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The wind and solar boom is clearly adding to competition, but 5GW of battery storage in coming years will really focus the minds of incumbent utilities.

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A McGowan Government-led forum today in Geraldton is examining opportunities to attract clean hydrogen projects to the Mid-West region.

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US manufacturing giant Flex to withdraw from Australia wholesale and retail solar business, adding to the dramatic shake-up in the industry.

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The project will seek to bring reliable electricity to 250 million people – including to 90 million people who will be connected for the first time.

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Scotland continues to break wind generation and supply records as its wind energy industry continues to build out and up.

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New report finds there is potential for up to 61GW of solar PV installations on Australia’s residential rooftops.

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Consumer and housing groups are calling on Energy Ministers to reduce household electricity bills by agreeing at their meeting next week to increase energy efficiency standards for new and existing homes and fixed appliances. 

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Delays in ESCRI battery on Yorke Peninsula blamed on complexity of project and commissioning hurdles also experienced by solar plants. It may have bitten off more than it can chew.

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GreatCell, formerly Dysesol, calls in administrators after failing to raise funds and the death of its lead scientist in a mountaineering accident.

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Western Australia energy minister launches world-leading active, billed, peer-to-peer trading trial allowing 40 households to buy and sell rooftop solar, across the grid.

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Three councils in Sydney's eastern suburbs – Waverley, Woollahra and Randwick – join forces to install kerbside EV charging stations.

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk happy to be outsold by General Motors, but would also consider buying one of its closed auto factories.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology team publishes conceptual design for renewable energy storage system using large tanks of white-hot molten silicon that could help "power a small city."

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In a "big reveal" alongside GFG Alliance's Sanjeev Gupta, Whyalla City Council announces China-backed deal to build 70 hectare solar powered intensive horticulture facility.

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Australia joins US to promote fossil fuels at UN climate conference - just days after remaining silent as US, Saudi Arabia, Russia, and Kuwait refused to acknowledge a key global climate report.

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An interview with Neoen on the performance of the Tesla big battery at Hornsdale in its first year, and Australia’s $20 billion wind and solar boom.

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There are $20 billion of wind, solar and storage projects currently underway in Australia, although the future looks less rosy.

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Tony Abbott, my opponent for the seat of Warringah at the next federal election, thinks building new coal fired power stations will reduce power prices. He is sadly mistaken.

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Study shows contribution to grid from Australia's rooftop solar systems up 33% over 2018. At this rate, it could supply 14% of NEM demand within 5 years.

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Steel magnate unveils more sensational details of Whyalla's renewable powered industrial revolution, including plans for an additional steel plant – "one of world's biggest."

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