energy zones has suffered a three-year delay. The cause has not yet been explained, but Barnaby Joyce has been a noisy opponent.

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South Australia's accelerated target for net 100pct renewables made more difficult by delays to new link to NSW and its own hydrogen power plans.

The post South Australia’s hopes of reaching world-first 100 pct net renewables by 2027 hit new hurdles appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Independent Planning Commission wants to hear from local communities as it weighs up whether or not to approve a 600MW solar and battery project in NSW.

The post Public meeting called on massive solar and battery project as objections pile up appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Less than a week after the federal budget allocated $1.7bn to green metals and low-carbon liquid fuels, a new China-Australia collaboration on sustainable aviation biofuel has won grant funding.

The post Australian researchers win funding to work with China on making sustainable green aviation fuel appeared first on RenewEconomy.

France announces the winner nd price of world's first commercial-scale floating offshore wind auction which will see 250MW built off the coast of Southern Brittany.

The post Milestone for floating offshore wind as world-first auction names winner and price appeared first on RenewEconomy.