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Macquarie's Eku Energy has broken ground on two new battery storage projects in England as it expands its global portfolio.

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Western Australia's main grid has smashed its operational demand record as parts of the state became the hottest place on the planet over the weekend.

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Federal and WA governments finalise joint funding of $140 million to kick-start construction of infrastructure underpinning the proposed Pilbara Hydrogen Hub.

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Market operator says wind farms worked "as designed" in Victoria storms, but Murdoch media leading extraordinary attack on renewables.

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Construction starts on 250MW, two-hour big battery that will store solar generated by Ipswich rooftops and help wean the Queensland grid off coal.

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Veteran environmentalist Bob Brown and two supporters have been charged over a logging protest in defence of Tasmania's giant trees.

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Giant blades complete might be the longest travelled by wind turbines parts in Australia to date.

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Concrete pours have been completed and the first of battery modules have arrived on the site of South Australia's biggest battery project.

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New research examines which areas of Australia will have the worst conditions for solar degradation out to 2059 – and what we can do about it.

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Perth-based energy storage hopeful commissions battery storage system capable of charging and discharging at 50kW of power for up to five hours.

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Australia looks poised to get its own version of the so-called Green Deals of other countries, with prime minister Anthony Albanese promising his government will go “toe-to-toe” – if not “dollar-for-dollar” – on policies to establish Australia as a renewables powerhouse and a booming net-zero economy. In a speech to be delivered at a dinner […]

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In pursuit of blind, dogged virtue signalling to their base, the Coalition is prepared to sacrifice what remains of the Liberal Party in favour of a declining rural constituency.

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As Dutton renews call for renewables to be stopped and coal closures suspended until nuclear is built, wind and solar are delivering the fastest transition the world has seen.

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Cost savings, not saving the planet, are the priority in corporate decarbonisation plans, survey finds, and Australian businesses are lagging their peers.

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Some top tips on how to electrify your home and make it more energy efficient

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The Winterbourne wind farm in New South Wales - one of the projects at the centre of attacks by Barnaby Joyce - has announced it is finalising a submissions report.

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The developers of a solar thermal powered methanol production facility that will supply green fuel for shipping and aviation have bedded down $A40 million in funding.

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Group of 16 EU organisations partner to scale up floating offshore solar technology to 150MW so it can be more easily installed within existing and new offshore wind farms.

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Wind and solar set a number of output records in Victoria and across the main grid amid the grid chaos on Tuesday.

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New survey finds strong public support for The Superpower Institute's proposal to bring back a carbon tax.

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