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As energy minister Angus Taylor continues his campaign for "fair dinkum" power, AEMO boss Audrey Zibelman points to the 6.5 solar panels being installed every minute and the falling cost of renewables, and says Australia has no choice but to embrace the future.

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The Coalition's energy policy looks stupid, and the election can't come quick enough. But there are some important things happening in grid investments and regulatory tests.

The post Know your NEM: Coalition looks stupid to anyone with an education appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Spanish government agrees to scrap much-reviled tax on solar self-consumption, brings in new rules removing all costs and barriers to self-consumed power.

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1MW plant signals new beginning for Chernobyl, where as much as 100MW of PV generation is expected to be built at the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster.

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Tesla's "mass market" EV given top billing by US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for lowest and second lowest probability of injury rating of all cars tested.

The post Tesla’s Model 3 billed as safest car ever tested appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New rules will increase cost of installing car chargers, and could cause major headaches for strata managers unless combined with ‘demand management’ software.

The post New rules to increase cost of EV charger installs in Australia/NZ appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Study of consumers who intend to purchase a new car in next three years found two out of three considering going electric.

The post One-third of Australian drivers looking to buy EV: Nissan appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia installs another 125MW of rooftop solar in September, taking the grand total to more than 7.5GW.

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At All-Energy 2018, Huawei exhibits the latest Smart PV innovations across all residential, commercial and utility scale solutions.

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Environment minister Melissa Price says she has not read IPCC report, but suggests it draws a "long bow" and she holds out hope of "clean coal" and "building" lots of trees.

The post Coalition’s breathtakingly stupid response to IPCC climate report appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Where the Australian government sees problems, the Germans saw opportunity, and pursued policies to compatibly address three legs of a successful energy transition simultaneously.

The post We are suffering from a trilemma of our own creation appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Neoen Australia cuts wind power component of its proposed Crystal Brook Energy Park by "more than 50%", ahead of State Commission Assessment Panel vote.

The post Neoen halves wind component of SA renewable hydrogen superhub appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Northern Territory’s largest solar PV project seals a solar off-take deal with NT-owned utility Jacana Energy.

The post Northern Territory signs PPA with 25MW solar farm, as grid reforms take shape appeared first on RenewEconomy.

White Rock solar farm begins producing electricity to the main grid, becoming the second wind-solar hybrid facility in the NEM.

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It's over to the Morrison government, as IPCC warns of increasing urgency of emissions reduction task, and of the "very, very substantial" cut in coal use essential to this.

The post IPCC says coal must go in urgent race to limit global warming appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Ten wind farms will open their gates to the public when the Clean Energy Council celebrates Wind Farm Open Day with the Australian Wind Alliance on Sunday 21 October.

The post Get up close and personal with renewable energy at Wind Farm Open Day appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A special edition of Energy Insiders featuring David Leitch, Nigel Morris, Simon Corbell, and Glen Morelli “live” from the All Energy conference in Melbourne.

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How can the world achieve its temperature goal of limiting average global warming to 1.5°C to 2.0°C? And what happens if it doesn’t?

The post 8 things you need to know about the IPCC 1.5˚C report appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Research is finding better ways to make batteries both bigger, smaller, lighter batteries that charge in minutes and store enough energy to power a device for days.

The post New materials are powering the battery revolution appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Morrison responds to IPCC report by declaring that he had no intention of spending money on global climate conferences and "all that sort of nonsense.”

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