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The fourth round of tenders for the NSW renewable roadmap will seek another gigawatt of wind and solar, and offers access rights to new renewable energy zones for the first time.

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Federal government tips $69.2 million into the 2.2GW Central Queensland Hydrogen Hub, described by the state government as the biggest in Australia.

The post Australia’s “biggest” green hydrogen project given $69m in new round of funding appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Cannon-Brookes joins industry led campaign to populate the millions of new climate and energy roles required for Australia to meet net zero by 2050.

The post Climate “Australia’s next big employer:” Cannon-Brookes joins push for net zero workforce appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Fortescue producing first of its "home grown" electrolysers at new Gladstone gigafactory, which it sees as key to success in Hydrogen Headstart program after missing out on Whyalla tender.

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Victoria re-boots the publicly owned State Electricity Commission, with plans to build 1.2GW of renewables and storage by 2025, generate thousands of green jobs.

The post “The SEC is back:” Victoria flicks switch on state-owned utility in push to 95 pct renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Stanwell signs 15-year off take deal for all the output of another major solar project to supply its green hydrogen plans, in the second such deal of the past two weeks.

The post Queensland solar farm locks in supply deal for Australia’s biggest green hydrogen project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

DP Energy says it has received planning approval for another major wind farm in central Queensland, which will be located near the broken Callide C coal generator.

The post DP Energy wins approval for major wind farm near broken coal generator in Queensland appeared first on RenewEconomy.

An independent probe might cut through Snowy 2.0’s woeful history of impossibly optimistic estimates. The government should start by releasing the reset report.

The post Government snowed again, if it believes Snowy 2.0 is a commercial investment appeared first on RenewEconomy.

ARENA boss says clean technologies like solar batteries and EVs and heat pumps are not truly green unless the whole upstream supply chain is also green.

The post ARENA says industrial emissions key to climate gains from solar, EVs and batteries appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Clean Energy Investor Group calls for emissions data to be stamped on renewable energy certificates – to boost demand for new solar, wind and storage.

The post Industry calls for renewable energy certificates to be stamped with emissions data appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Trina Solar has unveiled its new 2MW/4MWh grid-scale Elementa 2 energy storage system, offering a first look at its first foray into the big battery space.

The post China solar giant moves into global utility battery market, with big plans for Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.

South Australia is leading the world on the integration of wind and solar. Now, it's about to take an even bolder leap into a deep green energy future through its hydrogen jobs plan.

The post South Australia takes another bold leap into deep green energy future appeared first on RenewEconomy.

IEA, for first time, says demand for oil, gas and coal will all peak by 2030, but must fall sharply before then if agreed climate targets are to be met.

The post Australia issued “stark warning” by IEA as fossil fuel demand tipped to plummet by 2030 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Wind and solar deliver more than 70 pct of generation on main grid for first time, as the share of renewables hits a new instantaneous peak of 72.5 pct.

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Australia has a new energy market - for very fast frequency control - that has attracted huge interest from flexible technologies such as battery storage and demand response.

The post Big batteries and demand response dominate new very fast frequency control market appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia is pursuing standards and compliance for rooftop solar PV inverters that will allow centralised control by AEMO and network operators. There are smarter and more equitable solutions.

The post Cutting off solar isn’t the answer: There are smarter alternatives appeared first on RenewEconomy.

There is an easy federal government fix that would allow companies to play a bigger role in renewables growth. But time is running out to take it up.

The post Companies can speed up the energy transition. We should let them appeared first on RenewEconomy.

CleanCo takes stake in up to 372MW wind farm in central Queensland as the state government introduces legislation to enshrine its renewable targets into law.

The post CleanCo lines up another major wind farm as Queensland pushes renewable legislation appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Winning bids in first generation tender in NSW were pitched at little more than half their levellised cost of energy, while the battery project promised a lot more storage.

The post Secrets of success revealed in NSW wind, solar and eight hour battery bids appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Snowy 2.0 reset report has been comprehensively redacted, offering little insight into the project's doubling of costs.

The post Truth behind Snowy 2.0 cost blowout buried with Florence, Senate Estimates hears appeared first on RenewEconomy.