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Solar

NSW approves big solar farm and battery near New England town of Armidale
NSW approves large solar farm and battery project near Armidale, despite local fears about heat islands, the “lake effect”, local disputes, exploding batteries, and Chinese ownership.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 11, 2023

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Ted O’Brien’s nuclear love-in at COP28 gets a brutal reality check
Release of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report provides a sobering reality check for an industry on life-support and a contrast to Ted O’Brien’s silliness at COP28 climate conference.
Jim Green

Dec 11, 2023

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Coal

Planning approval given for Australia’s biggest battery to soak up solar and replace coal
Planning approval given for 2,000 MWh battery in Collie that could double in size and will be used to soak up solar and shift it to the evening peaks, replacing coal.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 9, 2023

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World’s biggest CSP plant, with tallest solar power tower, inaugurated in Dubai
COP28 host inaugurates world’s largest concentrated solar power project, featuring the world’s tallest solar tower, at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 8, 2023

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Policy & Planning

Australia mends Pacific ties with climate fund millions, but keeps coal alive
Albanese government contributes a foundational $100m to the Pacific Resilience Facility and rejoins Green Climate Fund with a $50m offering.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 8, 2023

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Air storage pioneer inks first of its kind deal to keep lights on in Australia’s Silver City
Hydrostor signs “first of its kind” deal for its compressed air storage technology to be used as an emergency backstop to keep the lights on in Broken Hill.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 8, 2023

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Reece Whitby named minister “to spearhead” W.A.’s clean energy transition
Former journalist Reece Whitby named new energy minister in Western Australia, adding to his climate change and environment portfolios.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 7, 2023

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Renewables

Anti-renewables hypocrisy will not save koalas
Politicians and conservative media commentators drumming up anti-renewables sentiment in the guise of protecting biodiversity and koala habitat is blatant hypocrisy.
Stephanie Gray

Dec 7, 2023

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Policy & Planning

The new face of old-fashioned climate change denial
Australia’s government isn’t so gauche as to deny climate change out loud at a COP meeting. But it does support fossil fuel expansion completely at odds with the science.
Stephen Long

Dec 7, 2023

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Another dud Snowy Hydro project, squandering over $1.5bn of taxpayers’ money
Snowy Hydro’s Hunter Power Project has kept a low profile compared to Snowy 2.0 – but it has a strikingly similar list of troubles sending it over budget and off schedule.
Ted Woodley

Dec 6, 2023

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Policy & Planning

Australian carbon credits have another credibility problem: This time from landfill gas
Integrity issues have arisen with landfill gas projects because baselines have been set too low – and do not properly account for two drivers of methane combustion.
Andrew Macintosh & Don Butler

Dec 5, 2023

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War-torn Ukraine signs deal to build second stage of its largest wind farm
Wind giant Vestas signs deal on sidelines of COP28 conference to build a second phase of the biggest wind project in Ukraine.
Joshua S Hill

Dec 5, 2023

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