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Queensland LNP’s first major energy tender in a long time – for fossil gas generators – attracts 10 bidders with four short-listed.
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Almost 13 gigawatts of new wind and solar projects flagged to propel state way beyond 100 pct net renewables
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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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Queensland LNP gets excited as it shortlists companies competing in its first energy tender – for fossil gas
Queensland LNP’s first major energy tender in a long time – for fossil gas generators – attracts 10 bidders with four short-listed.
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