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Danish energy giant CIP unveils its first big battery - the biggest in South Australia - as it launches a major storage investment push in Australia.

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The 130MW Glenrowan solar farm has been energised in northern Victoria and will soon begin generating enough electricity to power 45,000 homes.

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BlackRock's Akaysha to build Australia's biggest four hour battery, and AGL to install a huge battery at Liddell after winning tender to fill gap from Eraring closure.

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Northvolt hails breakthrough in sodium ion batteries, providing big advances for battery storage and ultimately for electric vehicles.

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Report finds excessive supernormal profits are becoming the norm for Australia's regulated networks, harming power affordability and diverting billions from the energy transition.

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Andrew Forrest's Fortescue Metals Group has announced three of the first green hydrogen deals to reach a final investment decision in the United States and Australia.

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The sudden spike in warming in 2023 comes from a combination of factors. It's not a sign of total climate failure – but the emissions gap with current policies is still hellish.

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Neoen's huge Collie battery could be paid more than $100 million a year to help squash solar duck curve in world's biggest isolated grid, but state-owned battery will get paid much less.

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Gavin Collis from the CSIRO discusses the future of Australia's battery recycling industry.

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CEIG warns proposed property fire levies could add millions of dollars a year in extra running costs to big solar, wind and battery projects in state with 95 per cent renewables target.

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One of Europe’s first projects to produce green hydrogen on a large scale in northern Germany has been scrapped due to high construction costs.

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Construction has begun on a 1.1MW solar farm and 3MWh battery storage project that aims to take the Tiwi Islands to 50 per cent renewables.

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Governments shouldn't coast using fat wind and solar pipelines when they could achieve so much more, says a new report.

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NSW threads a path in and around Hunter Valley mines and wineries as it seeks to build a major new "backbone" for transporting wind and solar into major demand areas.

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Cannon-Brookes says AGL's targets for the green energy transition are hopelessly inadequate, and will reward senior executives with bonuses just for "standing still."

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"At least" six wind farms proposed for development in Tasmania face major delays, or worse, in the fallout from the decision to cut the MarinusLink project in half.

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The new battery will store power from the expanded 6.2 MW gas to energy power plant for dispatch during peak periods.

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Massive wind turbine blade hits the road, for an epic road trip too ne of the largest off-grid hybrid renewable energy systems to power a mining operation in Australia.

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Macquarie launches new Australian-based onshore renewables business, with an initial project pipeline of 4 gigawatts of wind, solar and storage projects, and plans to build much more.

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Imagine the year is 2030. You are walking down your street. Your local newsletter just announced that your community is now running on 100% renewable energy.

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