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Too wet for coal power: Yallourn units shut down due to flooded mines
Update: “Visible cracks” found at Yallourn mine, where coal generator forced to close three out of its four units due to flooding.
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Faking climate action will be the main game at major gas conference
A massive gas industry conference marks an acceleration in efforts to create weak, ineffective climate ‘targets’ to mask huge fossil expansion.
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G7 fails on solid coal message but worries are building for Morrison
While the G7 meeting was unremarkable, there are growing signs of action on coal phaseout – particularly among Australia’s biggest coal customers.
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NSW accepts thermal coal is set for major decline, now it needs to act
A moratorium on new thermal coal mining capacity is needed to avoid chaotic employment impacts.
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Telstra inks new wind farm PPA as it prepares to launch energy retail offer
The 58MW Crookwell 3 wind farm will go ahead in Goulburn after a power purchase agreement underpinning the project was signed by Telstra.
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Energy Insiders Podcast: Australia’s biggest wind farm takes shape
Tobias Geiger from Westwind talks about the challenges of bringing the country’s biggest wind project to market.
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“Not worth the harm:” Neoen says ESB reforms should be abandoned
Neoen delivers scathing review of ESB market reform proposals, saying they have been rushed and should be abandoned before doing more harm.
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Two massive offshore wind farms proposed for Bass Strait
Two massive offshore wind projects proposed for either side of Bass Strait, as the technology pipeline grows to more than 25GW in Australia.
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RenewEconomy launches Offshore Wind Farm Map of Australia
RenewEconomy launches its Offshore Wind Farm Map of Australia, the latest in a series of important map references for clean energy technology.
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Australia has 38GW of green hydrogen in pipeline, but major cost falls needed
Australia has huge pipeline of green hydrogen projects, but subsidies will be needed to bring cost down to targeted $A2 per kilogram.
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Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey are dead wrong: Bitcoin does not incentivise clean energy
Bitcoin mining has formally entered its greenwashing phase. Things are getting messy, and they’re going to get even messier – and we pay the price.
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Carbon border adjustments: What are they and how will they affect Australia?
The day is arriving when developed country trading partners consider measures that will tax Australia’s exports of aluminium and steel.
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