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Politicians seeking to lock gas into Australia's future to 2050 need to understand that leaked gas emissions are likely 100 times worse than carbon dioxide emissions.

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Hysata's Paul Barrett on the electrolyser tech's record fund raising. Plus: Labor's gas strategy, NSW's sky high prices, and Origin hollers a Marshall.

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Concrete is poured and ready for delivery of 444 Tesla Megapack modules to make up one of the biggest grid-scale batteries in Australia.

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Battery storage smashes output records in biggest oil and gas state in US, while milestones continue to tumble in California.

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Victoria and Tasmania gets allocations in big renewable tender, NSW is capped, and projects will have to manage own negative price risk.

The post Victoria and Tasmania get allocations as details released for Australia’s biggest renewable tender appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Brisbane-based Redback Technologies is back in the battery and smart inverter business under the control of new owners, Australia Ebon Group.

The post Australian home battery maker out of administration and “here to stay” under new owners appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Gravity storage pioneer Energy Vault chosen to build two big batteries next to Australia's biggest solar farm.

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W.A. allocates $324 million to transmission infrastructure for the state's main electricity grid to connect more renewable energy.

The post W.A. to spend big on new transmission to connect more wind and solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Peter Steele from Goodbye Gas on how his company is helping households to go all-electric. Plus: Mixed messages from the top.

The post Solar Insiders Podcast: How to get off gas and electrify appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Official data shows NSW is expected to miss its recently legislated emissions-reduction targets, prompting calls to scale back coal mine expansions.

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On the same day that scientists warned of a deepening climate catastrophe, Labor declares gas is good and announces a plan to "lock it in" beyond 2050.

The post Labor caves in to fossil fuel cartel as it locks in gas beyond 2050 amid deepening climate crisis appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Experts say approaches that allow local communities to be involved in renewable energy projects, and share benefits of household resources, will accelerate the transition.

The post More than just panels on rooftops: How to make the most out of household PV and batteries appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Energy utilities push NSW prices to the market limit after more than 3GW of unplanned coal outages, even though there was no risk of a shortfall.

The post Energy giants burst market limits as 3GW of coal goes missing, and consumers pay the price appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Wollongong-based Hysata attracts big global players to its ground-breaking electrolyser tech in biggest fund raising of its type in Australia.

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Queensland quadruples storage capacity of Stanwell battery to make it the biggest in the state as it seeks to lock in renewable transition.

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A mineral sands mining company expects to save five million litres of diesel a year by adding a solar farm and a battery storage system to its remote titanium mine site in western NSW.

The post Solar and batteries to save five million litres of diesel a year at remote NSW titanium mine site appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia's biggest utility names retiring NSW National Party MP as its new senior government relations manager to help manage progress of giant renewable projects in NSW

The post Origin hires retiring National Party MP to help “thread the needle” of shift to renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

This recognition places REC among the top 15% of assessed companies in the electronic goods manufacturing industry globally.

The post REC Group receives EcoVadis Silver Medal for its advanced ESG efforts appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Fortescue buys high-tech testing site in UK as it rolls out battery and EV charging products.

The post Fortescue buys UK testing site for battery and electric drive technologies appeared first on RenewEconomy.

French regulators finally give permission to fuel up the country's first nuclear plant in decades, some 12 years late and more than four times over budget.

The post How long does it take to build a nuclear reactor? We ask France appeared first on RenewEconomy.