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Wind power drives new renewables record for Spain: 50.7 pct in May
Renewable energy supplied just over half of Spain’s electricity demand over the month of May, boosted by second-biggest wind market.
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Rooftop solar resumes upward march, but what’s going on with NSW?
Latest data from SunWiz shows Australia's rooftop solar market is back on track in May, with the exception of some "worrying" figures coming out of NSW.
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Pitt was not told that Kaban project he vetoed would include big battery
Officials did not tell Keith Pitt the Kaban Energy Hub included a battery, before he vetoed a $280m loan on the basis the project wasn't dispatchable.
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Saudi Aramco invests in Swiss energy storage company Energy Vault
World's biggest oil and gas company makes strategic investment in Swiss based energy storage innovator Energy Vault.
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Boom! Why supersonic planes are a climate nightmare
Are emissions-free supersonic jets really around the corner? Almost certainly not - and they may significantly worsen emissions, too.
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Woolworths signs first wind farm supply deal in first step towards 100pct renewables
Supermarket giant Woolworths signs its first renewable energy PPA, buying power from the Bango Wind Farm being built near Yass.
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CP Daily: Thursday June 3, 2021
Virginia utility commission should approve Dominion’s RGGI rate request, hearing examiner says
Bus depot bid to be UK's largest electric vehicle charging hub
NA Markets: CCA prices rocket toward 2021 highs following Q2 auction, RGGI allowances stagnate before June sale
Humpback whales have been spotted 'bubble-net feeding' for the first time in Australia (and we have it on camera)
Euro Markets: EUAs slip towards €50 after technical breakout
WCI link “absolutely imperative” for Washington carbon market -senator
David Attenborough Netflix documentary: Australian scientists break down in tears over climate crisis
Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet shows the toll the demise of the Earth’s natural places is having on the people who study them
One of Australia’s leading coral reef scientists is seen breaking down in tears at the decline of the Great Barrier Reef during a new Sir David Attenborough documentary to be released globally on Friday evening.
Prof Terry Hughes is recounting three coral bleaching monitoring missions in 2016, 2017 and 2020 when he says: “It’s a job I hoped I would never have to do because it’s actually very confronting …” before tears cut him short.
Continue reading...New David Attenborough film looks at Australia's bushfires and the climate crisis – video trailer
Breaking Boundaries: the Science of our Planet is a new Netflix documentary from Sir David Attenborough that visits scientists working on melting ice, the degradation of the Amazon, and the loss of biodiversity, and looks at the 2019-2020 'summer from hell' black summer bushfires that destroyed large swathes of Kangaroo Island
Continue reading...RFP: Scoping Agroforestry Project Potential in the VCS Program
Climate tipping points could topple like dominoes, warn scientists
Analysis shows significant risk of cascading events even at 2C of heating, with severe long-term effects
Ice sheets and ocean currents at risk of climate tipping points can destabilise each other as the world heats up, leading to a domino effect with severe consequences for humanity, according to a risk analysis.
Tipping points occur when global heating pushes temperatures beyond a critical threshold, leading to accelerated and irreversible impacts. Some large ice sheets in Antarctica are thought to already have passed their tipping points, meaning large sea-level rises in coming centuries.
Continue reading...EU carbon border levy proposed as ‘notional’ ETS with transition phase -draft
North Atlantic whales shrinking due to fishing gear entanglements
A right whale born today is expected to reach a total length about a meter shorter than one born 40 years ago, study finds
Whales in the North Atlantic are shrinking in size, researchers have found, with entanglements in fishing gear blamed for the steady decline in the length of the animals over recent generations.
On average, a right whale born today is expected to reach a total length about a meter shorter than one born 40 years ago, according to the new study. This is an average decline in length of about 7% during this period.
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