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Off-grid gold mine achieves 75 per cent wind and solar share – even in the middle of winter
The sun wasn’t shining brightly in the middle of winter, but its four wind turbines helped this off-grid gold mine achieve 75 pct renewable share over the quarter.First Nations deal edges PV projects, including Australia’s first gigawatt-scale solar farm, closer to construction
30-year agreements with traditional owners sealed for three solar and battery projects in Queensland, including the first gigawatt-scale PV project in Australia.
Record amount of generation and storage lines up to connect to Australia’s main grid – half of it big batteries
Australia has more new renewable energy generation and storage projects lining up to connect to the NEM than it has current generating capacity, new data has shown.
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Off-grid gold mine achieves 75 per cent wind and solar share – even in the middle of winter
The sun wasn’t shining brightly in the middle of winter, but its four wind turbines helped this off-grid gold mine achieve 75 pct renewable share over the quarter.
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High Court coal mine ruling factors in exported emissions. Why isn’t federal Labor doing the same?
The Albanese government is making great strides on clean energy, while at the same time supporting the ongoing betrayal of future generations through fossil fuel approvals.
Consumers need renewables, but the gentailers are going for gas – and the ESEM cavalry is still over the horizon
Australia’s major gentailers show no interest in wind and solar, the new market mechanism will arrive too late and governments will be forced to step in.
Gas networks want Victoria to stall electrification. Households and industry should hope it doesn’t oblige
As more and more Victorian households quit gas, there remain real and unresolved questions about who bears the cost of abandoned pipelines. Slamming the brakes on electrification isn’t the solution.
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Catch-22: Lack of initial bore holes left Snowy 2.0 tunnelling into the geological unknown
The initial survey work on the longest tunnel in Snowy 2.0 involved just 22 investigation bores, with one gap of 1.75 km between tests, the contractors have revealed.
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Carbon, crops, and kilowatts: Building renewable energy projects through regenerative land practices
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The most significant structural reform to Australia’s NEM in a generation – but will financiers actually bank it?
The Electricity Services Entry Mechanism (ESEM) is the most significant structural reform to the NEM in a generation. But is it bankable?
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