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Australia wins first Fossil of the Day award at Bonn climate talks, as Syria signs up to leave the US isolated as the world's only non-member state.

Australian Federal Government Featured Governments Renewables Victorian Government

Is this the end for big wind and big solar in Australia?

Giles Parkinson7 November 2017

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All eyes are on Victoria and the corporate sector for the future of large-scale renewables in Australia. With the renewable energy target now largely met, there is little else...

Australian Federal Government Governments News & Commentary

Australia among the world’s worst on biodiversity conservation

Noel D Preece3 November 2017

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Australia is among the top seven countries worldwide responsible for 60% of the world’s biodiversity loss between 1996 and 2008, according to a study published last week in the...

Markets News & Commentary Smart Energy

Energy consumers are paying for useless, profit-boosting infrastructure

Bruce Mountain24 October 2017

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It is difficult not to lapse into despair about Australia’s energy policy morass, which is dominated by a deeply entrenched culture of half-truths, vested interests, ideology and wishful thinking.

CleanTech Bites Governments Solar Storage

Australia solar market heads for 12GW by 2020

Sophie Vorrath1 August 2017

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Australia's installed solar PV capacity set to double in three years, according to latest APVI data, as the big solar market gears back up.

Climate News & Commentary Renewables

Australia ignores risks, shirks moral responsibility on climate

Ian Dunlop22 June 201722 June 2017

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Climate risks are either not understood or wilfully ignored at leadership level in Australia, a profound failure of imagination, and far worse than that which triggered the GFC in...

Australian Federal Government Coal Governments Other Good Stuff United States Government

Does best CCS power station in world provide model for Australia?

Simon Holmes à Court31 May 201731 May 2017

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Josh Frydenberg over-egged the success of a CCS plant he visited in US, and now he's done the same in Australia with new CEFC mandate.

CleanTech Bites Renewables Storage

Australia leaps up global renewable energy investment rankings

Giles Parkinson17 May 201717 May 2017

Record $7.5 billion in large scale solar and wind investment pushes Australia up to number 5 in global renewable energy investment rankings.

Featured Interviews Smart Energy Utilities

Interview: AEMO’s Zibelman says system black was “wake-up call”

Giles Parkinson3 May 20173 May 2017

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New AEMO Audrey Zibelman in a detailed interview on the challenges and opportunities in the changing energy system, her priorities, the market reforms needed, the lessons learned from the...