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The deal required 11 funders to agree to terms, including the CEFC, and provides a runway for expansion – with a focus on battery storage.

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What if we could double the amount of light that hits a solar panel? UNSW researchers say it's possible.

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Wholesale electricity prices hit a new landmark on Tuesday night when all five state grids had prices pushed above $15,000 a megawatt hour (MWh) at the time. Greed is the new black.

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Australian big battery projects headed for record year as storage prices halve over the last year.

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Queensland coal power company has been moving into renewable energy for some years, and is now signing O&M contracts to give staff taste of renewables future.

The post Coal giant signs solar farm maintenance contract to train staff in green energy future appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Barnaby Joyce reckons the "gig is up" for "intermittents" as he hoorays a cancelled project and EnergyCo rolls out scoping report for New England REZ.

The post “The gig is up:” Joyce celebrates as wind project shelved and new route to New England zone unveiled appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Fortescue signs MoU with the world's biggest shipping company to test the possibilities of using green ammonia as a clean fuel to help transport green iron.

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Emerging Australian solar recycling outfit Elecsome has inked another promising deal with another big energy market player.

The post Pioneering Australian “solar upcycling” start-up strikes deal with Italian energy giant appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Back in 1999, Forbes magazine ran a piece headlined, Dig more coal -- the PCs are coming. The naysayers are at it again.

The post AI won’t use as much electricity as we are told, and it’s not a reason to slow transition to renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Plans to install an up to 300MW wind farm on grazing and forestry land in central Tasmania are a step closer after winning council planning approval.

The post Wind project wins planning green light after promising to shut down turbines to protect eagles appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A map identifying which parts of Victoria are best suited for future renewables projects shows wind farm “no go zones” introduced more than a decade ago are still in place.

The post Coalition’s wind turbine ban lives on, as VicGrid takes first steps to map new renewable zones appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Who's at fault for high energy bills? The customer, the utility or the system?

The post A tale of two energy bills: Is the market really that broken? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New report shows an average of 100 million native animals are displaced, injured or killed from land clearing in Queensland and NSW every year, including more than one thousand koalas, mostly for beef farming.

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Development application lodged for what will be the biggest battery on Australia's main grid, along with a massive solar farm.

The post Development plans lodged for NEM’s biggest battery project and neighbouring solar farm appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The expansion of solar photovoltaic systems in Germany continues to grow as more companies and private households opt for solar energy.

The post Germany achieves stunning increase in solar installations and output appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Tender launched for 400 MW of new wind capacity, as W.A. flags higher payments for new generation and storage as it seeks to accelerate switch away from coal.

The post New tender seeks 400 megawatts of new wind as W.A. seeks to fast track renewables with new scheme appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Misinformation campaigns are taking their toll as more Australians struggle to sort energy fact from fiction.

The post Australians blame wind, solar for high power bills as media campaigns take hold appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Energy Efficiency Council's Jeremy Sung discusses energy standards for lighting and heat pumps and the federal government's Consumer Energy Resources Roadmap.

The post SwitchedOn Podcast: The future could be even brighter appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The death of renewable hydrogen has been greatly exaggerated. What we are witnessing are actually the signs of a maturing market.

The post The hydrogen economy is not dead, just ask the shipping and aviation industries appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Plans to build a 340MW wind farm and a big battery in New England shelved after a "change of mind" from some landowners involved in the project, and as the local MP hits new lows in anti-wind rhetoric.

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