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CSIRO SAYS WIND AND SOLAR MUCH CHEAPER THAN NUCLEAR, EVEN WITH ADDED INTEGRATION
COSTS

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CSIRO's GenCost report updated to include near term transmission costs for wind
and solar, and finds that the case for nuclear has been blown out of the water
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SIX OF “WORLD’S LARGEST” GREEN HYDROGEN PROJECTS SHORTLISTED FOR HEADSTART
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Fossil fuel giants play home ground advantage at COP28 Australian carbon credits
have another credibility problem Case for gas as transition fuel falls apart
Australia in the dark on its own fossil fuel emissions Australia has everything
battery storage needs, except the ability to make them at scale