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Ted O'Brien tells 1,000 attendees at clean energy summit they are all wrong, and paints his vision for a nuclear future. At least he turned up.

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Chris Bowen hints at increasing the size of some of the auctions for wind and solar capacity because of the huge response to the initial tenders.

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Bowen says suggesting Australia take up nuclear is like suggesting to the Swiss they should take up surfing.

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Sun Cable can now start the groundwork leading up to a final decision on the project, which will initially supply Australian customers.

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Former NSW energy minister says deniers have not gone away, and the renewables industry needs to step up to counter the anti-wind and solar propaganda.

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The Antarctic blast chilling Australia's east coast has brought new records for wind generation and for operational demand on the National Electricity Market.

The post Arctic blast blows wind energy to new highs, smashes records for winter grid demand appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Plans to develop a 400MW wind farm and big battery in Queensland's Maranoa region joins queue for federal environmental assessment.

The post Wind farm and big battery planned for coal seam gas hub seeks federal green tick appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The big four banks have made significant strides to curb lending for fossil fuel projects but a report says they still have not met their own climate targets.

The post Big banks go cool on coal and gas but fall well short on climate funding: report appeared first on RenewEconomy.

AEMO boss says nuclear too slow to replace coal, and confirms that "notion of baseload" will not compete with grid powered by cheaper renewables.

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Clean Energy Council head says bad faith actors pushing nuclear are using a weakened media and praying on anxious communities to "tear things down."

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Offshore wind industry could be entering a “just for the heroes” era, where only the most robust projects in the most attractive geographies will survive. Australia's hopes could be at risk.

The post “Just for the heroes:” Can Australia survive the offshore wind inflection point? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Federal Labor will fast-track a national certification scheme to guarantee the provenance of green hydrogen – and renewable electrons – produced in Australia.

The post Guarantee of origin scheme for green hydrogen, renewable electricity put on fast track appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The first stage of what will be the biggest battery project in Australia has been energised little more than a year after it was first announced.

The post First stage of Australia’s biggest battery project energised to start flattening solar duck appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Global online retail and cloud computing giant says it has achieved a "moment in time" milestone where all its electricity demand has been matched by renewables.

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Mining giant signs another solar deal with another Pilbara Indigenous group, as it slowly replaces fossil fuels with renewables.

The post Rio Tinto signs up to power Pilbara iron ore operations with 80MW solar farm appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Globally, the market for biofuels is not looking good as projects are dumped and at least one company is on the verge of going under.

The post Oceania Biofuels pulls $500m Gladstone project as another bubble bursts appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Prices are clearly rising in the latest tender for large scale renewables, but that's because of added storage - and consumers will likely be spared in any case, at least in the short term.

The post Latest renewable tenders point to rising costs in supply chain, but consumers will be spared appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The originator of Australia's largest onshore wind farm has unveiled plans to go bigger again and build a 1.5GW wind farm in northern Queensland.

The post WestWind unveils plan for massive 1.5GW wind farm in Sunshine State appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Funding deal means Akaysha can start building huge four-hour battery, which will be one of the biggest in Australia.

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Before renewables came along, coal-fired power stations pumped out electricity (and carbon emissions) 24 hours a day. But now, this type of “always on” baseload power is no longer necessary or commercially viable. This is one of many reasons why the Coalition’s proposed nuclear strategy is flawed. Even if nuclear power was cheap, which it […]

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