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Smart Energy Council calls for a carbon price to be imposed on coal fired power plants that continue to generate beyond their previously agreed closure dates.

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State and federal planning permits sought for what could be the biggest battery project in Australia, built next to one of its major transmission links.

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The debate over carbon credits and its impact on native logging has divided the Greens. Some even compare the issue to the party's rejection of Rudd's CPRS.

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Tim Ryan argues Australia is trying to build a 21st-century, consumer-led electricity system while preserving retailers as compulsory ‘middlemen.’ But retailers are businesses that have little incentive to help households use less electricity or pay less for it.

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The delayed Waratah Super Battery may finally be ready to reach full capacity following arrival and energisation of new transformer, after "catastrophic" failure last year.

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A 350 MW Victorian wind project is seeking approval for fewer but taller turbines, with shorter blades and greater ground clearance designed to reduce risks to threatened bats and other wildlife.

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Energy trader moves from small scale installations to land its first big battery as competition makes picking the perfect dispatch window more critical than ever.

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99.9 per cent of the materials from Scotland’s first commercial wind farm have been successfully recycled and reused following decommissioning.

The post “A great result:” 26 turbines from first commercial wind farm almost completely recycled and reused appeared first on Renew Economy.

Tom Geiser from Good Heat on the technologies to provide carbon-free industrial heat. Plus: LNP's diesel delusions, One Nation's burning effigies, and the biggest CIS wind project to reach FiD.

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Few organisations have so consistently campaigned to stymie climate action – possibly anywhere on the planet. So why is News Corp so worked up about the recent CCA report?

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Tom Geiser from Good Heat on the technologies to provide carbon-free industrial heat. Plus: LNP's diesel delusions, One Nation's burning effigies, and the biggest CIS wind project to reach FiD.

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Days apart, one Australian minister called for reduced dependence on fossil fuels, while another literally turned the tap on new fossil gas supply, as a UN report warns we’ll overshoot 1.5 degrees.

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Swiss storage giant completes purchase of the project site for big four-hour battery, setting a tentative start-date for early 2027 construction.

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Installation of the "golden" turbine is being hailed as a "huge milestone" for a wind farm that has survived the LNP government sell-off and remains 100 per cent owned by a state utility.

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A paddock of solar and an innovative converter could allow Visy to cut gas use by 40% on one site without the added cost of a new grid connection.

The post Can you run a paper mill on solar and “hot bricks”? Visy says it can – on paper, at least appeared first on Renew Economy.

Australian thermal storage developer takes full ownership of energy precinct that once proposed to host a landmark solar thermal plant before evolving into a hybrid renewables and storage hub.

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The world should brace for extreme heat as an exceptionally strong El Nino develops, the World Meteorological Organisation warns.

The post “No room for doubt:” Supersized El Nino threatens to become strongest ever recorded appeared first on Renew Economy.

Electric cars account for 24.9 per cent of new vehicle sales in August and outselling petrol-only and diesel vehicles individually. Plus, news of the week.

The post The Driven Podcast: EVs outsell petrol and diesel cars in Australia appeared first on Renew Economy.

Victoria's former energy minister talks gas bans and coal closures – and says that without offshore wind in the state's mix, there will need to be "a hell of a lot more onshore."

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Global web services giant signs its first ever standalone battery "tolling" agreement, globally, in a deal with a battery project in East Gippsland, Victoria.

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