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Renewables superpower or climate coward? Albanese needs to make a choice before election

A major new report has detailed the “extraordinary economic opportunity” for Australia to replace its coal and gas exports with decarbonised...

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South Australia joins Denmark in elite club of two, ‘pushing the boundaries’ of renewable energy integration

South Australia has joined an elite global club, after being listed alongside Denmark as the only other energy system in the world to be successfully...

24.09.2024 6

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Nuclear won’t cut it: CCA says Australia must go all in on renewables to meet climate targets

Australia will not reach net zero emissions by 2050 under the federal Coalition’s nuclear power plan, according to a comprehensive new report that...

08.09.2024 10

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‘Gas Trojan horse’: Coalition nuclear push slammed as fossil wedge aimed at renewables

The chair of Australia’s largest group of clean energy investors has described the federal Coalition’s push for nuclear power as a “gas Trojan...

21.08.2024 9

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New England wind project shelved as local MP Barnaby Joyce takes anti-renewable vitriol to new low

Plans to build a 340MW wind farm and a big battery in the New England Renewable Energy Zone in NSW have been shelved by developer Ark Energy,...

31.07.2024 10

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As earth records hottest year, Coalition digs in against climate action and renewables

The science is in. The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service has overnight confirmed that 2023 was the earth’s warmest year on...

22.01.2024 8

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Australia nears half-way mark to 82% renewables

Renewable energy sources supplied nearly 40 per cent of electricity demand in Australia over the course of 2023, according to data from OpenNEM,...

09.01.2024 6

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