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Renew Economy @reneweconomy.com.au · 11h

More than half a million households living in apartments depend on embedded networks – they should be getting a better deal on renewables and prices.

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Renew Economy @reneweconomy.com.au · 11h

Fortescue cuts hundreds of jobs in the UK and Australia as it focuses on R&D and sends manufacturing to China, including for its giant electric haul trucks.

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New tender for 5 GW of wind and solar capacity formally opens as Portugal’s EDP says it will move quickly on its two big solar battery hybrids.

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Renew Economy @reneweconomy.com.au · 11h

Gas may be a short bridge to Australia’s clean energy future, but if we linger on it too long, we’ll pay the price in both dollars and emissions.

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Renew Economy @reneweconomy.com.au · 11h

Origin says August, 2027, now just a “potential” closure date for country’s biggest coal generator, heightening speculation it will stay open until 2029.

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Pricing carbon will make electricity more expensive than not pricing it. But it will give us something we value: lower emissions.

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Renew Economy @reneweconomy.com.au · 18h

RWE dumps offshore wind project in Gippsland due to costs, supply chain pressures, and uncertainty around delayed auction.

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Researchers claim a technology breakthrough that could help solve some of the barriers to the development of potentially low cost and longer lasting sodium-ion batteries.

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Ombudsman has only been handling transmission issues for six months but has already formed strong views on what needs to be fixed.

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The biggest battery project in Australia is about to get bigger, with the expected addition of an eight-hour fourth stage that will take total storage to 5 GWh.

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Big battery projects currently being rolled out in Australia are more than ten times bigger than the first installed eight years ago at Hornsdale. Here are the 10 biggest.

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The evidence in observed data and modelled projections shows that delaying renewables does not save money: It prolongs high prices and entrenches fossil fuels.

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Tasmania wind project has been waiting on an EPBC decision since May after several changes.

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In Queensland the message is no support for renewables but it will pour money into clapped out last century technology. Is that really how Queenslanders see the future?

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Snowy says line upgrades and constraints for Australia’s most powerful battery left it unable to defend its own portfolio, leading to lower profits.

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Greenleaf is doubling down on wind energy in Queensland, despite the government’s shock cancellation of another approved project and the new energy roadmap.

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“Change is happening fast now, tragically, in parts of the climate, the biosphere,” says lead author of new climate tipping points report.

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Neoen is detaching the Mount Hopeful battery from the wind project surrounding it, as it continues to toil through the slow development process.

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Savings from rooftop solar, home batteries and EVs create room for more climate action, including a carbon price, Grattan report says.

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ARENA is launching the second $2 billion Hydrogen Headstart round with a focus on hard-to-abate sectors and cost.

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Renew Economy @reneweconomy.com.au · 5d

Queensland LNP scraps coal closure timelines, delays Borumba pumped hydro, scales back Copperstring link, supports gas and offers tiny morsel to renewables.

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Powerlink CEO Paul Simshauser on managing the closure of Queensland’s biggest coal generator, the role of transmission as prices double, and batteries vs syncons.

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Big super funds are Australia’s most powerful investors, but have no guiding value on the cost of carbon – an anomaly that must be fixed. Here’s how.

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Liberal leader Sussan Ley’s vote for the endangered Australasian Bittern raises eyebrows given her record on coal and climate policies.

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South Australia projects likely to be the first to break wind finance drought in coming months, while next CIS tender will exclude solar battery hybrids in Victoria.

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