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Tim Wilson kicks off pre-election campaigning with visit to Double Bay Sailing Club, whose solar was funded through the Morrison government’s Powering Communities Program.

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Labor's 'solar banks' policy could break down the barriers to solar ownership for the millions of households who can't install rooftop solar.

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National security experts welcome Labor's committment to undertake climate risk assessment, and say Morrison still "missing in action".

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World's biggest renewable energy company secures energy retail licence in Australia where it will offer green energy, virtual power plants and EV charging.

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Labor has cancelled out the massive increase in renewable potential by allowing for greater emissions in transport, industry and agriculture.

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Latest Clean Energy Regulator data sets the scene for "a big reduction of emissions” going into 2022, as solar and wind continue to push coal out of the mix.

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Labor eyes 82 pct market share for renewables and 89 pct share of EVs in new vehicle sales by 2030, as part of its revised and "modest" emissions target.

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NSW seeks proposals for wind, solar and storage project in a new renewable energy zone centred at the heart of its coal mining regions.

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Labor to take a 43 per cent emissions target to the next federal election, and a paired back policy platform designed to blunt Morrison scare campaign.

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Ben Bolot from ATCO on the role pumped hydro storage could play in a renewables dominated grid in Australia.

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A 150MW solar farm - by far the biggest in New Zealand - is to be built at Christchurch Airport, and funded by an Australian-based renewables fund.

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Massive Queensland green hydrogen project signs up 600MW solar farm, the first of a dozen similar deals to reach its 2030 production targets.

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Australian Energy Market Operator predicts no supply shortfalls for second summer in a row, but is keeping a close eye on rain, Yallourn, and the solar duck.

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WA looks to boost zero emissions production of critical minerals, funding a feasibility study into a green magnesium smelter in the heart of coal country.

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NSW smashes its grid scale solar output as another big solar project finishes testing and starts the commissioning process.

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Plans for gas storage for Snowy Hydro's Kurri Kurri generator quietly expanded, after project criticised for being a 'generator on gas rations'.

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Battery industry says AEMC decisions will put them at a disadvantage to coal and gas plants, and impede the flexibility that makes them such a valuable asset.

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IEA warns supply chain headwinds could delay 100GW of renewables development and erase years of price drops. But solar and wind still trump fossil fuels.

The post Price shocks risk “erasing” years of solar and wind cost reductions, and could delay projects appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Batteries in South Australia have been paid to charge throughout September and October 2021 due to a record number of negative price intervals.

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A massive ramp up of renewable energy production is key to cutting the costs of decarbonised products, like green steel, aluminium and hydrogen.

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