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The energy payback time for solar PV can be less than a year, meaning it will produce 20 times the energy needed to produce it over a 20 year lifespan.

The post Solar keeps on getting better: Cheaper, more efficient and bigger returns on energy appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Renewables offer cheaper and smarter options than fossil fuels across the energy spectrum. The answers are with us already.

The post We’re smart enough to solve climate challenge with technologies we already have appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Independent MP's proposed Local Power Agency receives backing from community energy groups who say ARENA and CEFC won't deal with community projects.

The post Haines’ Local Power Agency plan could be huge boost for community energy projects appeared first on RenewEconomy.

If energy and climate policy could be decided by slogans and newspaper headlines, then federal energy minister Angus Taylor would have an easy job.

The post “Keep coal to encourage renewables:” Is this the silliest energy headline ever written? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Jemalong solar farm suffers impairment as a result of accounting treatment, as Genex moves forward on its first big battery project.

The post Genex writes down value of 50MW solar plant due to falling electricity prices appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Refocusing attention on transmission and distribution of electricity will bring better results than payments to ageing and unreliable fossil fuel generators.

The post Government cannot lower electricity bills by subsidising old and high cost power plants appeared first on RenewEconomy.

NSW government fast-tracks planning process for Port Kembla power station, set to be one of the first to co-fire fossil gas and renewable hydrogen.

The post NSW fast-tracks Andrew Forrest backed gas-hydrogen Port Kembla power station appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Angus Taylor is hell-bent on imposing a coal subsidy on Australia. We talk to S&P renewables analyst Adam Wilson about lessons from the US.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Taylor’s Coalkeeper subsidy, and lessons from US appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Much needs to be done by California utilities and regulators to absorb eight million EVs without crashing the state’s fragile grid.

The post California dreaming: Eight million EVs by 2030, without crashing the fragile grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Study confirms coal plants' contribution to mercury deposits in Lake Macquarie and seeks to narrow down which is the biggest offender: ash dams or atmospheric emissions.

The post Hunt on for main culprit as scientists find coal contamination in Lake Macquarie appeared first on RenewEconomy.

NSW gets 34GW of rproject proposals for its New England renewable energy zone, one of five designed to build the capacity to replace coal.

The post NSW stuns with 34GW of wind, solar proposals for New England renewable zone appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The 48MW Kincardine Offshore Wind farm has been completed off the coast of Aberdeenshire.

The post World’s largest floating wind farm completed in Scotland appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A combination of high-profile grid failures, power outages, and mounting electricity bills, has put a rocket under the US home solar and battery market.

The post Blackouts and soaring electricity bills drive US homeowners to solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Santos sued by shareholder group alleging claims gas is "clean energy" are misleading, and that the company's zero emissions strategies are not credible.

The post Shareholder group sues Santos over “misleading” claims that gas is “clean energy” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Independent advice to ESB warned against capacity mechanism championed by Angus Taylor, and which may pay coal plants to do things they can't do.

The post Independent advice to ESB was strongly against Taylor’s favoured “Coalkeeper” subsidy appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Angus Taylor's main goal when he became energy minister was to stop wind and solar in their tracks. He may finally be succeeding.

The post After three years, Taylor is finally succeeding in his promise to stop wind and solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Clean Energy Finance Corp boss Ian Learmonth has an EV, but no garage, and struggles to find a fast EV charger in the city. He shares his views on the EV transition.

The post The Driven Podcast: Inner city blues – Where to find a fast EV charge appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The ESB's recommended energy market reforms include proposal that could lump some wind and solar projects with the costs of network congestion.

The post The “sleeper” market reform that could punish new wind and solar projects appeared first on RenewEconomy.

APA reports mixed earnings from its wind and solar farms, but is keeping wary eye on the proposed Copperstring project in Queensland.

The post Profits from wind and solar farms fall, as APA keeps wary eye on Copperstring appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Labor to ramp up scrutiny of energy minister's involvement in $21 million Beetaloo gas grants, but won't back Greens call to abolish the program altogether.

The post Labor to target Taylor’s role in grants given to gas company with Liberal Party links appeared first on RenewEconomy.