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Leading electricity network is looking at a sun tax and "solar soak" tariffs as it prepares for a surge in the uptake of EVs, electrification of homes and roller-coaster demand.

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Two companies have so far made claims for the highest grade available under the Voluntary Carbon Market Integrity (VCMI) initiative's code for offset use - but more are expected in the coming months, and even more once the new Scope 3 claim is finalised, the initiative's executive director told Carbon Pulse on Wednesday.

Work has begun on a 364 metre "high altitude" wind turbine, using a four-legged lattice structure to tap into higher wind speeds.

The post Construction begins on world’s tallest wind turbine in German lignite region appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The rapid shift in our electricity system calls for a huge increase in the workforce needed to construct, operate and maintain it. Urgent action on building up this workforce is needed. Jay Rutovitz, Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney Chris Briggs, Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney Elianor Gerrard, Senior Research Consultant, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Voluntary carbon market project developers' margins are too thin to also pay for insurance - and the responsibility for insuring projects ultimately lies with the buyer, according to speakers at Climate Week NYC.

A capacity-building programme for African carbon markets has considered a credit price floor but does not currently have an official ask, Carbon Pulse heard on Wednesday during Climate Week NYC.

A startup specialising in enhanced rock weathering (ERW) technology on Wednesday announced a renewed partnership with a large buyer of CO2 removal credits.

Earth is about to get a second moon for a couple of months, but it won't be visible for most people.

The UK is making a push for the next jurisdictional REDD (J-REDD) deal arranged through the LEAF Coalition to be with another Brazilian state, a British official said Wednesday at Climate Week NYC.

Major international companies including Google have joined a new initiative aimed at boosting the use of carbon-free power across the world, in a bid to revolutionise electricity procurement and reduce emissions.

A specialist standard for growing hemp has sold a batch of credits to a Swedish blockchain carbon removal platform for tokenisation, marking a new partnership between the two companies.

A Paris-based financier will fully fund the first phase of a large blue carbon project in Mozambique and in return sell the credits generated.

So far there are no costings and no details on what type of reactors there would be, their size or who would build them

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Usually you need a few genuine releases under your belt before you start putting out “greatest hits” albums, but when it comes to spruiking nuclear this hasn’t stopped Peter Dutton.

This week, the opposition leader gave a speech that some hoped – perhaps naively – would add some more detail to the Coalition’s scant policy proposal to build nuclear reactors at seven sites around Australia.

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A climate impact verification organisation and a major carbon market standards body on Wednesday announced a new partnership aimed at driving credible corporate Scope 3 emissions reductions.

A new initiative to decarbonise cotton production without the use of carbon offsets was launched Wednesday, in an attempt to transform the global fashion industry's approach to sustainable raw materials.

A decision on a dispute billion-dollar wind project off north-west Tasmania has been delayed again, for the third time amid ongoing legal battles.

The post Plibersek delays federal decision on disputed billion-dollar wind project in Tasmania appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A global institutional investor group has announced a 6% annual drop in emissions across its 88 members, nearly doubling last year's reductions, as it claims to be aligned with the 1.5C Paris warming target.

A global market infrastructure provider has partnered with a climate risk analytics firm to assist companies in meeting evolving reporting requirements and driving large-scale supply chain decarbonisation.

The world’s largest orange juice producer, in partnership with two environmental companies, will launch Brazil’s first carbon credit methodology for the agribusiness, according to a press release.

The Science-Based Target Network (SBTN) and the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) should integrate biodiversity credits into their frameworks to help unlock corporate demand, according to an executive board member of carbon exchange Climate Impact X (CIX).