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Climate
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35°C days make blackouts more likely, but new coal power stations won’t help
As temperatures soar around Australia, a reminder that power outages are much more likely to be caused by problems in your local network. And new coal plants won't help...
Governments
News & Commentary
Renewables
Western Australian Government
Wind
Vestas passes 1GW mark for wind orders in Australia in 2018, with 184MW WA project
Vestas wins contract to build 184MW wind farm in WA, taking the global giant to a total of 1GW of orders in Australia for 2018 alone.
The worm is starting to turn, as wind and solar power become widely acknowledged as the forthcoming mainstream suppliers of energy into the NEM. But can governments and regulators...
Governments
NSW Government
Renewables
Solar
NSW waves through 900MW solar farm for construction in Riverina
Reach Solar's 900MW Yarrabee Solar Farm, approved for construction in NSW Riverina, will have capacity to power a city nearly twice the size of Newcastle.
Governments
News & Commentary
Renewables
Victorian Government
Wind
Australia’s “largest” wind farm wins planning approval for Victoria
WestWind Energy's plans to build an 800MW-1GW wind farm in Victoria – potentially the largest in the Southern Hemisphere – win state government planning approval.
Australian Federal Government
Climate
Governments
News & Commentary
Greens accuse Coalition of “cooking books” – and planet – on emissions
Greens call out federal Coalition's "dodgy accounting" efforts to minimise emissions targets, as government says heatwaves and droughts will reduce abatement because it is killing crops.
Australian Federal Government
Battery
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micro-grids
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Storage
Six developments that changed the world of energy in 2018
The performance of the Tesla big battery helped redefine the debate around the clean energy transition in Australia last year. But it wasn't the only big thing that happened.
Australian Federal Government
Governments
Markets
Utilities
All we want for Christmas: Four “disruptors” share their 2019 energy policy wishes
What sort of policy do we need to take Australia's electricity grid into 2019 and beyond? Some of the nation's leading energy innovators tell us what's on their list.
Australian Federal Government
Battery
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Coal
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Hydro
NSW Government
Renewables
Solar
Storage
Wind
CSIRO/AEMO study says wind, solar and storage clearly cheaper than coal
Major study from CSIRO and AEMO shows cost of new wind and solar – even with hours of storage – is "unequivocally" cheaper than coal.
Australian Federal Government
CleanTech Bites
Climate
Governments
Coalition energy and climate policies hit rock bottom at year’s end
Coalition ends 2018 with its position on climate and energy policies even further to the right than when the year started.