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Ship owners announce plans for a $5bn fund to design zero-emissions vessels.

Getting to the roots of FMNR: Phillip meets the man who re-forested 6 million hectares of barren African land without planting a single tree.

Queensland wholesale solar business ordered to pay $1.3 million after being caught out “falsely declaring” low-cost Chinese PV mounting kits imported into Australia.

The post Queensland solar business caught “misclassifying” rooftop mounting kits appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Governments accused of ‘betrayal’ for setting quotas to miss sustainability targets

Europe’s fish populations will continue to be over-exploited despite a longstanding 2020 deadline for setting fishing quotas at sustainable levels, after ministers from across the EU forced through higher limits than scientists advised.

Key species such as cod in the west of Scotland and Irish Sea, some herring stocks, sole and plaice in the Celtic Sea, pollock in western waters, and ling and tusk in the north-east Atlantic, will all be under renewed and unsustainable pressure, according to campaigners. Quotas for some species were increased from last year, despite advice that they should be brought down.

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A 5MW/2MWh battery dispatched to Western Power's Kalbarri microgrid, to help deliver cheap reliable renewable power to the W.A. resort town.

The post Western Australia’s first big battery joins Kalbarri solar and wind microgrid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Rooftop solar takes the heat off vulnerable fossil fuels plants as temperatures hit record highs in Australia, and conservatives hope for power outages.

The post Rooftop solar takes the heat off ageing fossil fuel generators appeared first on RenewEconomy.

What to do with all our waste? From the personal, to the tonnes that we throw away every day?

PM should use his majority to push for investments, but he may lack the political bravery

The election is over, Boris Johnson has an 80-strong majority to wield, and many are now wondering what the prime minister will do with all this power over the next five years. So here’s an idea: let’s look at what he plans for everyday cycling.

Cycling? Yes, cycling. In political terms it’s not exactly Brexit or the NHS, and if you were to list the average voter’s national concerns it would probably struggle make the top 100. But I’d argue that for Johnson it is a bellwether issue, one that will point to whether he plans to use his majority boldly or complacently.

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PM told UK has ‘fallen short’ on its commitments to tackle greenhouse gases

Boris Johnson has been urged to follow in the footsteps of Margaret Thatcher by taking to the world stage to lead international action on the climate emergency – but to put the UK’s own emissions-cutting efforts back on track first.

The prime minister was told on Wednesday that the UK had so far “fallen short” on its commitments to tackle greenhouse gases, in a letter from the committee on climate change (CCC).

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Restrictions on four Victorian large-scale solar farms in mid-September have taken 150MW of solar capacity out of the system and is costing more than $1m lost revenue per day.

The post Victoria solar farm owners losing $1 million a day from grid constraints appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Strategic bidding software backed by Arnold Schwarzenegger switched on across five Queensland and Victoria solar farms.

The post Edify seeks to dodge duck curve at big solar projects with AI trading platform appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Zenith Energy says success of 5.5MW solar plant at remote WA mine site shows the technology can be deployed at mines without government support.

The post Solar powered mines now commercially viable without need for subsidies appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Disputes over the rules for the market chapter of the Paris Agreement may not be reconcilable and countries should consider pressing pause on the talks around this for a few years, New Zealand’s climate minister James Shaw said Wednesday.  

CEFC commits $50m in debt finance to help underwrite “a previously untapped” segment of the market, solar plants of 25MW or less.

The post CEFC backs little big solar farms in $50m commitment to Infradebt fund appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia spent two weeks derailing international climate talks for a "Kyoto surplus" that Angus Taylor says it now doesn't need. But how can this be true?

The post Taylor’s 2030 emissions target strategy: assume government projections are wrong appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia’s ambition at the Madrid climate talks was to seek accounting loopholes that deliberately and actively wrecked the key decisions necessary to implement the Paris Agreement.

The post Australia’s pursuit of climate loophole as fires raged at home was beyond belief appeared first on RenewEconomy.

AEMO’s head of system design and engineering Alex Wonhas joins our last podcast of 2019 to discuss Australia’s energy transition and the Integrated System Plan.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Australia’s energy future is renewable, and digital appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The comments from the UK's official climate come ahead of a global climate conference in Glasgow.

Climate groups say 10-year ICS plan not urgent enough to cut carbon from ‘dirty’ sector

Shipping companies would have to pay a small levy on every tonne of fuel they use under proposals aimed at developing zero-carbon vessels within 10 years, transforming the high-carbon global shipping business.

Ships running on hydrogen or ammonia as fuel are thought to be technically possible, but more research and development is needed to bring forward the development of prototypes.

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