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July was the planet’s hottest month ever recorded – and may have been the hottest month in 120,000 years.

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Shell and Eku Energy kick off early works at the Rangebank big battery to be built on the outskirts of Melbourne.

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AEMO to model "extremely rapid" switch to renewables, but dials down green hydrogen exports. It also releases new "conceptual" transmission map, even as costs rise.

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Anna Skarbek from Cimateworks on why renewables will play central role in getting big industry to net zero. First, the grid. Plus: Big battery boom.

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Planning permits for new homes will only connect to all-electric networks in 2024, marking a major about face for the state with the highest residential gas use in Australia.

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Neoen says battery earnings are volatile, but the contract locked in for its first four-hour battery will help propel overall earning to more than $1.1 billion in 2025.

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French renewable energy developer Neoen says it has been paid significant damages for delays in the country's biggest solar project.

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Belgian-based consortium announces plans to launch its first offshore floating solar energy test platform designed specifically for rough seas.

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Australia’s largest state farming association wants a temporary ban on new large-scale solar projects as angst grows over "carrying the weight" of the transition.

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If confirmed, discovery of room temperature superconductors could be one of the biggest physics announcements this century, paving way for longer-lasting batteries and efficient grids.

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NSW considers following Queensland's tiered coal royalty scheme as it also mulls extending coal price cap.

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Energy analysts at BloombergNEF expect renewable hydrogen to be a cheaper option than existing "grey hydrogen" in five key markets by 2030.

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Former Liberal MP wants the $3.8 billion undersea transmission project reviewed as a project of state significance, making it subject to a vote by both houses of state parliament.

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Fortescue 's likely first big green hydrogen project will produce 12000 tonnes a year. It will need another 12,500 such projects to meet its 2030 targets, but insists it can still be done.

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Applications for new connection agreements continue to jump sharply, but registrations and commissioning continues to drag.

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The growing uptake of rooftop solar PV – driven in part by the huge jump in wholesale electricity prices and retail bills in the past year – has taken the biggest bite yet out of the fossil fuel industry’s energy lunch. In an ironic twist to the cartel-like behaviour of the fossil fuel industry in […]

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Jon Jutsen on the challenges facing householders going all-electric, and what's needed to scale up.

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Star of the South says the clock is now ticking for the Victoria government to finalise the transmission connections for its first offshore wind zone.

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Offshore wind industry says international project cancellations are a "few one offs", but says strong targets will help build scale and lower costs in Australia.

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The regional bloc is focusing on protecting its supply chains for domestic clean technology manufacturing industries, but also has an eye on Australian projects.

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