Marion Rae, Author at Renew Economy

Marion Rae

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Marion Rae is the Future Economies Correspondent at Australian Associated Press (AAP).

Renewables

Iron ore giants join forces on electric smelter for green steel
BHP, Rio Tinto and BlueScope are scoping locations in Australia for a pilot plant to make low-carbon steel using cleaner technology.
Marion Rae

Feb 9, 2024

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Renewables

AGL back in the black as it slouches towards green
AGL Energy posts 359% jump in half-year profit, year-on-year, driven by fewer plant outages and more stable market conditions.
Marion Rae

Feb 8, 2024

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Renewables

Anti-renewables rally hears from who’s who of climate deniers, fossil boosters
Politicians set to speak at the demonstration include the LNP’s Barnaby Joyce, Keith Pitt, Matt Canavan and nuclear fan Gerrard Rennick, One Nation’s Malcolm Roberts and the UAP’s Craig Kelly.
Marion Rae

Feb 6, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Miners seek share of tax relief to dig for net-zero
Nickel and lithium producers warn the slump in prices is crushing net-zero dreams, terminating more than 1000 jobs and mothballing projects.
Marion Rae

Feb 5, 2024

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Storage

Vanadium merger bets on demand for 18-hour batteries
Two emerging vanadium producers have joined forces to mine the ore and develop a battery that could make solar energy available around the clock.
Marion Rae

Feb 2, 2024

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Renewables

Greening grid muscles out fossil fuels, pushes down power prices
Record low coal and gas generation pushed wholesale electricity prices lower in the last quarter of 2023, as every region of the country notched up new solar output records.
Marion Rae

Jan 31, 2024

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Immediate climate threat on corporate agenda at Davos
Aussie startup reports “buzz of potential” for innovators at this year’s meeting as quest to find sustainable ways of doing business gets urgent.
Marion Rae

Jan 17, 2024

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Star of the South: First offshore wind farm still on track, despite port veto
The leading contender for Australia’s first offshore wind project is unfazed by the veto of a port assembly plant to protect wetlands.
Marion Rae

Jan 13, 2024

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Draft laws usher in compulsory climate risk disclosure
Draft laws for mandatory reporting of climate-related risks have been released by federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers.
Marion Rae

Jan 12, 2024

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Solar

Google inks solar farm deal in NSW Riverina to help big data go green
A business-critical data centre specialist and a global renewable energy provider are teaming up with tech giant Google to build new generation capacity in Australia’s main electricity grid.
Marion Rae

Dec 19, 2023

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Policy & Planning

“Outrage economy:” Sky News and Alan Jones in global list of climate misinformation
World is grappling with an environmental crisis compounded by an information crisis, and Australia’s Sky News and broadcaster Alan Jones are near the top of the list.
Marion Rae

Nov 30, 2023

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Hydrogen

Fortescue presses go on more than $1.1 billion of green hydrogen and iron projects
Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue Metals Group has announced three of the first green hydrogen deals to reach a final investment decision in the United States and Australia.
Marion Rae

Nov 21, 2023

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