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US biofuel credit (RIN) prices surged by 10% on Thursday morning as the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) market took a favourable view of Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s prospect of winning the presidential election.

Spanish power producer Iberdrola unveiled plans on Thursday to invest €75 billion in its renewable energy, grids and retail business by 2025, while rival Endesa reported a massive drop off in coal use.

Mutations in mink herds and wildlife such as weasels, badgers, ferrets may pose risk to human health and vaccine development

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A Danish vaccine specialist has warned that a new wave of coronavirus could be started by the Covid-19 mink variant.

“The worst-case scenario is that we would start off a new pandemic in Denmark. There’s a risk that this mutated virus is so different from the others that we’d have to put new things in a vaccine and therefore [the mutation] would slam us all in the whole world back to the start,” said Prof Kåre Mølbak, vaccine expert and director of infectious diseases at Denmark’s State Serum Institute (SSI).

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The Guangdong provincial government has approved a pilot project to award carbon credits to companies, groups, and individuals that sell or donate used clothing, the first jurisdiction in the world to do so.

Hungarian carrier Wizz Air expects its passenger capacity to decline in Q4 due to a surge in coronavirus cases and new lockdown measures, undoing a Q3 recovery that saw its capacity reach 80%.

Plan includes home insulation and replacing gas boilers to ensure country reaches its climate targets

A decade-long rollout of home insulation and heat pumps to replace gas boilers is urgently needed to enable the UK to meet its climate obligations and recover from the Covid-19 recession, campaigners say.

A government scheme to insulate homes, requiring households to apply for green grants, began in September and is due to finish next March. That will leave tens of millions of homes still leaking energy and relying on fossil fuel heating, which must be phased out for the UK to meet its net zero carbon goal.

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The Prints for Nature sale features some of the world’s finest photographers working to protect people, wildlife and the environment. This is a chance to collect inspiring images while supporting conservation work.

One hundred per cent of net proceeds will support core Conservation International initiatives

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Queensland’s largest electricity generator is looking for a general manager for energy and carbon markets.

A republican controlled senate will not be a barrier to a likely Biden presidency undertaking a massive shake-up of American and international climate action.

The post Biden inches towards presidency and overhaul of global climate action appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Powerlink announces “strategic partnership” with Bureau of Meteorology to better inform planning and decision-making on its increasingly renewable grid.

The post Queensland utility teams with BoM to boost solar and wind forecasting appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Tesla boss Elon Musk divulges how close Tesla came to bankruptcy during the "extreme stress" of the company's Model 3 ramp up.

The post Elon Musk: Tesla almost went bankrupt during Model 3 ramp appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The head of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, Ian Learmonth, expects a “raft” of battery storage deals, but says role of CEFC in new gas generation is “debatable”.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: CEFC sees “raft” of battery deals, but gas “debatable” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

No new gas is needed for electricity generation under any of AEMO's ISP scenarios, and wind and solar power is assumed to provide more than 100 per cent power.

The post Why AEMO’s ISP assumes over 100 pct wind and solar power, and virtually no gas appeared first on RenewEconomy.

CEFC hit by nearly $60 million in impairment provisions from its big solar portfolio as a result of the connection delays and congestion issues on the grid.

The post CEFC takes big hit from delays and grid problems with solar farms appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Big solar, big batteries and gas: Transcript of the interview with CEFC CEO Ian Learmonth on Reneweconomy's Energy Insiders podcast.

The post Transcript: CEFC boss Ian Learmonth interview with Energy Insiders podcast appeared first on RenewEconomy.

France-based Akuo energy puts 132MW Granite Hills wind farm on ice due to "extreme financial pressures” wrought by the Coronavirus pandemic.

The post French company shelves NSW wind project, citing Covid uncertainty appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Massive $250m green hydrogen plant destined for Whyalla gets South Australian government backing, targeting growing Asian market for ammonia exports.

The post South Australia backs $250m green hydrogen project to kick start export appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Counting the birds as four species will help conservation efforts, and threats from climate change.

A coalition of environmentalists want a scheme offering home insulation grants extended to 2030.