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Two EV owners in Tasmania pushing boundaries of off-grid living, powering not only their home in pristine southern Tasmania but also their EVs from the sun and their own seasonal creek.

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Tesla Model 3 wins Targa 130 category at famous Targa South West rally race, by "borrowing" power off another EV, and beating a Porsche 911.

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Chair of Morrison's handpicked Covid-19 advisory body confirms it wants taxpayer support directed to new gas infrastructure, while ignoring green opportunities.

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Tesla big battery at Hornsdale delivers a rapid 270MW flip - from charging at 120MW to discharging at 150MW - in latest testing for expanded facility.

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Thermal energy storage developer 1414 Degrees appoints an interim CEO, as company works towards its first pilot project.

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Plans to build a 100MW solar farm, with the option to add battery storage, submitted to the Regional Bundaberg Council.

The post Bundaberg council considers 100MW solar farm proposed for Isis River appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia's leading medical groups call on Scott Morrison to use stronger climate action to deliver a healthier recovery to Covid-19.

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January-June 2020 report to the Minister for the Environment.

January-June 2020 report to the Minister for the Environment.

Is Snowy 2.0 viable? AEMO's latest 20 year blueprint suggests the multi-billion dollar pumped hydro scheme will be used a lot less than claimed.

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British Columbia’s net emissions rose by 4% in 2018, with nearly all covered economic sectors seeing year-on-year upticks, government figures published last week showed.  

RBA increases GreenPower share of energy tender from 10% to 100% - just hours after its original low target was highlighted by RenewEconomy.

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The pending decision on the Narrabri Gas Project comes at a critical time for Australia's gas industry. Madeline Taylor, Lecturer, University of Sydney Susan M Park, Associate Professor of International Relations, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A German development agency has awarded four contracts worth a total €213,000 to buy "high quality" UN carbon credits to offset its emissions from 2017-18.

Huge stocks of greenhouse gases tied up in peatlands could be released as the world warms.

The next programme review for the Northeast US RGGI carbon market may not begin this year as the 10 member states deal with other priorities, while ETS officials said no public decisions have been made about the timeline.

The largest holder of California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) credits drastically cut back on its position as of Q1, outpacing the reduction in the transportation sector programme’s surplus bank, according to state data.

The EU has awarded €13.8 million to a project aimed at deploying two advanced carbon capture technologies at steelmaker ArcelorMittal’s Belgium facilities and burying emissions in the North Sea.

Enhanced photosynthesis holds promise of higher yields in a drought-afflicted future

Tobacco plants have been modified with a protein found in algae to improve their photosynthesis and increase growth, while using less water, in a new advance that could point the way to higher-yielding crops in a drought-afflicted future.

The technique focuses on photosynthesis, the complex process by which plants are able to use sunlight and carbon dioxide to produce nutrients that fuel their growth. Enhancing photosynthesis would produce huge benefits to agricultural productivity, but the complexities of the process have stymied many past attempts to harness it.

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