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An Australian company has secured a 30-year lease agreement in New Zealand where it intends to build a NZ$300 mln ($180 mln) plant producing wood pellets that when burned emits 95% less carbon than coal.

TS Conductor CEO Jason Huang on reducing line losses for renewables and storage. Plus: All the news of the week.

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A lack of human activity in the Southern Ocean is just one reason why the air is so clean. Clouds and rain play a vital role in scrubbing the atmosphere, removing natural airborne particles too. Tahereh Alinejadtabrizi, PhD student, Monash University Steven Siems, Professor in Cloud Microphysics, Monash University Yi Huang, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

New study finds annual variations in wind power production, globally, falls within a very small range of plus or minus 3 per cent.

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The largest offshore wind project in the world has been given environmental approval off the coast of Sweden.

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We thank China for dramatically driving down the price of solar panels. Australia missed that trillion-dollar opportunity and now it’s time to get back in the game.

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Generic and human-induced regeneration (HIR) Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) spot prices have converged in recent days, in part due to integrity concerns stemming from last week’s Nature study as well as the shift to a compliance market, according to traders and analysts.

You might be wondering: what is a ‘Black Nor'easter’, what’s causing all this rain and does it have anything to do with climate change? Here’s what you need to know. Kimberley Reid, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Atmospheric Sciences, Monash University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Nuclear power in Australia would be too slow, too expensive, and unable to supply a 21st century power grid that will have moved to flexible power sources.

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Presenters at a meeting hosted by California’s Environmental Justice Advisory Committee (EJAC) on Thursday raised concerns about risks of CO2 capture and storage (CCS) measures, and also recommended alternative revenue distribution options for the cap-and-trade scheme to lower cost burdens on consumers.

A panel of experts agreed on the need for increased federal regulation of the relatively young voluntary carbon market (VCM), but expressed different views on how and to what extent US authorities should tackle the VCM, in a webinar Thursday.

A network of green groups has filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Energy (DOE) claiming that the agency’s decision to fund the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant extension in California was based on a faulty environmental review.

Danish energy giant boosts its solar and battery storage portfolio in Australia, while its massive green hydrogen project runs into local opposition.

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Gold Standard, ACR, and Climate Action Reserve (CAR) have been given the green light by the governing board of the Integrity Council for Voluntary Carbon Markets (ICVCM) for their crediting programmes to be considered for the Core Carbon Principles (CCP) label, while Verra, ART TREES, Social Carbon, and Isometric will be assessed by May at the latest.

California Carbon Allowances (CCA) saw a modest gain over the Mar. 28-Apr.3 period, as market participants await forthcoming developments on cap-and-trade rulemaking from regulator ARB, while Washington Carbon Allowances (WCA) continued to rally on small volumes.

Experts at the UNFCCC have completed technical checks on Brazil’s higher submission of avoided emissions from forestry protection, recommending several improvements in the accuracy of REDD+ reporting, including mapping tree cover every two years.

National energy performance strategy focuses on consumer demand and working "hand-in-hand" with rooftop PV, batteries and EVs.

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California regulator ARB recommended excluding supply chain emissions from the corporate climate disclosure law as it was being negotiated last year, recently acquired draft amendments showed.

RGGI allowance (RGA) values fell almost 10% this week in the secondary market, with most of the decline occurring after Tuesday’s release of permit distribution figures for 2024, traders reported, unseating prices from record heights reached last week at the end of the first quarter.

The energy transition could be scuppered by community scepticism. Communities have to see the benefits. Simon Wright, Senior Research Fellow, Energy & Circularity, Gulbali Institute, Charles Sturt University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.