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Policy & Planning

Do we really need a rooftop solar button – and are households treated fairly with PV, batteries and EVs?
New study will gather real life data on how rooftop solar and other consumer energy assets are being integrated into the grid – what’s working and what isn’t.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 19, 2024

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Renewables

Shipload of turbine blades arrives at WA port, to help power remote gold mine
A shipload of wind turbine blades is on its way the site of a remote gold mine in Western Australia to help power it alongside a 528 5B Maverick solar arrays.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 19, 2024

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Renewables

Solar leads as China adds 210GW of new renewable capacity so far in 2024
China has installed 210GW worth of renewable energy through the first three quarters of 2024, with renewables now taking a 35 per cent share of total grid output.
Joshua S Hill

Nov 19, 2024

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Chart of the day

Milestone: World’s biggest isolated grid hits new wind and solar penetration record of 85.7 pct
Updated: The penetration of wind and solar in Western Australia, which hosts the world’s biggest isolated grid, reaches a new record of more than 85 per cent.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 19, 2024

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Wind energy

Neoen wants to build first wind project in state where it is building country’s biggest battery
Neoen sends 200 MW Narrogin wind farm into WA EPA process.
Rachel Williamson

Nov 18, 2024

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Commentary

Will solar succeed where nuclear failed and become “too cheap to meter”?
First uttered in 1954 in reference to the potential of nuclear, the phrase “too cheap to meter” became a bit of a joke. Now, with solar at 1.3 cents/kWh, could it have a new life?
Fereidoon Sioshansi

Nov 18, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Renewables superpower or climate coward? Albanese needs to make a choice before election
Latest Superpower Institute report outlines a near trillion-dollar green export opportunity, but it needs ambition and it is not clear Albanese will provide it.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 18, 2024

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Whyalla could play host to low-carbon sustainable aviation fuels produced with renewables
UK synthetic fuels developer Zero Petroleum targets sustainable aviation fuel facility in Whyalla, tapping into the state’s green hydrogen production plans.
Joshua S Hill

Nov 18, 2024

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Wind energy

Neoen set to launch Thunderbolt wind project, despite Joyce campaign in heart of New England
Neoen wins federal approval for Thunderbolt wind project in New England, despite efforts led by Nationals MP Barbaby Joyce to oppose such projects.
Rachel Williamson

Nov 18, 2024

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Press Releases

Triodos Energy Transition Europe Fund commits EUR 11.25 million in next phase of partnership with GridBeyond
Commitment is part of a combined new investment of EUR 12.5 million in GridBeyond Storage.
Press Release

Nov 18, 2024

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Renewables

Farmers and communities to reap billions for hosting wind and solar projects, report finds
New report says total payments to landowners for hosting wind and solar projects will hit $1 billion total by 2030 and at least $8 billion by 2050.
Rachel Williamson

Nov 18, 2024

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Chart of the day

Rooftop solar meets 107.5 pct of South Australia’s demand, no emergency measures needed
Rooftop solar output has broken through the 100% grid demand barrier in South Australia again.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 18, 2024

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Commentary

Best option for ditched Queensland pumped hydro project less than half the cost claimed by premier
Despite the strange claims made by the new Queensland premier, the best option for the ditched Pioneer Burdekin project were half those cited.
Andrew Blakers

Nov 18, 2024

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Fracking hell: Donald Trump selects oil and gas CEO and climate denier to be energy secretary
Donald Trump selects oil and gas CEO, a loud fracking advocate and climate denier, to head the US energy department, to the delight of the fossil fuel industry.
Becky Bohrer

Nov 17, 2024

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Australia to invest $125m in Pacific island off-grid and community scale renewables
Australian investment will help deliver off-grid and community-scale renewable energy in remote and rural parts of the Pacific, as well as grid studies.
AAP

Nov 16, 2024

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Podcasts

Energy Insiders Podcast: Why batteries on wheels will be the next big thing
V2G technology, turning EVs into batteries on wheels, will be big – for drivers, households and the grid. Jon Sibley from enX explains why. Plus: News of the week.
Giles Parkinson & David Leitch

Nov 15, 2024

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Commentary

Australian coal mine emissions accounting trick could be hiding more than 10 million tonnes a year
New study assesses the impact of an emissions reporting rule change that enables open cut mines to select how they would like to report their methane pollution.
Chris Wright

Nov 15, 2024

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Commentary

We need to get the cost of wind energy down in Australia – Chinese turbines are the likely answer
Updated: Australia can access all the cheap wind turbines, solar panels, batteries and EVs we want from a willing seller. Let’s not waste the opportunity.
David Leitch

Nov 15, 2024

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Carbon capture won’t work for iron makers and steel makers, new report says
New report says steel makers counting on carbon capture to slash emissions are at risk of creating stranded assets.
Royce Kurmelovs

Nov 15, 2024

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Renewables

WestWind goes big again, with plans for 1.5GW wind farm and 2,400 MWh battery in NSW
The originator of the largest onshore wind farm currently underway in Australia has unveiled new plans to build a 1.5 GW project with a massive, four-hour battery in NSW.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 15, 2024

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