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Berri Barmera Council issues tender to build and operate 10MW solar farm in South Australia Riverland region.

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Darren Miller, the co-founder of electricity retailer Mojo Power has been named as the new chief executive of ARENA.

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Malcolm Turnbull gets to continue as PM – at the cost of his credibility and at the behest of the party’s ring wing. Australia will now be looking for leadership. But they won’t expect it to come from the federal Coalition.

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The Saudi Arabian fund that has had its eye on Tesla is now in talks with EV rival Lucid Motors

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So the NEG is dead – where to now? It’s time for politics to adopt the renewables model: a decentralised and distributed framework.

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Tesla CEO says the company could "maybe ... in about three years" deliver an EV for a price tag of just $US25,000 – but it won't be easy.

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COAG energy council member and ACT climate minister Shane Rattenbury declares the NEG "dead," killed off by Turnbull's complete capitulation on emissions and climate.

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There are many sections of industry and the public that can see the benefits of electric transportation; unfortunately we have a small group of politicians that believe otherwise.

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“Climate change is now reaching the end-game, where very soon humanity must choose between taking unprecedented action, or accepting that it has been left too late and bear the consequences.” Those are the challenging words from Prof. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, for twenty years the head of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, and a...

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Nationals celebrate ditching of emissions targets from NEG and a push for new dispatchable generation: "Coal, coal, coal," says the deputy leader.

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The cost to decarbonise the electricity system is lower than the cost of replacing the existing power system like for like. Think about it: that is a gift.

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Investors with more than $2 trillion in assets under management have expressed dismay at the sidelining of emissions reduction policy in Australia. 

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Power bills for thousands of families and businesses across NSW will fall thanks to $72 million in energy efficiency measures announced by Premier Gladys Berejiklian today.

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Turnbull effectively dumps emissions component from the proposed National Energy Guarantee, in what could be his final act of capitulation to the far right forces within the government parties.

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An ActewAGL electric vehicle charging station, the first to service West Belconnen and the first of several planned for the Ginninderry development, was launched today by Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability, Shane Rattenbury.

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Lily D’Ambrosio talks about the state’s big rooftop solar initiative; David Leitch accuses Rod Sims of stepping over the line; and why price caps could cause bills to rise.

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Origin supports ACCC call to wind up the federal rooftop solar subsidy early, citing savings to consumers.

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Victoria Labor government proposes rebates and zero interest loans to encourage another 650,000 homes to install another 2.6GW of rooftop solar.

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Premier Palaszczuk officially opens Sun Metals solar farm, the first large-scale solar farm built directly by major energy user.

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The Northern Territory’s largest solar program is heading towards completion, with work in 16 communities already finished.

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