Energy
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An integrated energy grid could monitor power shortfalls, predict demand and respond accordingly, according to experts, although data will need to be shared
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A cottage industry is growing around new technology for solar power developers to design, build and operate solar farms to help compete with fossil fuel power
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Complaints about ‘green crap’ have been a convenient excuse for governments unable or unwilling to intervene and cap suppliers’ prices
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The salad shortage focused attention on the failures of our 24/7 dietary culture. But it also provides a chance to rethink the way we eat fresh fruit, veg and green leaves, says Lucy Siegle
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Exclusive: 802 schools, nurseries and colleges are in areas where levels of nitrogen dioxide breach EU legal limits
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Committee urges new energy commission that would prioritise low energy bills and security rather than low carbon emissions
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National Employment Savings Trust to move investments into new climate change fund and scale back shares in firms such as Shell and ExxonMobil
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Liberal MP calls for RET to be frozen and immigration to be explicitly linked to issue of housing affordability
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The small island’s energy makeover took less than a decade and was spurred on by local commitment, providing a template for how regional Australia could transition to renewables
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Union tells Senate inquiry there must be plans in place to attract jobs before mines or power stations close
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Market regulator urgently requested aluminium smelter reduce electricity use as demand surged alongside temperatures
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Pilot program will allow homeowners to tap into a network of ‘virtual’ power stations made up of smart grids of rooftop solar and batteries
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Letters: The WTO tariffs of $7.6bn payable on UK exports to Europe are more than covered by the fall in sterling since the referendum
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Opposition leader to dig in behind ETS and goal of sourcing 50% of electricity from renewables by 2030
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The activist film-makers behind Our Power and The Bentley Effect struggled for funding but hope to unite communities
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The shutdown is the latest employment blow for the state, following on from the closure of the Holden car factory
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Santos says the proposed Narrabri gas project could supply up to 50% of New South Wales’ gas needs
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Prolonged closure at Flamanville plant after fire damage piles further financial pressure on state-owned energy firm
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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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Josh Frydenberg says rules could allow CEFC to invest in projects that do not reduce emissions by 50% or more
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The Minerals Council seems mostly intent on using its submission to electoral donations committee to kneecap environmental groups opposed to new mines
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