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Big new renewables fund chaired by a former NSW Premier has billion-dollar plans to install 1.5GW of solar and 1GW of battery storage on C&I sites around Australia.

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French energy giant Engie backs Greater Springfield development, aiming to be 'world's greenest city', with zero emissions transport plan.

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Snowy Hydro is using unpublished negative price data to boost prospects of Snowy 2.0's commercial success. But the claims raise more questions than answers.

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An "unusual discovery" by Australian researchers claims to have resolved one of the fundamental challenges slowing the progress of perovskite solar cells.

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Consumers might get paid to have batteries that will "island" from the grid, and EVs that can deliver power when needed, as part of plans to make networks more resilient.

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Coalition sheds new light on Technology Roadmap: "Don't confuse commitments with projections that are in documents underpinned by a series of assumptions."

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Warren Buffett-owned MidAmerican Energy idles 46 wind turbines at Iowa wind farms after a 50m-long turbine blade snapped and fell into a field last week.

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Australian super fund First Sentier makes first purchase in renewables, buying wind portfolio of UK infrastructure group John Laing.

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In the US, wind overtakes hydro to become the most-consumed source of renewable energy in 2019.

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Wood Mackenzie research predicts solar PV costs will continue to fall through the 2020s, driven by three key improvements to module efficiency.

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AEMO champions global push to unlock $10 trillion of new investments in renewables and storage to slash emissions by 50 pct in a decade.

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ARENA-backed and ERM Power-led program will help 20 Queensland manufacturers boost industrial energy productivity, cut emissions and reduce costs.

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Department officials concede just 154MW needed to fill gap left by Liddell, as minister blames market for not investing in midst of threats of government intervention.

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Victoria Energy Policy Centre (VEPC) releases version 1.0 of a National Energy Market (NEM) Data Dashboard, a free-to-use data portal.

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Snowy Hydro reports fall in profits after year impacted by bushfires and lower energy prices, placing pressure on plans to expand its generation portfolio.

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Clean Energy Finance Corporation stresses continued focus on investing in increasing share of renewables in a modernised electricity grid.

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The Maryvale Energy from Waste (EfW) project has marked three important milestones in its plan to deliver a state-of-the-art EfW facility, located at the Maryvale Mill in the Latrobe Valley, Victoria, Australia.

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Nexport plans to offer Australian made buses, trucks and passenger vehicles, after announcing a $700M investment in a NSW manufacturing facility.

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California municipalities issue first tender for long duration storage - from eight to 16 hours - to back up growing share of wind and solar.

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A big week for South Australia as solar delivers 100 per cent of its demand one day - the first time ever in any large grid - and wind does the same thing a few days later.

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