On Wednesday, as the temperature soared into the 40s across large parts of southern Australia, the country’s biggest electricity market stayed eerily quiet. Spot prices […]
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Energy
Facts are among the biggest casualties in the war against renewable energy
Around this time 12 years ago, Barnaby Joyce stood up and declared the average family lamb roast was about to cost $100. He had no […]
Australia’s biggest DC-coupled solar battery hybrid to push PV output into evening peaks
The biggest DC-coupled solar battery hybrid project to be developed in Australia has won approval for its grid connection, and is expected to push the […]
Farmers may lock gate on renewables in Victoria
The Victorian government is pushing ahead with its long-term plan to transition to renewable energy, while farmers in the path of proposed projects have vowed […]
A Nobel laureate will head an interim government in Bangladesh after unrest ousted Sheikh Hasina
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus will be the chief adviser of Bangladesh’s interim government after former prime minister Sheikh Hasina stepped down and fled the country […]
Australia’s ultra low cost solar goal could change everything about the grid
The CSIRO GenCost report released last week has predictably, if regrettably, sparked a new polemic about the cost of generation technologies, with the critics mostly in the nuclear […]
Australia announces new plan for net zero: Extract gas ‘to 2050 and beyond’
The Australian government will ramp up gas projects to meet surging demand and support a transition to net zero by 2050. It also revealed that […]