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A solar and Telsa battery powered microgrid on Lord Howe Island turns six-months old, dramatically reducing the island's diesel use.

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Brookfield launches $9.6 billion takeover bid for AusNet, meaning most of Australia's privately owned networks could be about to change hands.

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Rio Tinto to treble size of Weipa solar farm - once the largest solar facility at an off-grid Australian mine site - and add battery storage.

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The heads of AEMO and AEMC must plan for a 100% renewable future where distributed energy resources are given equal priority to large-scale resources.

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Neoen will proceed with the Kaban wind farm, snubbed by Keith Pitt, after locking in $370m in project finance.

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Renewables surge through 60 per cent of Australia's main grid for first time, as output of coal and network demand also hit new lows.

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Flexible capacity, delivered through battery storage, pumped hydro and new market concepts, is going to rapidly overtake the old baseload paradigm.

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Australia's go slow on climate means it faces one of the steepest decarbonisation challenges, but doing so will leave consumers better off.

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As Australia turns to nuclear power for its submarines, a UK prototype will test the use of autonomous green hydrogen submarines for freight transport.

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Renewables reach a record share of demand in Australia's main grid on Sunday, with wind and solar alone providing 57 per cent just before noon.

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Former Minerals Council chief, and advisor to the prime minister, appointed as Australia's new ambassador to the OECD.

The post Morrison’s coal lump supplier, former advisor, appointed Australian OECD ambassador appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Coalition's attitude to batteries has been hostile and ignorant. There's no reason to believe its consideration of submarine propulsion technology has been any more adult.

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Sean McGoldrick, the new head of Tasmania Networks, on the renewables, battery, and hydrogen possibilities for the island state.

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A discovery by Curtin University researchers has opened the door to a potentially cheaper and more efficient method of large-scale renewable hydrogen production.

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Former boss of Territory Generation and electrical union settle defamation case arising from Alice Springs blackouts and simmering tension in NT grid.

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Victoria joins NSW in rejecting a proposal to pay coal and gas generators to delay their closure, a plan being embraced by Angus Taylor.

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Victoria's rejection of the proposed capacity market suggests it might be time to wind up the ESB and let the states focus on new market mechanisms.

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Foresight Australian solar assets finally reach full capacity, but not-so-sunny conditions and network constraints restrict output in latest half year.

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Regulatory agencies differ on whether small batteries should pay network charges when they withdraw electricity from the grid.

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Labor's Chris Bowen not opposed to hydrogen from fossil fuels, but says Morrison government shouldn't 'bastardise' clean energy agencies in pursuit of it.

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