Renewable energy
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Malcolm Turnbull says technology ‘mature and cost-effective’ as Australian Renewable Energy Agency grant announced
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The dirty and dumb antics and the anti-renewables rhetoric being amped up by our politicians is out of step with majority thinking on energy
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The South Australian network operator says a software problem led to load shedding of 300MW instead of the 100MW requested by national market
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Guardian Essential survey shows a clear majority supports Labor’s goal of sourcing 50% of energy from renewables by 2030
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Prime minister agrees his personal 14.5kW system on the roof of his Sydney home, with battery storage, is a ‘large array’
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Climate change threatens the financial system and companies should no longer view it as a future problem, regulator warns
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Grogonomics Electricity pricing is confusing – and that's why they're using it to mislead us
Greg JerichoOne of the more frustrating aspects of energy policy is that it begins and ends with electricity prices and the over-arching issue of climate change is a side issue
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Labor’s goal is to have 50% of electricity from renewables by 2030, but asked about the cost, he replies ‘there is a cost in not acting’
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‘They are going to get a surprise and I am worried about them,’ says Catherine Tanna, joining push for transition to renewables
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A number of creative technologies aim to increase access to clean water in developing countries. We asked two experts to assess some of them
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Government says welfare cuts will give disability scheme $3bn boost, but Nick Xenophon says it ‘should not pit vulnerable Australians’ against each other
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Labor has denied it wanted a preference deal with One Nation after Pauline Hanson tells parliament the Queensland state Labor secretary approached the party. Follow it live...
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Documents show prime minister knew the failure of Torrens Island plant affected efforts to restart power before he made comments about renewables
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Coalition statements blaming the blackouts that hit South Australia last year on wind power were made despite official advice that storms were the cause
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Joint statement says years of finger-pointing have destroyed investor confidence in Australia’s energy sector
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RenewableUK chief says windfarms could offer cheaper prices than the rates agreed with new nuclear power stations
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There’s a long list of blame and shame for Australia’s threadbare climate and energy policy, but Turnbull’s party takes the cake
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Analysis shows spike in fossil fuel-dominated state’s wholesale spot price this year far eclipses that in SA in July 2016 which sparked calls for a national inquiry into renewable energy
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Federal government’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation says coal ‘seriously challenged’ as a commercial investment
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Once it’s completed in 2018, the NSW site will produce enough electricity to power 137,000 houses
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What a bunch of clowns, hamming it up – while out in the real world an ominous and oppressive heat just won’t let up
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Wind energy overtakes coal as the EU’s second largest form of power capacity but concerns remain over politicians’ enthusiasm for renewables
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Energy retailer raised $100,000 from customers, which will be given out as grants to community-owned energy projects
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Federal funding for Adani project amounts to $683,060 a job, compared with $32,191 a worker in Queensland’s clean energy sector, 350.org says
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New US president may be forced to concede solar and wind’s huge potential for job creation and self sufficiency
Gas-fired power plants failed during NSW heatwave, report reveals