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IEA says Australian PV market contracted in 2022 while cost – and average size – of residential systems grew. But solar is still an economic no-brainer for homes and business.

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Alinta names contractors for solar-battery hybrid facility that will help power BHP's port facilities for its huge iron ore mines.

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Denmark-based researchers say they’ve found a novel way to break down discarded wind-turbine blades, recovering useful materials in the process.

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Germany energy giant RWE says the landmark battery storage win in Australia with its proposed eight hour storage configuration is part of a global ambition to build 3GW of battery storage capacity by 2030. RWE Renewables is to build a 50MW, eight hour battery (400MWh) next to its 249MW Limondale solar farm in south-west NSW […]

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New federal government policy incentive offers tax deductions to businesses that invest in energy saving electrical appliances and get off gas.

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Last of 66 concrete foundations poured at what will be the biggest wind farm in NSW, supplying power to a gold mine.

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Origin says price cap and lower cost coal to boost its earnings as it confirms it has joined rush to offshore wind in Australia.

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First big battery with eight hours storage beats pumped hydro projects to win Australia's first long duration storage tender.

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NSW announced results of first renewable auction, with solar prices below $35/MWh and wind below $50/MWh.

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As Australia's largest coal plant closes permanently in NSW, Andrew Forrest launches the first wind farm to come online in the state in more than a year.

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Hazelwood battery charges up for first time at site of former brown coal generator in the Latrobe Valley.

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The last minutes of Australia's oldest coal generator brought great emotion as employees who spent a lifetime at the plant said goodbye, and AGL painted a green energy future.

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New milestone in the development of Australia's first offshore wind farm, with launch of study to test seabed conditions off Gippsland coast in Victoria.

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Green ammonia offers great promise in a net-zero world, particularly as a fuel for long-haul transport and heavy industry. But it's not all good news.

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HB11 Energy signs bilateral agreement with Spanish researchers to develop hydrogen-boron fusion technology in both countries.

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AGL says "world is changing" but even after closure of Liddell on Friday it will remain Australia's biggest carbon polluter despite pledge on batteries and green hydrogen.

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Record wind and solar generation helped loosen the vice like grip of fossil fuels over the grid and send prices down and emissions to new lows.

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Property Council of Australia and Green Building Council set out policy recommendations to get Australia’s buildings net-zero ready, and save consumers money.

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NSW has chosen its preferred consortium to build and operate the state's first renewable energy zone, which might come as a surprise to the local DNSP.

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Australia's most successful renewable and storage developer says projects getting more complex, and new technologies require change in "philosophy" about way grid is managed.

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