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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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Rooftop and utility scale solar set new records in Australia's main grid, as coal output from the country's biggest coal state also sent to a new low.

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W.A. to invest $708 million in new transmission projects - its biggest investment in the grid for than a decade - to kick start 10-fold increase in new wind and solar capacity.

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The NSW Planning department has performed a remarkable backflip on the messaging from its wind farm map. Everywhere is now deemed "suitable" for wind turbines.

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Confusing new wind guidelines in NSW as coal state runs short of spinning machines. Plus: Origin battle intensifies as Tesla throws down energy gauntlet.

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A large-scale green hydrogen production facility at bp’s former Kwinana oil refinery in WA has made key new progress, backed by $70m from federal Labor.

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Australian researchers develop a new way to make, reproduce and test new perovskite solar cells within a matter of weeks, bypassing years of human labour and error.

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Ariel Liebman was a great networker, bringing people together to work on what he called the BHAGs – the big hairy audacious goals relating to climate change.

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Australia could support up to five giga-factories, just for domestic energy storage and commercial electric vehicles.

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Woodside Energy was among those assessed to be at significant risk of "net zero greenwash" because of their efforts to influence governments against phasing out fossil fuels.

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South Australia hydrogen act passes after support from One Nation and SA Best, founded by anti-wind campaigner Nick Xenophon, overcame delaying tactics from Greens and Liberals.

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W.A. paves the way to fast track the approval of renewable energy projects as it races to provide enough capacity for electrocution and green industry.

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Andrew Forrest creates New York-based asset manager to raise capital from pension and sovereign funds, and other rich people to support his highly ambitious green energy plans.

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China solar giant signs MoU with Japanese industrial giant to supply 1.5GW of solar modules to Australia and the Oceania region over the next five years.

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British government bumps up strike price for offshore wind by up to 66%, setting an eye watering $A337/MWh for floating projects like those earmarked for NSW.

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It's not often you get a Nationals MP berating Labor for going too slow on the green energy transition. But with two government departments at war in NSW, the renewables industry agrees.

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As the nation charts its course towards a cleaner energy future, it is critical that farmers receive not only due acknowledgment of their contributions but also targeted support.

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Tesla reveals details of its plan to take on traditional utility incumbents in Australia by focusing on household and business packages that combine rooftop PV, electric cars and battery storage.

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Australian solar innovator 5B has snagged a high profile new CEO, with David Griffin – the co-founder and former chief of Sun Cable – taking up the role.

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