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- Vehicle Emissions Star Rating goes live on RedBook
- Future-proofing NSW: New planning policy to tackle climate risks and natural hazards
- $15 million investment to power NSW’s renewable energy workforce
- NSW set to smash big battery target to secure our renewable energy future
- Media Statement - Eraring Power Station
- Kick-start your EV fleet with latest funding round, heavy vehicles now eligible
- $25 million grant backs cleaner cement production in Southern Highlands
- Australia’s first embodied carbon rating sets new benchmark for cleaner, cheaper and more sustainable buildings
- Delivering lasting bill relief for social housing residents
- Join the CSIRO ‘Living Lab’ to shape NSW’s energy future
- NSW EV Milestone: Over 100,000 electric vehicles registered, 121 million litres of petrol saved
- New grants to boost community energy action
- Fuelling the future: NSW unveils Renewable Fuel Strategy
- Charging ahead with more options for EV Drivers
- Millions pledged to help businesses improve energy performance
- $25 million to power-up apartment solar and bring down power bills
- Deal is sealed for Australia’s first Renewable Energy Zone
- Solar battery installations soar, cutting energy bills in NSW
- New guide to help landholders navigate the energy transition
- $60 million in community benefits start flowing to the Central-West Orana Renewable Energy Zone
- Multibillion-dollar renewables investment by private sector to power 2.7 million NSW homes
- New EV fast chargers on the way for NSW drivers
- NSW boosts energy security with new firming tender
- NSW Government proposes law to strengthen the electricity network
- Funding energy upgrades to cut bills and tackle climate change
- $6 million awarded to First Nations projects in the Central-West Orana Renewable Energy Zone
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- Pipeline repurposed to strengthen gas supply
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- Road trip ready - NSW continues to expand regional EV charging network
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- Cutting power bills for social housing tenants
- NSW Consumer Energy Strategy to save money and power across NSW
- Carbon on Country funding launched
- NSW seeks to accelerate use of renewable fuels
- New grant rounds continue to drive EV charge in NSW
- Net Zero Commission launched with inaugural Chair and Commissioner appointments
- How NSW residents can stay warm and save this winter
- Energy Bill Relief reaches more families and households this Christmas
- Energy Bill Relief and an increase to Crisis Support
- Government grants help councils work together towards Net Zero
- Clean manufacturing precinct project launches in the Hunter and Illawarra
- NSW Climate Change Disclosure Statements to boost investment and cut risk
- New incentives to cut peak electricity use
- Energy Savings Scheme saved participating households and business $574 Million In 2021
- $2 million energy literacy fund to support vulnerable residents
- $7.5 million boost to help farmers and land managers cut emissions and boost regional economies
- Boggabilla solar farm construction underway is local first
- Creating manufacturing jobs on the Mid North Coast
- Energy Security Corporation open for business with $1 billion to accelerate key energy projects
- Have your say on changes gas and pipeline regulations and guidelines for NSW
- Hunter-Central Coast Renewable Energy Zone powers ahead
- Hydrogen hub takes crucial step forward to delivering clean, green energy
- Iconic NSW road trips get EV charging stations
- More EV chargers hitting NSW kerbsides
- NSW & Commonwealth double incentives for batteries
- NSW Government only 4% off 2030 emissions target with new Net Zero Plan to come
- NSW businesses supported to plan for net zero emissions
- NSW invests $26.2 million in low-emissions clean technology
- NSW opens tender to boost energy reliability
- NSW supports new long-duration storage projects to boost reliability of the energy system
- New Virtual Power Plant to boost energy reliability in NSW
- Registration of interest open for Illawarra Renewable Energy Zone
- Review of energy transmission planning to prioritise public interest in post-privatisation era
- South West Renewable Energy Zone powers up
- Support for businesses to explore energy-saving heat pumps
- NSW response to closure of Eraring Power Station