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| UpdatedThe Queensland Government declares an expanded "investigation zone" after the discovery of flammable levels of hydrogen in soil on the western Darling Downs.
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| UpdatedThe terms clean coal and high-efficiency, low-emissions power stations are high on political agenda. But can they help reduce emissions?
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| UpdatedThe first national audit of batteries that store solar power shows almost 7,000 were installed in Australian homes last year — and that's predicted to triple this year.
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| UpdatedSouth Australia could reduce its reliance on the National Electricity Market through major infrastructure investment, according to a policy expert, as it looks to overcome a privatised market that has proved unreliable.
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| UpdatedThe SA Government has suggested "complete nationalisation" of the electricity system and a new gas-fired power station as two options to secure power supply.
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| UpdatedAn Environment Department investigation confirms the contamination near Linc Energy's underground coal gasification plant is much more widespread than previously thought.
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West Australian consumers could face huge power price hikes in the coming years unless the State Government starts to factor in the exponential growth of renewable energy, a new study finds.
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| UpdatedThe Greens' Nick McKim says Federal Government support for new generation coal-fired power will hit renewables investment in Tasmania.
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China will plough $493 billion into renewable power generation by 2020, as the world's largest energy market continues to push for cleaner fuels.
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| UpdatedAustralia faces different challenges to integrating intermittent renewable energy into large-scale grids from other countries.
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| UpdatedDid you know that relying on air conditioners to stay cool on hot summer days affects the price of electricity for everyone, all year round?
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| UpdatedConsultant's report says despite 18 new LNG projects under construction, the global supply glut will be absorbed as countries such as China, India and Thailand demand more environmentally friendly fuels.
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Horizon Power blames the mining boom for costs blowing out on an underground power project in a remote northern Goldfields town, with the local shire saying its quote increased from $500,000 to $2.6 million.
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India has released a new power plan promoting a dramatic increase in renewable energy and a move away from coal.
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| UpdatedUS President-elect Donald Trump puts former Texas governor Rick Perry in charge of a department he could not remember the name of and wanted to eliminate during his bid for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.
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| UpdatedA new report by the Australian Energy Market Operator says billions of dollars of investment is needed to ensure the stability of Australia's power grid. But what is the AEMO?
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| UpdatedAustralia's energy regulator recommends a second undersea power cable between Tasmania and Victoria, but just who would pay the billion-dollar bill is already in dispute.
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| UpdatedTour one of our biggest power stations and wonder why ladybirds love it so much
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| UpdatedMinister for Petroleum and Energy, Nixon Duban, says Papua New Guinea is still one of the most important resource destinations in the world, despite the impact of the global fall in oil prices.
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| UpdatedTwo years of research behind roadmap for meet zero-net electricity emission by 2050 as large scale renewables and stand alone systems feed into the grid.
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