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Ageing coal plants will be unavailable to supply power 34 pct of the time, new data suggests

Renew Economy — Wednesday, April 16, 2025 - 00:05 — Source

"Sweating" Australia's aged coal-fired generators past their use-by date risks shortfalls in supply equivalent to cutting power to around 2 million typical households, new report fin

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NSW begins major road upgrades to deliver huge turbine blades and “oversize” gear to renewable zones

Renew Economy — Wednesday, April 16, 2025 - 00:01 — Source

State government announces major road upgrades in response to local council concerns about road congestion from transport of giant turbine blades.

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Safeguard Mechanism far from perfect, but a good start after a decade of climate denial

Renew Economy — Tuesday, April 15, 2025 - 22:54 — Source

While it's far from perfect, the Safeguard Mechanism's first compliance report suggests it's helping solve Australia's decarbonisation challenge.<

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a mad normal funny guy.... the genius of loony trump?....

Your Democracy — Tuesday, April 15, 2025 - 19:10 — Source

Holy freakin' crap... Bill Maher is FLIPPING after meeting Trump....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0182h4Q3YJQ

Celebrities did not respond kindly to comedian Bill Maher visiting the White House for dinner with President Trump and were even more incensed over his retelling of the dinner.

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Solar has taken a big bite out of Queensland coal’s lunch, now wind is eating into its midnight snack

Renew Economy — Tuesday, April 15, 2025 - 18:16 — Source

Queensland's coal generators have long been used to seeing coal eat their midday lunch, now they are seeing wind take their midnight snacks as well.

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Teenage wind turbine technician falls to his death in Wyoming

Renew Economy — Tuesday, April 15, 2025 - 17:29 — Source

A 19-year-old wind technician from Wyoming has tragically fallen to his death while working on a wind turbine near the town of Medicine Bow.

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Macquarie’s Eku acquires a 2 GWh battery storage project portfolio

Renew Economy — Tuesday, April 15, 2025 - 16:55 — Source

Macquarie backed battery energy storage developer Eku Energy has acquired a 2 GWh portfolio of planned battery storage projects.

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Origin chases down Snowy Hydro for control of dispatchable generation

Renew Economy — Tuesday, April 15, 2025 - 16:33 — Source

Origin is using its growing fleet of big batteries to chase down Snowy Hydro as the biggest supplier of dispatchable generation in the main grid.

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Macro Afternoon

MacroBusiness — Tuesday, April 15, 2025 - 16:30 — Source

Volatility in equity markets is slowly cooling down and indeed spreading to currency markets with some range trading across the Asian session today although the Kiwi is making big gains against the USD while the Australian dollar remains well above the 63 cent level this afternoon. Oil markets are still trying hard to stabilise with

The post Macro Afternoon appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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Heads roll at Callide and CS Energy as LNP coal plant extension explodes into high farce

Renew Economy — Tuesday, April 15, 2025 - 15:07 — Source

LNP government seeks scapegoats in attempt to save face after forcing one of the state's most unreliable units to stay open, just days after explosion at sa

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Join me tonight on DFA Live with Martin North

MacroBusiness — Tuesday, April 15, 2025 - 14:53 — Source

Tonight, I will appear on DFA Live with Martin North from 8:00 pm AEST, where we will discuss everything related to the latest announced housing policies and the election. The YouTube feed is below. I hope to see you there. It promises to be spicy.

The post Join me tonight on DFA Live with Martin North appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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Solar Insiders Podcast: A Teal take on what voters want – and how to give it to them

Renew Economy — Tuesday, April 15, 2025 - 14:42 — Source

NSW Independent Allegra Spender on her plan for permanent energy bill relief and what’s missing from federal Labor’s battery rebate.

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Australia’s only surviving newsprint paper mill to switch out coal-fired boilers, go electric

Renew Economy — Tuesday, April 15, 2025 - 14:29 — Source

Australia's only surviving newsprint paper producer has been extended a lifeline, with the promise of a federal grant to help wean it off coal.

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A beautiful house price crash

MacroBusiness — Tuesday, April 15, 2025 - 14:00 — Source

While Australia’s two major parties are busy blowing the world’s largest house price bubble, New Zealand’s politicians are letting their house prices slowly deflate, restoring affordability. The REINZ house price index remained muted in March, rising 0.2% over the month to be 0.4% lower than a year ago. Major bank ASB noted that New Zealand

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Will climate-linked extreme weather make renewables projects uninsurable?

Renew Economy — Tuesday, April 15, 2025 - 13:51 — Source

Some Australian wind and solar farms have been hit hard by extreme weather events. Most have not. But how long will their luck last?

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