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South Australian energy storage company 1414 degrees launches bid to go public

AEMO cuts estimated output from Broken Hill solar farm by 22%, and other solar farms in Queensland by to 12%, citing change in flows on the grid. The new calculations could affect the economics of many renewable projects and may be contested by developers.

Origin puts pressure on Coalition to lift emissions targets, while CEC says its support for NEG is conditional on higher targets, but laments "hysteria" over the new policy instrument.

BNEF says Turnbull's climate policy built on "hope" that economy could "accidentally" decarbonise. Penny Wong laments a lost decade.

The big opportunity for blockchain in the generation value stream lies in the ability to bring together lots of small amounts of capital.

Coalition's emissions target makes Australia's grid barely cleaner than a coal generator. Happily, the states will clean up, but Snowy Hydro needs to lift its game.

After almost a decade – and $15 million - spent developing its silicon storage technology, energy innovator, 1414 Degrees, is going public.

The Haughton Solar Farm, located near Townsville in Queensland, has planning approval to extend its capacity up to 500MWac.

The Australian-first Fund will connect corporate Australia to Australian carbon farming projects with environmental, social and/or cultural values, including Indigenous savanna burning projects.

New report says that using just a tiny fraction of Australia's superannuation nest egg could fund a transition to 100% renewable energy by 2030.

Macquarie unit partners with French company Ideol to develop the first major floating wind farm off Japan.

Sun Metals solar farm, the largest in the country, will begin commissioning in a few weeks and will supply 30% of electricity needs for major refinery.

Modelling for Reliability Panel says risk of supply shortfalls in NSW after Liddell closure is one millionth of one per cent - "so small, they are generally not visible on the chart". So much for the government scare campaign about blackouts.

Two new solar farms begin full production in NSW, and with nearly 2GW of new large scale solar to be added across the country before summer, and the boom in rooftop continuing, the lowest prices may now occur at midday rather than midnight.

The 11MW Dunblane solar farm in Queensland is far from the biggest solar farm in the country, but is setting some important new benchmarks on construction and financing.

It's budget week in Victoria, and there’s a simple question to be asked: if there’s so much renewable energy ready to go, then why not go bigger?

US technology that can harvest drinking water from the air using solar power to be trialled around Australia, with backing from ARENA.

CEFC makes $5m equity investment in Zen Ecosystems, to go towards the further development and deployment of its smart thermostat products.

AGL's big gas play in NSW only makes sense if you assume a lot more renewables. Meanwhile, all eyes on the RECs, and the states.

With the NEG kicked down the road, it is a good time to step back and consider the implications for Australia’s climate policies.