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Fortescue accelerates away from oil: doing what Australia should be doing on the fuel crisis
Fortescue is showing the future to the rest of Australia: Batteries and electrification replacing barrels and diesel, backed by firmed renewables rather than gas and oil.For First Nations communities, energy insecurity is not new. But the shift to renewables is more urgent than ever
In remote First Nations communities primarily reliant on diesel power stations, the steep price hikes are a reminder of a deeper, ongoing vulnerability.
“An own goal that we don’t need:” Investor group sounds alarm over new tax on renewables
Investor group “dismayed” at draft reforms to the Capital Gains Tax it says will deter foreign backers of large-scale solar, wind and battery projects right when we need them most.
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Fortescue fast-tracks “world’s first” large scale green grid to eliminate diesel and other fossil fuels
Fortescue fast tracks its plans to eliminate diesel and other fossil fuels, saying it will be achieving emissions free processing by the end of next year.
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Fortescue accelerates away from oil: doing what Australia should be doing on the fuel crisis
Fortescue is showing the future to the rest of Australia: Batteries and electrification replacing barrels and diesel, backed by firmed renewables rather than gas and oil.
For First Nations communities, energy insecurity is not new. But the shift to renewables is more urgent than ever
In remote First Nations communities primarily reliant on diesel power stations, the steep price hikes are a reminder of a deeper, ongoing vulnerability.
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“An own goal that we don’t need:” Investor group sounds alarm over new tax on renewables
Investor group “dismayed” at draft reforms to the Capital Gains Tax it says will deter foreign backers of large-scale solar, wind and battery projects right when we need them most.
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