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Yes to Paris, no to targets: Dutton’s climate doublespeak causes confusion in Coalition ranks
Peter Dutton says a Coalition government won’t follow Trump out of the Paris agreement, but also won’t set 2030 or 2035 emission reduction targets. His office begs to differ.
Sophie Vorrath

Jan 24, 2025

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Renewables

Massive 70 GW wind and solar project that straddles Nullarbor seeks federal green tick
The world’s biggest wind, solar and green ammonia project joins queue seeking federal environmental approval to install up to 60 million PV panels and 3,000 turbines.
Sophie Vorrath

Jan 24, 2025

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Commentary

Halting new wind farms while coal plants buckle: Is this the LNP’s plan for Queensland?
With three coal units unexpectedly down in the middle of a heatwave, it’s an interesting time for the Queensland government to halt assessments of new wind farms.
Stephanie Gray

Jan 24, 2025

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Policy & Planning

Complex electricity tariffs doing more harm than good, as consumers fall through the knowledge gap
Time-of-use electricity tariffs might be the way of the renewable future, but a new study has found most consumers are not yet willing or able to embrace them – and many don’t even know they exist.
Rachel Williamson & Sophie Vorrath

Jan 24, 2025

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Solar charts record growth to overtake coal in EU power mix, send fossil fuels to 40-year low
Solar power output in the EU has more than tripled over the past decade and in 2024 combined with wind to push fossil fuel generation to its lowest level in 40 years.
Molly Lempriere

Jan 24, 2025

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Commentary

Australia’s moment: How Trump’s fossil turn can supercharge our energy revolution
The transition to renewable energy and clean transport is a gold rush – and with the US electing to sit this one out, it’s time for our second Eureka moment.
Christopher Wright & Tim Buckley

Jan 24, 2025

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Press Releases

Gamesa Electric achieves new record order entry for PV and storage inverters in 2024
PRESS RELEASE Gamesa Electric closes 2024 with historic figures in the PV and storage inverter business unit, achieving 25% growth in order intake and 20% growth in revenue compared to 2023. This success confirms the strong growth that this business unit has experienced, tripling its sales in the last 3 years. It is worth noting […]
Press Release

Jan 23, 2025

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Policy & Planning

Old king coal risks leaving Australia “in the dark” as aging power plants grow unreliable
New research reveals more than 60% of Australia’s remaining coal power fleet is more than 40 years old, with rapidly diminishing reliability driving outage risks.
Royce Kurmelovs

Jan 23, 2025

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Policy & Planning

AEMC answers state’s call to use mothballed diesel plants for emergency summer back-up
A temporary energy market rule change will allow two mothballed diesel generators to be used as emergency back-up power sources in the remaining summer months.
Sophie Vorrath

Jan 23, 2025

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Commentary

The devil of Frontier’s nuclear modelling is not in the detail, it’s in the omissions
Frontier’s nuclear modelling poses a valuable question about the pace of decarbonisation and what we are prepared to pay for it. Much of the answer, though, can be found in what the analysis left out.
Alan Rai

Jan 23, 2025

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Renewables

New records for solar and coal underscore urgent energy challenge facing NSW
Australia’s biggest coal state continues to reach new solar heights, but a different sort of generation record shows its ongoing dependence on aging, increasingly unreliable fossil plants.
Sophie Vorrath

Jan 23, 2025

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Renewables

Transgrid locks in supplier of high-voltage transmission kit for HumeLink project
Transgrid has selected the supplier of more key components of its massive HumeLink project, the 500kV transmission line being rolled out in New South Wales.
Joshua S Hill

Jan 23, 2025

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Policy & Planning

Federal green bank gets $2 billion top-up to seize “big opportunities”
As Trump pulls the US out of the clean energy race, the Australian government moves to top up its green bank and unlock billions of private investment.
Alex Mitchell

Jan 23, 2025

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Renewables

Woodside quits US concentrated solar project, puts green hydrogen plans on hold
In a decision Woodside says is “not particularly” related to America’s new fossil fuel focus, the Australian oil and gas major has marched back its US “new energy” plans.
Joshua S Hill

Jan 22, 2025

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Renewables

Fact check: No, a Queensland solar farm was not “smashed” by wild weather
A social media post featuring a fake news report is spreading a false claim about damage to a solar farm in the Sunshine State.
Soofia Tariq

Jan 22, 2025

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Policy & Planning

Santos hits pause on massive Australian oil and gas project, shifts attention to US
As Trump confirms plans to “drill baby, drill” Santos hits pause on a $3bn-plus oil and gas project in Australia and turns its focus to a project in Alaska.
Abe Maddison

Jan 22, 2025

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Renewables

Marinus Link moves closer to construction as short-list narrows down to two contenders
Marinus Link has narrowed the field for who will build the onshore infrastructure to two groups, with a decision to be made in Q4.
Rachel Williamson

Jan 22, 2025

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Renewables

Big battery joins solar farm to complete “cutting edge” hybrid renewables system
Vena Energy says it has completed Australia’s largest utility-scale hybrid renewable facility with a single connection to the grid.
Sophie Vorrath

Jan 22, 2025

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Storage

Quinbrook seals record finance deal to build huge “Supernode” data centre battery
Developer Quinbrook Infrastructure starts the year with the biggest ever funding deal for a battery in Australia, at $722 million for the huge Supernode BESS.
Rachel Williamson

Jan 22, 2025

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Policy & Planning

Trump launches immediate attack on climate, renewables and EVs. How worried should we be?
Trump has kicked off his second run as US president with a flurry of executive orders targeting climate, renewables and clean transport. Here’s what we know, so far – and some early insight into what it all means.
Joshua S Hill & Sophie Vorrath

Jan 22, 2025

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