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Some of the world’s richest companies are hiding behind spurious ‘net zero’ and ‘carbon neutrality’ claims. A new report calls them out for greenwashing.

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Australian renewable energy industry broke through another milestone in 2022, commencing construction on over 5GW of wind and solar farms.

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Study finds that sequestering carbon in native trees rather than logging them could deliver huge financial benefits between 2023 and 2050.

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Neoen wins key exemption for transmission line that will link first stage of country's biggest wind, solar and battery project to the grid.

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Tilt buys half share in one of biggest land-based wind projects in Australia from European energy giant.

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Vast Solar lands another $65 million in ARENA funds to have another crack at delivering long promised solar thermal power at commercial scale.

The post Solar thermal technology gets another chance at Port Augusta with big ARENA grant appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The inside story of what went wrong with the Snowy 2.0 tunnelling, which has ground to a halt having barely moved in more than a year.

The post Disastrous tunnelling delays underline folly of Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro scheme appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Renewables output breaks above 20GW in Australia's main grid for first time, while output of wind and solar jumps 900MW to new record.

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More solar beer for Australian fridges as iconic Queensland brewery goes 100% renewable in an energy offtake deal with Lightsource bp.

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Australian energy transition expert officially joins Saul Griffith in his company's mission to "electrify everything" with solar and battery storage.

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Fully Charged LIVE Australia will be packed with progressive companies and 10-15,000 positive consumers.

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These are interesting times for the previously teflon-coated coal tycoon Gautam Adani and his hydra-like empire. The world is watching.

The post Adani: Are we witnessing a corporate Hindenburg? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Professor Andrew Blakers, one of the team awarded "Nobel prize" of engineering, and how solar will eliminate fossil fuels, and Australian's leading role in that transition.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: The Australian solar heroes bringing down coal and gas appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Leading solar researcher predicts technology will "wipe fossil fuels" out of the global economy, and help deliver a resilient, reliable and extremely cheap energy grid.

The post Solar’s stunning journey from lab curiosity to global juggernaut wiping out fossil fuels appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Iconic biscuit brand announces shift to 100% renewables, in a deal with major Queensland utility that's also making the move from black to green.

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We can’t expect markets to end the burning of coal as quickly as we need to halt global warming. That means we’ll need policies to do the work.

The post Coal whack-a-mole: Current efforts to phase out coal power just won’t cut it appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Early scoping work begins on the fourth phase of the world’s largest offshore wind farm, taking the total to around 5GW.

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Faulty components in turbines still under warranty are starting to savage the profits of some of the industry's biggest players. So what's going on?

The post Wind turbine failure rates are rising – has the industry gone too big, too fast? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

AGL has yet to demonstrate a “story” that investors could realistically embrace.

The post AGL’s coal sore: Boring is OK in share markets, clueless is not appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Western Australia takes up six out of 10 spots in the top rankings for wind farm performance in January, with South Australia occupying the remaining four.

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