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Spain's National Energy & Climate Plan targets renewables to account for 42% of the country’s total energy mix and 74% of its electricity by 2030.

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UK Crown Estate opens invitations for the fourth round of its leasing for seabed rights to develop offshore wind projects with between 7GW and 8.5GW on offer.

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ARENA tips in $480,000 into new EnergyLab start-up fund that will support new innovative clean tech businesses enter the Australian market.

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Big win for incumbent fossil fuel generators as regulators argue that Covid-19 pandemic requires 12-month delay to crucial market reform that would encourage more competition from batteries.

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New Tritium CEO Jane Hunter assesses the electric vehicle landscape in Australia, the market for fast-charges, government policy, and declining fossil fuel car sales

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Tilt to give $260 million in excess cash back to investors, but says it won't impact decision on battery storage projects or Rye Park wind farm.

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Blockchain will be used to certify renewable energy trading in a partnership struct between Australian Power Ledger and French utility ekWateur.

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Solar farm developers say the proposed big battery in Darwin is likely too small to do the job required, and urge shift to time of use tariffs for rooftop installations.

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The CEC hopes governments will maintain the clean energy sector's momentum, after a year of record investment and construction activity.

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Parliament's suspension means the Morrison government's key energy initiatives, including the $1 billion Grid Reliability Fund, are stalled, along with private investment.

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ClimateWorks CEO Anna Skarbek on her latest report identifying ways to rapidly decarbonise Australia’s economy. Plus: WA’s ground-breaking distributed energy plan, and falling power prices.

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New glass battery electrode patent by Goodenough-lead team could form part of new go-to power source for electric cars and energy storage.

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Enviromental groups slam Vales Point for sharp increases in particulate pollution, that may put NSW residents health at risk.

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RES buys heavily contested 100MW Springdale solar project in NSW from Renew Estate.

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Photon takes equity stake in Australia's RayGen and claims its unique solar plus storage technology is the "holy grail" for renewables.

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Australian renewable energy jobs surged to a new record in 2018-19, employing 26,850 workers, but clouds loom on the horizon.

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New IRENA report shows renewable energy capacity additions accounted for nearly three-quarters of all new power expansion in 2019, adding 176GW of generating capacity.

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GM and Honda will jointly develop two next-generation electric vehicles using GM's proprietary Ultium batteries and accompanying EV platform.

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New Zealand electric power transmission operator Transpower says the country could add 6.5GW of solar on its path to 100% renewables.

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REPDO has announced the shortlisted bidders for the second round of the country’s National Renewable Energy Program, which included a lowest bid of 2.7c/kWh.

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