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350.orgAustralia will today premiere a crowdfunded feature-length film – Accelerate.

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Australia has made some progress replacing coal with natural gas and renewables in electricity generation yet remains one of the most carbon-intensive OECD countries.

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Yurika may add another 9 big batteries across Queensland after identifying a new market for batteries in supporting local networks.

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New estates in communities such as Mount Barker are being forced to depend on gas. This is imposing un-necessary costs, and pollution.

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Two new major solar and battery storage projects proposed for South Australia, pushing the state closer to a 100 per cent renewable energy share.

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Energy Insiders returns with an interview with former CEFC boss Oliver Yates, now challenging Josh Frydenberg in the “Menzies” seat of Kooyong, and a wrap of recent events.

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Tritium co-founder James Kennedy joins The Driven podcast to outline how a small group of solar car enthusiasts became world leaders in electric vehicle fast charging stations.

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Outrage at withdrawal of capacity and bidding practices in lead up to last week's heat-wave. Did the fossil fuel generators go too far?

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Lacour Energy appoints Goldwind to build major wind and solar hybrid project in W.A. wheatbelt that will likely also include battery storage.

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Corporate demand for wind and solar projects more than doubled across the globe in 2018, and Australian companies also turned to renewables.

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Queensland government-owned Yurika to manage a Tesla big battery in Townsville to allow more solar, defer network spending, and add to virtual power plant capacity.

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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.

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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?

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

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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.

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