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Broken Hill has a big wind farm, a solar farm and a big battery, all of which are all looking pretty useless now. The battery, in particular, is not doing what it says on the box, and highlights industry frustration with the grid management process.

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Simon Emms from transmission company Electranet explains how the state has moved so quickly towards 100 per cent net renewables, and why so much industry wants to plug in. Plus: All Energy buzzes while gas lobby bleats.

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Reality is slowly dawning that some of the hoped-for applications of green hydrogen might never come to fruition. But there is still a bit of nonsense around – much of it coming from the gas industry.

The post “Like washing your floor with Italian mineral water:” Why hydrogen won’t do the things the gas industry says appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Chinese solar giant says its joint venture plans with SunDrive to manufacture PV modules in Australia are progressing well, with the application for SunShot funding ready for submission.

The post “We can make it happen:” Trina says timing right to make solar in Australia with SunDrive appeared first on RenewEconomy.

South Australian government signs MoU paving the way for what is intended as “significant collaboration” in renewables and hydrogen.

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Australian newcomer Tesseract ESS adds Chinese energy storage giant Hyperstrong to its team offering commercial and industrial solar and battery PPAs.

The post Hyperstrong joins new venture offering solar batteries to business for zero up front cost appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Why is it that no government will take on the Australian gas industry, irrespective of their contribution to global emissions and worsening climate change?

The post Exporting gas can more than double the emissions compared to using it in Australia. So why are we doing it? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

UK carbon prices are expected to remain around current levels through next year, with analysts maintaining a generally bearish outlook for the market due to persistent oversupply, delayed policy reforms, and wider challenges that many think will all but ensure the ETS is not re-connected to Europe's this decade.

Brazilian Senator Otto Alencar (PSD-BA) said Wednesday that he and a group of lawmakers will soon present a revised proposal for a national cap-and-trade system, aiming for a vote next month.

California Carbon Allowances (CCA) futures reversed sharply in tandem with a sell-off in Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) credits this week ahead of a board vote on proposed changes to the state's clean fuels programme, while Washington Carbon Allowances (WCA) remained out of the spotlight.  

The UK government has formally proposed legislation across the country's four parliaments that would put into effect major changes to the British carbon market that were announced last year, according to a statement from the ETS Authority.

A Vancouver-based carbon credit financier announced Thursday its purchase of 1.2 million credits from a Brazilian REDD+ project, designed to conserve nearly 200,000 hectares of Amazon rainforest.

Pumped hydro and batteries can easily provide all the storage needed for 100% renewable electricity generation, eliminating the need for polluting gas power plants. Jamie Pittock, Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University Andrew Blakers, Professor of Engineering, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The New Zealand government on Friday updated the baselines for free allocation of permits to industrials for the first time since 2010, but postponed final decisions on the steel and aluminium sectors until April next year.

Colombia-based international carbon standard Cercarbono is building compatibility with 'nesting' and jurisdictional REDD+ (J-REDD) into its forthcoming updated REDD+ methodology.

Stakeholders said Thursday that, if COP29 negotiations can iron out the remaining wrinkles around Article 6, carbon trading under the Paris Agreement may begin to pick up starting in 2025 or 2026.

A Brazilian G20 presidency task force concluded its eight-month engagement Thursday with a political statement by members to take advanced actions in economic and financial systems to address climate change.

A group of NGOs said Thursday they have filed a complaint to the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP), arguing that its backing of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has undermined environmental stewards and rights holders.

CAF, the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, will collaborate on a blockchain-based conservation instrument and support marine biodiversity credits in the region, it announced at COP16 on Thursday.

Bringing the natural world back from the brink is more urgent than ever. Nature-positive policies offers a way to do so – if done properly. Yi Fei Chung, PhD candidate in Environmental Policy, The University of Queensland Hannah Thomas, PhD candidate in Environmental Policy, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.