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Queensland unveils new "CleanCo" power company, and says on target for 50% renewables by 2030. Wind and solar, it says, are key for lower prices.

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Taylor says his focus is only prices, not emissions, and while refusing to credit renewables for recent price falls, says there is a future for "commercially viable" hydro and solar. But makes no mention of wind energy.

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If Scott Morrison is serious about bringing down power prices he should be walking around Parliament with a solar panel not a lump of coal.

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Some 7,200MW of wind and solar committed since 2016 is bringing down prices, proving that Malcolm Turnbull was deposed an on election pitch based around the hope that people can be fooled.

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California one step away from becoming the second state in the US - after Hawaii - to mandate a 100 per cent renewable energy target.

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Australia has its first commercial installation of printed solar made using specialised semiconducting inks and printed using a conventional reel-to-reel printer.

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Victoria Labor’s solar rebate proposal is having an impact on the solar market, with customers putting off installations.

The post Solar Insiders Podcast: The fallout from Victoria’s solar rebates appeared first on RenewEconomy.

ANU’s Andrew Blakers and GE’s Bill Armstrong on the future of pumped hydro in Australia. Where and when will it be built?

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Poll shows Liberal primary vote down 22% in Wentworth, a blue ribbon electorate where a majority of voters support Australia's shift to 100% renewables and commitment to cut emissions.

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Internet giant Facebook has vowed to source 100 per cent of its considerable electricity needs from renewable energy by 2020.

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Does Australia have proper control of its power system? Not according to new analysis of recent high stress events that might turn traditional views of "baseload" and "intermittent" generation on their head.

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Opposition leader Matthew Guy made a renewable energy policy announcement this morning at Keppel Prince in Portland where hundreds are employed manufacturing wind turbine towers. 

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The outcome of the 2018 state election will have big implications for tackling climate change and rolling out renewable energy.

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APA adds solar farm to new wind project in Western Australia, making second on-grid solar-wind hybrid in the state.

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Game-changing discoveries, medical breakthroughs, systems for sustainability, revolutionary inventions, inspiring leaders and schoolgirls - the winners announced tonight at the 2018 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes, Australia’s leading science awards.

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Renewables account for nearly a fifth of all domestic electrical generation in US, beating nuclear and not far short of coal.

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Queensland’s largest wind farm — located in Far North Queensland — is now exporting its first electricity into the grid, with its new substation and switchyard now energised and ready to roll.

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RCR takes huge write downs on one of its flagship solar contracts, while another major contractor laments that "every man and his dog" is in the market.

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German automaker offers sneak peak of all-electric SUV – the EQ C – ahead of its September 4 world debut.

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New policies should rule out financial support to a third of coal-fired power stations currently under consideration by Japan’s three major commercial banks.

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