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Polluters warned to be honest about the role of carbon markets in curbing climate change and biodiversity loss, with carbon credit production set to soar.

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A new workforce, financial incentives and protection for local content in solar panels, electric trucks and wind towers are part of a "superpower" blueprint.

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The Capital big battery - a key part of the decarbonisation plans of the national capital - is finally charging and injecting power into the grid, albeit at small quantities, after nearly a year of commissioning delays.

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Biggest grants go to Fortescue for a green iron project, and Curtin University to pursue a technology that could export hydrogen as a powder.

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Vast and 14D are seeking to plug their planned big battery, solar thermal and solar heat projects into a transmission line currently serving two large BHP mines.

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Fortescue announces "landmark" joint venture to create a massive renewable energy, and green hydrogen, ammonia and manufacturing hub in Morocco.

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Batteries kick in as total eclipse sweeps across the US. Some states filled the gap with gas.

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Construction starts on one of the biggest solar farms in Australia, that will help power a green hydrogen project being developed by Queensland utility Stanwell.

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Wine company Casella has switched on what it says is the largest solar facility in the Australian beverage sector, in the Riverina district of New South Wales.

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New transmission line, including 165 towers, completed to connect what will be the biggest wind project in Australia.

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Number of mini solar PV systems, dubbed "balcony solar" reaches 400,000 in Germany, but actual number might be much bigger.

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Zen Energy signs long term off take deals with two wind farms, including the oldest facility in South Australia, which will be 31 years old when the contract expires.

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The latest December quarter saw Australia export the most amount of thermal coal it has ever exported in a single quarter.

The post Anthony Albanese is setting himself up as the fossil fuel export king of Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Dr Jarra Hicks discussed how community focused energy projects are more likely to win hearts and minds for the energy transition.

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Australia's biggest battery, designed to be a giant "shock absorber" for the grid, gets technical green light to ensure it is connected on schedule.

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Like everything else associated with the Coalition’s nuclear policy, the plan to win over communities in coal regions has hit a snag.

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Western Australia hosts the world's biggest standalone grid and features the biggest solar duck, thanks to growth of rooftop PV. Batteries to the rescue, then, as thermal plants go quack.

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Biomimicry is already used in aviation but is yet to find a place in wind turbines, until this research showed how it might work.

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Andrew Forrest’s iron ore and energy giant Fortescue Metals has officially opened its 2GW hydrogen electrolyser factory in Gladstone, Queensland, using in-house technology that it says heralds a massive new manufacturing industry for Australia. Fortescue says the factory, located in the heart of Queensland coal and LNG export country, is a game-changer because it will […]

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Proposed amendments to EPBC Act to address biodiversity loss will require renewable developers to think differently about the way they use the environment.

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