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The owners, contractors and inverter suppliers to 200MW Sunraysia still locked in arbitration over who should shoulder the cost of project delays.

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According to the Global PV Installer Monitor 2020/2021, JinkoSolar maintained its leading position as the best known module brand in Australia in 2020.

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Queensland government owned Stanwell Corporation calls for offers of new wind and solar investment opportunities.

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Queensland joins NSW and Victorian in establishing a new, cross-sector body to collaborate and advise on state's shift to 50% renewables by 2030.

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TransGrid says underground power lines not a viable option for Snowy 2.0 grid connection, as NSW releases EIS for consultation.

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Gransolar says the 13 batteries will be up and running by the middle of 2022, concentrated mostly in Victoria and South Australia.

The post Gransolar plans 300MW of big battery projects across SA, Victoria and NSW appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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New Zealand has put just over half of its NZ$50 billion pandemic stimulus towards clean energy, but several fossil fuel powered projects will slow down the country's shift to a low-emissions economy. David Hall, Senior Researcher in Politics, Auckland University of Technology Nina Ives, Climate change PhD student, Auckland University of Technology Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Scientists say a pledge by shooting groups to phase out lead shot has had no detectable effect.

Walker Swamp had been destroyed by 150 years of farming - now it is replenished and welcoming life.

Bushfire Recovery Victoria has a focus on Aboriginal culture and healing – a long overdue approach in disaster recovery. Bhiamie Williamson, Research Associate & PhD Candidate, Australian National University Phoebe Quinn, Research Fellow - Disaster Recovery, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Campaigners call for Chancellor Rishi Sunak to make system changes including a carbon emissions tax.

The technology extracts water from the air, then runs solar-generated electricity through it to create green hydrogen.

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As the dust settles in Australia's media war, big tech and News Corp have grown closer together. The consequences for climate will be very bad.

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California risks missing its 2030 climate goal unless it can drive faster emissions reductions from the transportation sector, while regulator ARB may be overstating carbon abatement resulting from incentive-based programmes and its economy-wide cap-and-trade scheme, a government audit found.

EU carbon prices are set to climb to new record heights in Q2 as European lawmakers unveil a suite of bullish market reforms, but softening fundamentals could see a speculator-fuelled pullback before that, two teams of analysts warn.

The Colombian government next month will introduce legislation to impose a CO2 tax on coal-fired power, expanding the reach of the country’s existing $5/tonne carbon fee, a media outlet reported Tuesday.

The premium for California Carbon Offsets financially backed against invalidation is rising amid increasing supply and lower demand during the COVID-19 pandemic, while participants continue to question whether an influx of buying will occur this year.

The dingo fence is the longest fence in the world. The environment looks almost identical on either side — until you view it from space. Adrian G. Fisher, Lecturer in Remote Sensing, UNSW Charlotte Mills, Visiting Fellow, UNSW Mike Letnic, Professor, Evolution and Ecology Research Centre, UNSW Mitchell Lyons, Postdoctoral research fellow, UNSW Will Cornwell, Associate Professor in Ecology and Evolution, UNSW Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

In Australia and around the world, failures in flood warnings can have devastating effects. But 'humanitarian engineering' may have the answer. Spyros Schismenos, PhD Fellow / Research Assistant, Western Sydney University Garry Stevens, Director of Academic Programs, Western Sydney University Nichole Georgeou, Associate Dean International, and Director Humanitarian and Development Research Initiative (HADRI), Western Sydney University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.