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Windlab CEO says fossil fuel driven wedge politics is one of biggest issues holding back Australia's shift to renewables.

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BNEF says Australia needs to spend $2.4 trillion out to 2050 to achieve net zero. But the spending is not that much different from business as usual.

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CEFC provides another $160m to help customers get lower cost loans to install rooftop PV, home batteries and do efficiency upgrades.

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Huge solar and battery project near Dunedoo clears another planning hurdle, but must still wait for federal government approval.

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Rooftop solar has achieved a record share of generation and sent operational demand down to new low in the country's most coal dependent state.

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New rules seek to help consumers get more out of their energy assets – but miss a major opportunity to boost competition in the retail sector.

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VicGrid CEO Alastair Parker has a job some would not envy, managing the planning of transmission lines and renewable zones in the state of Victoria. He joins the podcast to talk about transmission routes, battery storage, the option of going underground, and where things went wrong on social licence.

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Fortescue starts work on green metals plant that will make first green iron in Pilbara, as green hydrogen hub provides fuel for coaches and haul trucks.

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AEMO updates roadmap to solve engineering challenges to allow it the grid to run for periods on renewables only, with no burning of fossil fuels.

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Terrain Solar says it is handing over development of the Marulan solar farm and big battery project.

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Major sources of an environmentally damaging gas will be scrutinised from above when a group of climate experts launches a satellite with SpaceX.

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The solar farm was approved in 2019 when Neoen owned it and is now expected to be finished in 2026. Neighbours will get rebates on their bills.

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Finances secured for development of first stage of massive solar and battery project that will total 4.1GWh once all five phases are completed.

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Solar farms aren't necessarily just about low carbon electricity. They can also help reverse biodiversity decline and could deliver benefits for nature and climate.

The post Solar farms can benefit nature and boost biodiversity. Here’s how appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia's 20th century energy system needs to transform to handle the rapidly changing demands being made of it. "There is no silver bullet. What we need is silver buckshot."

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New deal promises to safeguard the future of the state’s struggling Boyne aluminium smelters as they transition from coal to renewables.

The post Rio gets state support to shift Boyne smelters to renewables, says federal help needed too appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Origin trebles profits from electricity markets and joins other big utilities in promising more investment in green energy. But the focus is less on renewables, and more on storage and market control.

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A 285MW wind farm once blocked by the federal environment minister is now heading into construction as a 100% publicly owned asset – bought with the help of Queensland coal royalties.

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Origin Energy says the Eraring coal generator, which will stay open to address "reliability concerns", is prone to trips when needed most.

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Essential Energy says it could connect more than 8GW of large-scale renewables “right now” using the existing NSW electricity distribution network. But the rules prevent it from doing so.

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