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Another big battery begins construction in W.A. as the world's biggest standalone grid deals with the combined challenges of low midday demand and evening peaks.

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Transitioning residential gas appliances to electric at end-of-life from 2025 is crucial for Victoria to meet emissions reduction targets and protect consumers.

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Brookfield bows to super fund pressure to jack up offer for Origin Energy by $1.2 billion, and reinforces promise to fast-track Australia's transition to renewables.

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Ørsted has become the first offshore wind company to begin trialling giant autonomous drones to transport cargo to giant wind turbines.

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Roy Hill Mines, owned by climate skeptic and renewables doubter Gina Rinehart, unveils a bright pink electric locomotive powered by a 7MWh battery.

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"Making more things here:" SunDrive gets federal funding boost towards commercial production of its lower-cost, high efficiency solar cells, on Australian soil.

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The bulk payment covers everything the huge transmission project will need to get to full construction, from workers camps to equipment like transformers.

The post Queensland to spend $1.3bn to get CopperString shovel-ready in 2024 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New deal promises solar supply to vanadium electrolyte facility starting 2026. The same company has a tentative solar supply deal with the massive Sun Cable project.

The post Solar supply firms up for controversial Middle Arm precinct – but not from Sun Cable appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Being able to prove green claims is becoming increasingly important as regulators and customers begin to demand evidence.

The post Quinbrook hopes new software will prevent energy greenwashing claims appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Construction will begin within weeks on a 300 MWh big battery to be built in Queensland, alongside the country's biggest coal unit.

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The first auction for renewable and storage projects to bid for a place on the grid in the first renewable energy zone in NSW has been delayed, frustrating developers.

The post Disappointment as tender for access rights to NSW renewable energy zones delayed appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australian banks are in the box seat to develop and advocate for new, inventive measures that green up the nation’s single largest asset class, the housing market.

The post Big banks take on greening of Australia’s $10 trillion housing stock appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A Murdoch University deep dive into the CSIRO Beetaloo report found its emissions projections are underestimates of up to 84% in some cases.

The post Beetaloo gas field is a climate bomb. How did the modelling make it look otherwise? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Wind and solar reached 100 per cent of demand on 282 days in last year in South Australia, and the state will average 100 per cent within a few years, grid owner says.

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Renewables investment giant unveils plan to establish Australia's first polysilicon manufacturing plant, after securing a place to build it and power it with solar.

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Ivor Frischknecht, now head of Sosteneo, talks about the new battery that signals the end of the need for spinning machines, and a clear path to 100 per cent renewables. Plus: All Energy and Joyce.

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Arena says it approved a record amount of funding in 2022-23 to projects valued at over $3.5 billion, with a focus on cheap solar and battery storage.

The post “Significant scale-up:” Arena caps off first decade with record year of funding appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Origin says it electricity sales are down six per cent due to growth of solar and efficiency, while gas generation has slumped 21 per cent.

The post Solar and efficiency take big bite out of sales from Australia’s biggest utility appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia's biggest coal generator hit with major fines for failing to deliver the essential grid services that it had promised and for which it was paid.

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The benefits of building the new wind and solar will be lost if Queensland persists with its overly expensive and unnecessary long duration pumped hydro.

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