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Australian researchers successfully demonstrate the use of new 'ionic liquid electrolytes' that can boost battery performance while reducing fire risks.

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Observing the US political leaders’ responses to the coronavirus pandemic has been like watching the climate crisis unfold on fast-forward.

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Tesla shares surge as analysts seize importance of market lead while Covid-19 pandemic bites into the cash reserves and priotities of Big Auto.

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Press release Horizon Power is pleased to announce recent executive leadership appointments which will help drive the organisation into the future. Krystal Skinner has been appointed General Manager Customer Experience. Krystal joins Horizon Power from Synergy where she worked across the business in a variety of roles, including innovation and growth (new energy), marketing and...

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Fall in wholesale prices - driven by lower demand caused by pandemic and influx of wind and solar - likely to favour "mega" projects over smaller ones.

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WA energy minister Bill Johnston joins the Energy Insiders podcast to explain his state’s transition plans. “We can make our own rules,” he says.

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Australian and Japanese scientists collaborate to design new super flexible, lightweight and efficient solar cells that could be used in wearable fabrics.

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Federal government expenditure watchdog flags it may audit the Morrison government's UNGI program, with further questions raised about its legality.

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Energy Estate confident of finding investors for Sun Farms' 30MW Wangaratta solar farm, which it says is strategically located on Victoria's crowded grid.

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Latest report shows renewables, including rooftop solar, fell just a fraction short of a 25% share of Australia's main grid in past 12 months.

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Nowhere is the AEMC's obstinacy and pursuit of ideological perfection over a good outcome more obvious than in the COGATI and MLF reform process.

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CPA signs its first Energy Storage Agreement – the largest such deal by a local power purchasing authority in California.

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German solar generation experienced its best week yet last week, accounting for 23% of the country’s net electricity generation.

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ARENA launches $70 million funding round for large-scale renewable hydrogen production projects.

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Sentinel Property Group installs 100kW solar system at its River Quays building in Townsville, whose tenants include Indian coal mining giant Adani Resources.

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Scientists at National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) produce innovative solar cell that converts light into electricity with almost 50 per cent efficiency.

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Neoen says network connection completed for expansion of Tesla big battery in South Australia.

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Angus Taylor tells meeting of global energy ministers that Australia will buy more oil to help arrest price falls, but there is no mention of clean energy alternatives.

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Coronavirus forecast to deliver world's biggest annual emissions reduction ever – but zero breathing room on Paris targets; Japan warns Covid-19 could kill Paris accord.

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Largest solar farm in Europe commissioned, as Covid-19 takes big bite out of planned projects for 2020.

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