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UPC and AC land debt finance for first 400MW of their massive solar and battery project in NSW, part of plans to replace capacity of Liddell coal generator.

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Cross-party committee says deprived groups contribute least but suffer most from dirty air

The government must set tough new air pollution targets to reduce the stark health inequalities suffered by disadvantaged communities, a cross-party committee of MPs has said.

Dirty air causes up to 64,000 early deaths a year in the UK, according to their report, and disproportionately harms those living in deprived areas and those from minority ethnic communities. The fact that these groups contribute the least to air pollution “increases the moral case for action”, said the MPs.

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Australia's Electrical Trades Union slams "brutal" text message sacking of 230 workers on a Queensland solar farm as laying bare the ugly side of the national solar industry.

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A major new report from the Productivity Commission calls for an overhaul of Australia’s 17-year-old policy on water. Quentin Grafton, Director of the Centre for Water Economics, Environment and Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Amazon to buy half the output of the 759MW Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm to help power the company’s operations across Europe.

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With periods of negative electricity demand expected as early as next year, AEMO seeks urgent rule changes to prevent settlement systems falling over.

The post AEMO prepares for negative NEM demand with request for new rules appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Redflow secures deal to install at least 56 zinc-bromine flow batteries at remote Optus mobile base stations as part of a government-backed bushfire resilience initiative.

The post Redflow lands deal to supply 50-plus zinc-bromine batteries to Optus appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Vestas unveils world’s new largest offshore wind turbine, a 15MW behemoth with a massive swept area in excess of 43,000m2.

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Tesla may sell an electric "Model 2" hatchback on the global market this year, but first must face regulatory battles in China.

The post Tesla to sell Model 2 to global market, could be ready this year appeared first on RenewEconomy.

AGL promises a rethink in strategy as demand for battery storage and EVs "takes off" and as the outlook for coal generation dims.

The post AGL promises urgent rethink as batteries, EV’s “take off” and coal profits sink appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Changing South Australian state legislation on lease periods for pastoral rangelands could help drive the generation of millions of carbon credits across the state every year, according to a report released Thursday.

Six million people aged over 65 in England are at high risk of lung damage, a new report says.

The West Australian Liberal climate plan has huge gap, but a surprising ambition to clean up the grid and reach 100 pct renewables by 2030. Is it just to save the furniture?

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Owners of Vales Point power station turn down $8.7 million grant, blaming the Morrison government for taking too long to approve funds for turbine upgrades.

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Illegally brought to Colombia by drug baron Pablo Escobar, the animals have become a major headache.

A new report from the IEA shows that solar is likely to be the star of India's future energy system, but plenty of tricky policy is needed.

The post Solar could overtake coal as India’s main energy supply within ten years: IEA appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The US should adopt a lower discount rate for its social cost of carbon (SCC) schedule and reincorporate global climate change damages into the calculation, experts said on Wednesday.

Carbon removal project developers are striking deals to help channel their offset sales and build scale as demand rockets even with sky-high prices.

California doled out more than 930,000 compliance offsets across nine projects over the past two weeks, with the majority of the new issuances going to projects that do not provide direct environmental benefits to the state (DEBs), according to data published by state regulator ARB on Wednesday.