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AEMC signs off on rules to prevent wind and solar plants deliberately cutting output
AEMC signs off on new rules to prevent wind and solar projects deliberately turning down their output to avoid low or negative electricity prices.
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Social licence emerges as critical issue for renewable energy zones, NSW says
The NSW government could wield new powers to block projects that lose community support, to preserve confidence in the state's Renewable Energy Zones.
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AGL leads renewable power play in agreed $2.75 billion bid for Tilt
AGL-backed Powering Australian Renewables fund leads $2.75 billion agreed bid for Tilt as the country's biggest coal generator seeks to accelerate its shift to renewables.
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Woodside, Trafigura announce first carbon neutral condensate shipment
Texas beekeeper viral videos saving bee hives
Director of Technical Services, EP Carbon – Berkeley/Minneapolis/Remote
Technical Manager, EP Carbon – Berkeley/Minneapolis/Remote
Mitigation and Carbon Pricing Consultant, UNDP – Remote Working
Head of Climate Change, UK Export Finance – London
Photos from Australia: Capturing 'flash rips' and 'the edge of the world'
UK developer eyes Gladstone for big solar, hydrogen, and storage project
London-based developer plans to leverage its proposed Raglan solar project near Gladstone to add a big hydrogen electrolyser and battery storage facility.
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PREVIEW: NZ ETS participants brace for higher prices as auctions begin
These underwater photos show Norfolk Island reef life still thrives, from vibrant blue flatworms to soft pink corals
Threatened Australian shark and skates at 'extreme risk' of being wiped out
Urgent protections sought as report finds some species, which get caught in trawl nets, may never recover
At least four species of shark and skates unique to Australia are at an extreme risk of extinction unless urgent protections are put in place, according to a new report from conservationists.
All four species – the whitefin swellshark, Sydney skate, grey skate and greeneye spurdog – spend their lives on the ocean floor but get caught in trawl nets.
Continue reading...How to convince households to offer battery storage to boost the grid
Sydney start-up UPowr to apply behavioural science techniques in study into how to boost participation in solar and storage orchestration initiatives.
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South Australia prepares to welcome 1,200 South Pacific fruit pickers
Government had little success getting local unemployed to fill critical shortages as citrus season looms
About 1,200 South Pacific fruit pickers are expected to arrive in South Australia to help fill critical shortages of seasonal agriculture workers.
The SA government’s attempts to encourage unemployed locals to take up fruit picking jobs failed to attract enough workers.
Continue reading...Australia ranked worst in world on Covid recovery spending on green options
A global program tracking green spending by countries puts Australia at the bottom of the pile for its tiny share of clean stimulus.
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Electricity will beat hydrogen in the household price war
European homes need heat. And the cheapest, lowest emissions way to get there is to use heat pumps powered by renewable electricity.
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'It looks like snow': how Australia plans to fix the 'horrifying' blight of expanded polystyrene
A study by the Yarra Riverkeeper Association found about half the litter in the river was expanded polystyrene
On a two-kilometre stretch of the Yarra River east of Melbourne’s CBD a few years ago, volunteers were gathering rubbish from the banks and reeds.
Among all the discarded bottles and bits of plastic sucked up with an oversized vacuum were an estimated 5 million pieces of expanded polystyrene – some in the form of tiny white balls, others in chunks at various stages of disintegration.
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