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Renewables

Origin snaps up Australia’s biggest wind project and big battery as it ramps up late renewables push
Australia’s biggest utility, still mulling the closure timing for the country’s biggest coal plant, buys a massive wind and battery project in NSW.
Giles Parkinson

Apr 12, 2024

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Storage

Zen plans giant 1GW pumped hydro project at former coal pit to address solar duck
Garnaut-led Zen Energy plans 1GW, 8 GWh pumped hydro project in old coal pit west of Sydney to soak up rooftop solar.
Sophie Vorrath & Joshua S. Hill

Apr 11, 2024

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Alinta boss compares nuclear to “unicorns in the garden”, but warns of cost issues in race to net zero
Alinta boss compares nuclear to “unicorns”, but warns of rising costs in the energy transition, and defends role of legacy utilities. “We don’t make amazing returns.”
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 10, 2024

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Hydrogen

Fortescue signs agreement for massive green hydrogen and ammonia hub in Morocco
Fortescue announces “landmark” joint venture to create a massive renewable energy, and green hydrogen, ammonia and manufacturing hub in Morocco.
Giles Parkinson

Apr 9, 2024

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“Massive new industry:”Fortescue opens 2GW factory to build its own hydrogen electrolysers
Fortescue opens its 2GW hydrogen electrolyser “gigafactory” in Queensland, but can it sill meet its ambitious 2030 targets?
Giles Parkinson

Apr 8, 2024

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Commentary

With luck, China’s stunning cuts in the cost of wind and solar will feed through to Australia
China is delivering stunning reductions in the cost of wind and solar. Will it flow through to Australia?
David Leitch

Apr 4, 2024

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Renewables

“We’re not trying to compete with China:” Why Australia’s Solar Sunshot is not a flight of fancy
Arena chief Darren Miller doesn’t share the “defeatist attitude” that Australia can’t play a part in the global solar supply chain. But it’s not all about competing with China.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 3, 2024

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Renewables

Giant solar project in limbo as Forrest misses another deadline on key green hydrogen project
Fortescue misses third deadline for FID on Gibson Island hydrogen project, meaning Genex must look for other customers for its Bulli Creek solar farm.
Rachel Williamson

Apr 2, 2024

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Renewables

Australia’s biggest coal generator teams up with SunDrive to make solar at Liddell
AGL signs MoU with Cannon-Brookes backed PV innovator SunDrive to explore “first of its kind” solar manufacturing at site of the shuttered Liddell plant.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 28, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Solar Sunshot: Albanese pledges $1bn to take Australia from “pit to panel”
Federal Labor puts its money on Australian made solar, pledging $1bn to kickstart the supply chain in regions like the NSW Hunter.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 27, 2024

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Policy & Planning

“No excuses:” Australia urged to exit coal, double rooftop solar by 2030 in accelerated push to net zero
Major new report maps out a path for Australia to deliver a 75% emissions cut below 2005 levels by 2030, and net zero by 2035.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 27, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Australia’s rooftop solar waste problem is hurtling towards 1.2 gigawatts a year
Australia’s solar waste problem is arriving quicker than thought, with volumes of discarded panels expected to be equivalent to 1.2GW a year by 2030.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 26, 2024

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