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Construction officially underway on the first stage of the 321MW Moorabool wind farm being built in central-western Victoria.

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Angus Taylor - who has spent years fighting renewable energy targets and attacking wind farm developments - is now energy minister. We assess.

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Rising carbon, coal and gas prices mean new onshore wind and solar can compete with the short-term costs of existing coal and gas plants.

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Scott Morrison splits energy and environment portfolios, appointing one of the country’s most prominent anti-wind campaigners as energy minister, and a former mining industry lawyer to environment.

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Scott Morrison's new chief of staff was deputy CEO for the Minerals Council, the country's main coal lobby group, for 6.5 years.

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Both AGL and Origin are earning more than cost of capital, but so they should be at this point in the cycle.

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We’re past “trials”: storage is already providing reliability services in around 50 countries - it's time to get on with it.

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Malcolm Turnbull once said Australia had "every resource available ... to meet the challenge of climate change except for one: and that is leadership." We are still waiting.

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Scott Morrison chosen to lead Liberal Party and to be next prime minister. It's a relief for the renewables industry - compared to a Dutton government- but may be no cause for celebration.

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After the buzz over recent British royal wedding featuring an EV converted E-type Jaguar, company announces they will offer restored and electrified E-type Jaguars to the public.

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Andy Vesey, the American at the centre of conservative anger over the decision to close Liddell, has stepped down as CEO of AGL.

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AEMO - on advice from the CSIRO - has dramatically reduced its forecast uptake of battery storage by Australian households.

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AEMO says ageing coal and gas generators are becoming less reliable and increasing the risk of power outages and load shedding, particularly in Victoria this coming summer. But new wind and solar and storage should reduce risk in future years.

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Queensland government to provide up to $3.1m for feasibility study into proposed $2bn lithium-ion battery "giga-factory" in Townsville.

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Safety systems are being set up ahead of a scheme to help Queensland families install home batteries to store their solar energy and take control of their power bills.

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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull may be going out, but he is going out fighting. Finally. He puts eligibility of pretender Peter Dutton to legal test, and says he will leave parliament if outed, threatening razor thin majority.

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CSIRO report says Australia has “urgent” opportunity to establish national renewable hydrogen industry, with cost competitiveness "firmly on the horizon."

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It’s long past time Australia joined other countries and committed to no new coal mines or oil and gas wells,

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Work set to begin on 140MW solar farm in South Australia industrial centre as Adani Renewables receives final green light for project.

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Alinta plans a big solar farm to help power the Christmas Creek iron ore mine in the Pilbara, and other Fortescue mining operations.

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