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- Victoria to get first publicly owned windfarm with 33-turbine Latrobe valley project 23 December 2025Advocates say State Electricity Commission’s $650m Delburn windfarm will be a ‘new chapter’ for region previously home to Hazelwood coal power stationFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereVictoria will have its first publicly owned windfarm after the government’s electricity commission […]Graham Readfearn Environment and climate correspondent
- ‘The biggest transformation in a century’: how California remade itself as a clean energy powerhouse 20 December 2025The Golden State’s clean energy use hit new highs in 2025. As the Trump administration abandons US climate initiatives, can California fill the void?As officials from around the world met in Brazil for the Cop30 climate summit last month, the US president was nowhere to be found, nor were any members of his cabinet. Instead, […]Dani Anguiano
- This year’s Christmas could be Britain’s greenest yet, energy operator says 20 December 2025System operator Neso predicts lowest carbon intensity ever on Christmas Day after new wind and solar power come onlineBritain’s energy system operator has predicted that this year’s Christmas Day could be the greenest yet.If the weather remains mild and windy for the rest of December, the National Energy System Operator (Neso) has said it could […]Lauren Almeida
- Was 2025 the year that business retreated from net zero? 20 December 2025From retailers to banks, carmakers to councils, the bold pledges for carbon-neutral economies are being watered down or scrappedAlmost a year since Donald Trump returned to the White House with a rallying cry to the fossil fuel industry to “drill baby, drill”, a backlash against net zero appears to be gathering momentum.More companies have retreated […]Sarah Butler, Jasper Jolly, Gwyn Topham, Jillian Ambrose, Kalyeena Makortoff and Helena Horton
- Electricity generation costs would be a third lower with 82% renewable grid, CSIRO says 16 December 2025Modelling suggests main electricity market could run almost entirely on renewables without increase in generation cost by 2050 Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe cost of generating electricity in an Australian grid powered by 82% renewable energy would be a third cheaper […]Graham Readfearn Environment and climate correspondent