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As we push toward a cleaner, greener grid, a key question is: Where should we build all these solar and wind farms?

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Two wind turbine maintenance workers fell to their death on Saturday, with local police immediately blaming “equipment failure” for the tragedy.

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The federal Coalition confirms it will now scrap two of the six offshore wind development zones declared by federal Labor, if elected to government.

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Industry body launches new information blitz targeting Australians who are "susceptible to misinformation" from anti-renewable campaigns.

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The long duration compressed air storage project has NSW development approval and soon will have its energy market rule change too.

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Italian long-duration energy storage company sets up APAC headquarters in Melbourne as it looks for sites in Victoria to deploy its proprietary CO2 battery.

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A long election night in Germany has ended with five parties entering the next parliament and the conservative alliance of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union (CSU) under chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz becoming the strongest force. Since both the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) and the pro-Russia Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) failed to clear […]

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Sanjeev Gupta is looking to pass the Tahmoor coal mine to its ninth owner for an asking price of $800 million. But who is going to step in and take responsibility for its emissions?

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Federal Coalition ready to take leaf out of Trump's playbook and attack key institutions and attack experts who point out its policy failings.

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EnergyAustralia says investment in new storage – up to 1.6 GW by 2030 – will be "critical" as more coal fired power stations are closed.

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Wind project lambasted by local MP Barnaby Joyce and his partner has won majority support with its redesigned project, the developers say.

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Nuclear energy, like the platypus, is an oddly shaped beast, and needs a very specific hole to fit into the energy jigsaw puzzle.

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Australia hits a new solar output record in the morning period before rooftop solar takes centre stage on the grid.

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Fossil fuel companies in Australia and their industry associations have been swapping notes with their international counterparts to stop phaseout of gas in homes.

The post Fossil fuel lobby shares global “toolbox of tactics” to fight Victoria’s gas phaseout appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Climate Change Authority says a nuclear pathway would add an extra 2 billion tonnes of carbon emissions by 2050.

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The gas market on the east coast has directly contributed to the cost-of-living crisis. It is now clear that increasing gas production will not solve looming supply gap.

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Safety regulator closes small Victoria solar farm after inverter fire while it investigates cause and until high grass at the site can be cut back.

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Labor promises $500 million to ensure locally made steel and aluminium are used in wind towers, and also hydrogen electrolysers, big batteries and other tech.

The post Labor targets wind towers, batteries and electrolysers in $500 million local content support appeared first on RenewEconomy.

APA says Pilbara wind, solar and battery plans depend on customers, but its main focus is on gas and predictions that falls in demand will be negligible in coming decades.

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Oliver Hill, from Race to 2030, on the new roadmap for turning electric cars into mobile batteries, and who is doing what on V2G.

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