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The European Parliament is examining what lessons can be learned from restrictions on tobacco lobbyists to protect the environment from continued use of fossil fuels.

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Australia's biggest energy retailer doubles underlying earnings to $1.995 billion, taking advantage of higher bills and lower fuel costs, but remains coy about the future of the Eraring and pace of green energy transition.

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Daan Walter from RMI on the phenomenal growth of battery storage. Plus: Victoria blackouts, Eraring, and the rabble against renewables.

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Recycling was a big theme for round 15 of these grants, which are for research ideas that can be commercialised.

The post Solar, battery recycling, hydrogen tech snag latest CRC grants appeared first on RenewEconomy.

It will likely take some time to fully understand the events after an intense storm tore down at least six transmission towers in Victoria. But one thing is for sure - it was not the fault of "woke" renewables.

The post AGL and AEMO search for answers on Loy Yang outage, but “woke” energy not to blame appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Victoria blackouts a copy book demonstration that reliance on massive, centralised end-of-life coal-fired power plants is a fool’s errand and a fundamental strategic weakness. 

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CEO Darren Busine says system collapse that led to the explosion was not predictable, but the AER is still pressing for fines.

The post “Control room went black:” Callide explosion blamed on battery charger failure appeared first on RenewEconomy.

British solar and storage developer Elgin Energy says it has secured development approval for another solar and battery project in Australia, this time in Victoria.

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American energy company Duke Energy pressured by Congress to decommission big batteries made by China's CATL from their installation at a military base.

The post CATL big battery to be removed from US Marine base over China security fears appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Ross Garnaut and former competition tsar Rod Sims say basic economics means you must price the damage that fossil fuels impose on everyone.

The post “Price the damage:” Garnaut and Sims reboot calls for carbon “fee” for big polluters appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Updated: Grid drama in Victoria in midst of heatwave as all four units at Loy Yang trip, transmission lines fail and other generators off line.

The post Grid drama and power cuts as multiple coal units and lines trip in midst of heatwave appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Rio Tinto, BHP and BlueScope collaboration on making iron ore suitable for processes that don’t use coal, it's becoming even clearer carbon capture and storage will not play a meaningful role in steel decarbonisation.

The post Iron ore giants’ green steel collaboration leaves carbon capture even further behind appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Solar for Apartments aims to help around 5,000 apartment owners and renters to install rooftop solar by addressing two key barriers to uptake: cost and complexity.

The post Solar for apartments: Huge demand expected for first round of rebates appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Snowy Hydro CEO says boring machine Florence needs to tunnel about 15 metres a day to keep Snowy 2.0 on track and says a fourth boring machine could be on the cards if the going gets tough again.

The post Slow progress at Snowy 2.0, with more “challenging” conditions ahead and a Florence clone appeared first on RenewEconomy.

World must spend at least $A18 trillion on renewables and the grid to meet climate targets, and most can come from scrapping fossil fuel plans.

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Coalition Senators flag concerns that Chinese inverters used in solar panels, batteries and EVs pose threat of foreign interference.

The post Coalition Senators flag security concerns over Chinese inverters for solar, batteries and EVs appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Owners of a giant four-hour battery project on the outskirts of Melbourne say they have closed the "largest" non-recourse debt financing package for an Australian grid scale battery.

The post Giant four-hour battery lands “biggest”debt financing for an Australia big battery appeared first on RenewEconomy.

South Australia reached a record average of 82% renewables in the December quarter, establishing a stunning blueprint for the way the entire Australia grid could reach the federal government's current national target for 2030.

The post South Australia enjoyed 82 pct wind and solar for entire December quarter. So it can be done appeared first on RenewEconomy.

January kicks off 2024 with another two solar records for Australia, including all-time monthly highs for utility solar generation in NSW and Queensland.

The post Wind in the west, solar in the east as NSW and Qld set new output records appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Brisbane-based company will make 15MWh of "energy pods" for a microgrid project funded by the California Energy Commission.

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