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South Korean carbon allowances on Friday fell below the 30,000-won mark for the first time since last September, as a bearish outlook and a steady stream of supply weigh on prices.

Utility EDF on Friday upped its French nuclear generation target for 2020 by 5-8%, projecting shorter planned outages at its fleet of 58 plants in the country through the rest of this year.

Australia's secretive defence operations headquarters, HQJOC, set to be solar powered with 1.9MW solar farm.

The post Australia’s secretive defence operations HQ to get 1.9MW solar farm appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Nicky Woo has won the Marilyn Stafford award 2020 with her project As the Water Comes, documenting rising sea levels in Saint-Louis

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Chancellor urged to prioritise plans to realign spending with cuts to carbon emissions

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The chancellor of the exchequer must lay out urgent plans to realign government spending with the target to cut carbon emissions to net zero, or risk missing the target and fuelling high carbon emissions for years to come, Labour has urged.

The warning comes as the Treasury prepares key policy announcements on the UK’s recovery from the coronavirus recession, which Rishi Sunak is expected to set out in his spending review next week.

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UPC says it has federal approval for Jim's Plain wind and solar hub in Tasmania, and is now seeking final approvals for Robbins Island wind project and transmission line.

The post UPC gets federal approval for $350 million wind and solar hub in Tasmania appeared first on RenewEconomy.

IEA warns cuts to clean tech research and development funding as Australia's Coalition government ponders future of Australian Renewable Energy Agency

The post Global energy body warns against rush to cut renewables and storage research funds appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Spain ceased operations at nearly half of its coal-fired power stations on June 30, shuttering seven out of its 15 plants totalling 4,630MW.

The post Spain closes half of all its coal-fired power stations in one fell swoop appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Deakin warmly welcomes the Australian Government’s announcement for the University to take stewardship of the Australian Research Council Industrial Transformation Research Hub in New Safe and Reliable Energy Storage and Conversion Technologies.

The post Deakin’s new Hub for world-leading energy storage and conversion appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Port of Newcastle (PON) is one of seven Hunter institutions that have united to advocate for and drive local adoption of the United Nations’ (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 

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Analysis shows publicly-listed fossil fuel companies ranked amongst the ASX worst performers for the last decade.

The post Burning money: Fossil fuel stocks worst performers on ASX over last decade appeared first on RenewEconomy.

One of Australia's biggest and most respected C&I solar contractors, Todae Solar, goes into voluntary administration.

The post Troubles in solar industry as leading commercial contractor calls in administrators appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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New Zealand's Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is looking for a manager for one of its domestic climate change teams. The position is based in Wellington City.

This is an exciting time to be working on International Climate Change policy! Would you like to join a team at the heart of the decision making in one of the Government's top priority areas? We are looking to recruit two Policy Advisers to join the International Energy and Climate Change branch of the Trade Policy Team within HM Treasury.

The Canadian environment ministry on Thursday released a shortlist of project types for development under the federal offset system, as it clarified several other aspects of its protocol work under the ‘backstop’ output-based pricing system (OBPS).

Some coal workers have the right skills and work in the right location to get a job in renewables. But many, such as semi-skilled machine operators, cannot. Chris Briggs, Research Principal, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney Elsa Dominish, Senior Research Consultant, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney Jay Rutovitz, Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Warming water temperatures lower water oxygen levels, putting embryos and pregnant fish at risk, researchers say

Sixty per cent of studied fish species will be unable to survive in their current ranges by 2100 if climate warming reaches a worst-case scenario of 4-5C (7.2-9F) above pre-industrial temperatures, researchers have found.

In a study of nearly 700 fresh and saltwater fish species, researchers examined how warming water temperatures lower water oxygen levels, putting embryos and pregnant fish at risk.

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US biofuel credit prices (RINs) unwound some of their recent gains on Thursday after a news outlet reported the EPA will indefinitely delay publication of next year’s biofuel volumes under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).

California Carbon Allowance (CCA) values stagnated below the WCI floor price on the secondary market this week, while RGGI allowances (RGA) rose to a 14-month high above the Emissions Containment Reserve (ECR) despite thin demand.