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The Energy Security Board's board favoured solution to grid access is widely opposed. Energy ministers must tell it to move on and focus on something useful.

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Woodside nearly doubles fourth quarter revenues as fossil fuel majors continue to cash in on soaring oil and gas prices.

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Germany lifts maximum support rates for ground-mounted solar system tenders by 25 per cent to help meet new solar targets.

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South Australia reached an "extraordinary" 91.5 pct wind and solar even when its main transmission links were down, in what AEMO says is a "glimpse of the future."

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States most dependent on fossil fuels hit by surging prices, despite lowest ever coal output, the lowest gas generation for 18 years, and record wind and solar.

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WA to become only third state to legislate net zero target, but environmental groups warns its gas projects will undermine the goal.

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German outlines key steps to get to 30GW of offshore wind by 2030 and offshore electricity grid.

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FOI documents reveal tensions between Bowen's office and Snowy Hydro, a call to the utility to be a model corporate citizen in midst of market crisis, and a new solar farm proposal.

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Risen Energy is planning a big four hour battery in the Riverina region of NSW, next to an existing solar farm.

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Many steel company decarbonisation efforts offer little more than tinkering with existing coal-based technology, and are giving lip service to net zero emissions.

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The Kiata wind farm in Victoria may be small, but it is perfectly located, and has topped the rankings of best performing wind farms in 2022.

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Carnegie and Hewlett Packard to continue work on "self learning" technology that will boost output and lower costs of wave energy technology.

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Australia's best performing solar farms in 2022 include some of the very first assets built up to a decade ago.

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Landmark discovery to extract silicon from solar panels for use in building better batteries helps to solve two long-term challenges in the clean energy transition.

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The European supergroup expects deals to come thick and fast in 2023 to turn it into the biggest solar company in Australia by revenue.

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Built-in inverter software also offers a new - modern - option for states looking for a backstop system to handle high levels of residential solar exports.

The post SolarEdge software first to get approval for rooftop solar flexible export plan appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The collapsed engineering firm owes $248 million to creditors but asset sales already underway are not coming close to meeting that figure.

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Cannon-Brookes zero interest loan of $65 million will ensure the staff and vision of Sun Cable are retained while a sale is finalised.

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The full benefits of low cost wind and solar won't be felt until gas is dumped as the setter of marginal prices. Battery storage will be key.

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The first 6MW wind turbine - the largest to date in Australia - has been installed in what will be the biggest wind project in NSW.

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