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Coal

Renewables drive down prices, but heatwaves and outages cause spikes in coal dominated grids
Renewables drive down wholesale prices in first quarter, but a massive coal outage and a heatwave drove prices up in two coal dependent states.
Giles Parkinson

Apr 18, 2024

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Renewables

“Worst week for wind:” But is that a reason to panic about transition to renewables?
Renewable critics declare that the “worst ever” week for wind output over the past seven days is proof that renewables won’t work. But modelling shows that is not true.
Giles Parkinson

Apr 17, 2024

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Policy & Planning

“Legislate it:” Tesla calls for CIS certainty as energy incumbents push for gas and fixed payments
Just about everyone loves the federal government’s Capacity Investment Scheme, they just want it to look like their business model, and are arguing over gas, storage duration and windfall gains.
Giles Parkinson

Apr 15, 2024

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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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