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UPC and AC make bid for Infigen in $777 million wind and solar pitch
UPC and AC Energy launch $777m bid for listed Australian renewables company Infigen Energy, one of the country's most established independent players.
Battery Markets Renewables Storage
Magnis raises $1.5m to advance its Townsville battery “gigafactory” plans
Magnis Energy, part of a consortium planning to build a lithium-ion battery cell “giga-factory” in Queensland’s north, has tapped investors for $1.5m.
Australian Federal Government Climate Governments Markets News & Commentary Smart Energy
Morrison’s building boost must target efficient, sustainable housing, experts say
Building industry experts call on federal government to tie construction sector stimulus to greener building practices, including higher standards for energy and thermal efficiency.
Climate Governments Markets New Zealand Government
NZ puts hard cap on emissions for first time to strengthen its trading scheme
NZ moves to strengthen its Emissions Trading Scheme, introducing emissions caps for the first time, but agriculture remains exempt.
Battery Markets Storage
Let’s talk about battery storage, and why it’s so much easier than pumped hydro
Battery storage is really easy to do if the economics are supportive, but pumped hydro is incredibly difficult to do.
Australian Federal Government Coal Governments Markets Renewables
Australia’s transcontinental gas pipe dream: It simply doesn’t add up
Gas industry people have been saying gas is the transition fuel for at least 30 years. It's never been true in all that time, and it's not true now.
Julien Vincent from Market Forces on the campaign to get banks, investment houses and superannuation funds to switch away from fossil fuels and into new clean technologies.
Climate Coal Coronavirus Governments Markets Renewables
How to change the colour of Australia’s Coronavirus climate recovery
In the panic and anxiety of those early days of the pandemic, fossil fuel advocates were calmly and openly forming a plan to capture the process of economic recovery.
Australian Federal Government Climate Governments Markets
Coalition’s ‘grey’ baseline and credit scheme could pay companies to increase emissions
The proposed mechanism could result in the perverse outcome of paying high emitting businesses to invest in projects which increase absolute emissions.
Coal Electric Vehicles Markets Renewables
Cheap electricity is back, and the next casualty will be a coal fired generator
The recent decline in electricity prices is astonishing. And with 6GW-plus wind and solar about to enter the grid, the next big casualty will be a coal generator.
