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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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A re-elected Andrews Labor Government will create up to 50 new jobs in the Latrobe Valley with a new government agency, Solar Victoria, to be based in Morwell.

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Between 2010 and June 2018, India’s coal-fired power station pipeline saw shelved and cancelled projects totalling a staggering 573GW.

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PRESS RELEASE JA Solar announced that it has supplied 3.2MW of mono PERC modules for Aramex‘s solar plant in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. This plant represents the largest single-rooftop solar project in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to date. Located in Dubai Logistics City, the rooftop project was constructed on a turnkey...

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We need genuinely dispatchable power stations to complement the growing capacity of wind and solar PV. Coal and other baseload power stations cannot fill that role.

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Trump's own EPA says his climate plan will worsen health of millions of kids, cost $US50 billion

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Evergen, the provider of Australia’s only CSIRO developed intelligent energy management system, has announced that it has commenced a process to secure a new majority shareholder to drive the continued success and expansion of the business in the rapidly evolving energy sector.

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Two small wind farms in Victoria have had the highest capacity factors in the country, and more than 60% in the last two months.

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Sydney Airport signs innovative deal with Origin to supply 75 per cent of its electricity needs through a wind farm in western NSW.

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GM Holden will hire 150 new engineers at its Port Melbourne plant, to fast-track the development of 20 new EVs by 2023, and an AV by 2019.

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Thousands of reservation holders invited to inspect "mass market" Tesla Model 3 EV in Australia for first time. They will have to wait at least another year for delivery.

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The first wind turbine in what will be world’s first utility-scale, on-grid wind, solar and battery energy storage project has been installed.

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Ratch Australia begins electrification of its 180MW Mount Emerald wind farm, says full operation expected to commence in November this year.

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