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From record investment to policy chaos – a guide to last year's biggest renewable trends and milestones that have set the pace for the energy market transformation.
Despite a bumper year for renewables on Australia's grid, electricity prices remain stubbornly high. So what's going on?
Demonstrating resilience in rising and falling markets, the three-year performance of the Australian CleanTech Index is nearly 30% ahead of the ASX200.
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National Electricity Market year in review: Changing energy mix
Second installment of National Electricity Market (NEM) Year in Review looks at how the energy mix evolved in 2018 – the year of large-scale solar.
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Construction begins on 336MW Dundonnell wind farm – one of biggest in Victoria
A 336MW Victoria wind farm inspired by local landowners, and then selected by the state government's renewable energy auction scheme, has begun construction.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo wants to to quadruple New York’s offshore wind target from 2.4GW by 2030 to 9GW by 2035.
China has laid out plans to drive the development of subsidy-free wind and solar projects across the country in an effort to push the technologies to grid parity.
Why last year proved to be so remarkable across the oceans, atmosphere, cryosphere and surface temperature of the planet.
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Britain has shifted 30% of its electricity away from fossil fuels in just nine years
Nine years ago, Britain generated nearly 75% of its electricity using natural gas and coal. In 2018, this has dropped to under 45%.
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NT on track for 10% renewables by 2020, with two new solar farms announced
Northern Territory government to build construction two new solar farms, totalling 20MW of capacity – a move it says will "catapult" its renewables share to 10% by year’s end.
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City of Melbourne hits 100% renewables as 80MW wind farm comes onlineby Sophie Vorrath on 18 January 2019 at 3:06 AM
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Tesla says Powerwall now eligible for S.A. home battery schemeby Sophie Vorrath on 15 January 2019 at 2:18 AM
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CEC debunks Taylor’s rooftop solar scare – but there are ways to avoid faulty installsby Sophie Vorrath on 21 December 2018 at 1:04 AM
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Tesla increases Supercharger prices, cuts jobs in expansion bidby Bridie Schmidt on 21 January 2019 at 1:39 AM
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Ford CEO confirms electric pickup truck plans, so why not GM?by Bridie Schmidt on 21 January 2019 at 12:36 AM
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Hyundai Ioniq range gets mid-series refresh for 2019by Bryce Gaton on 18 January 2019 at 2:35 AM