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Major global bank HSBC finds that climate friendly investments have singificantly outperformed global markets amid Covid-19 disruptions.

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Origin Energy sees retail electricity sales slashed by 11 pct in first three months of 2020, as working-from-home uses more rooftop solar.

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The McGowan Government has opened applications for the first round of funding as part of its Clean Energy Future Fund.

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More big names announced to headline first-of-its-kind online Stimulus Summit, to chart a path for simultaneously revitalising and decarbonising Australia’s economy.

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Musk compares stay-at-home orders to Fascist dictates, but says Tesla is better placed than its rivals to emerge from pandemic. Investors agree.

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Investor group tells bushfire Royal Commission more investment is needed in climate resilience as risks mount.

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Last of 123 turbines installed at the 453MW Coopers Gap project in Queensland – Australia's largest wind farm for a short time, at least.

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Chinese PV giant launches HiMo 4 series of solar modules in Australia, promising more power, higher energy conversion efficiency, and lower installation costs.

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AEMO says no technical issues to prevent operating at 75% renewables by 2025, but it does need the market and regulations to catch up and be flexible.

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Fleet of 120 electric taxis offering hygienic transport alternative will launch in Sydney in coming weeks, the first in planned 2,000 fleet as part of a "Clean Air Taxi" initiative by new e-taxi platform ETaxiCo.

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Hannah Heath, Chief Strategy Officer, Nectr (Hanwha Energy), has been named the recipient of the 2020 Women in Renewables Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) scholarship.

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Massive $300M renewable hydrogen project secures investment funding set to accelerate Australia's green hydrogen capabilities.

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Australia's emissions in 2019 fell to their lowest level in four years, but we are still a long way from the cuts needed to meet the Paris Agreement targets.

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The 57MW Cherry Tree wind farm near Seymour delivers first power to the grid to grid in Victoria, just under two months after last of the project’s turbines were installed.

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Angus Taylor again refuses to details of advice to government about energy and emissions policies, refusing a RenewEconomy FOI request.

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Abu Dhabi Power Corp lays claim to “world’s lowest tariff” for solar power, with competitive bids for 2GW Al Dhafra project setting a price at roughly $A0.02/kWh.

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Simec Atlantis has completed the installation of mammoth tidal stream turbine, boasting a rotor diameter of 18 metres, in the Zhoushan archipelago in China.

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Energy minister Angus Taylor said "too much" wind and solar would push up prices. Experience, and new modelling, shows the opposite is true.

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Great Britain has run for a new record of 18 days, six hours and 15 minutes without burning coal to generate electricity – and counting – as the coronavirus lockdown cuts demand by nearly 20%.

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More big falls in cost of wind, solar and storage mean they are cheapest form of new energy generation nearly everywhere in the world, and particularly in Australia.

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