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Australian researchers will accelerate the commericalisation of 'solar skins' - generating power from the surface of cars and buildings - after receiving research funding boost.

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Key solar wholesaler warns stockpiles of China solar modules could be exhausted within a month, meaning a bumpy ride for Australian installers.

The post Australia’s solar module supply could run out by mid-March, due to coronavirus appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Windlab and EPC contractors agree on four week "truce" on disputes over claims and counter-claims the troubled Kennedy Energy Park.

The post Windlab reaches “stand-still” agreement in bid to resolve Kennedy dispute appeared first on RenewEconomy.

AGL says renewable energy projects getting "choked" by connection issues, but batteries are at tipping point and making sense for time shifting wind and solar.

The post AGL says batteries at tipping point, but renewables “choked” by connection woes appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Q CELLS has been recognised as a leading solar brand in Australia for the fifth year in a row.

The post Q CELLS secures ‘Top Brand PV’ accolade for fifth year in a row in Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Byron Bay is now home to one of Australia's first all-electric VW Kombi vans, thanks to know-how of a German ex-aircraft engineer.

The post Classic VW Kombi gets electric overhaul in Byron Bay appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Christina Koch spent 328 days on the International Space Station and was part of the first all-female spacewalk.

Australian mining company Oz Minerals plans to power its proposed West Musgrave copper nickel mine in central Australia with up to 80 per cent renewables.

The post New $1 billion mine looks to solar, wind, batteries for 80% of power needs appeared first on RenewEconomy.

California Carbon Offset (CCO) prices have increased in recent weeks on a variety of factors, including the ARB’s recent invalidation of nearly 20,000 credits, market participants said.

Plans to build huge 800MW wind farm in central-western New South Wales to be put before local community in meeting with developers UPC/AC Renewables.

The post UPC eyes another huge wind farm development, this time for central west NSW appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Senate passes motion calling on the Morrison government to extend the life of Australian Renewable Energy Agency that faces funding cliff.

The post Senate backs Greens call for ARENA funding extension as money dries up appeared first on RenewEconomy.

California regulator ARB granted 314,200 new California Carbon Offsets (CCOs) this week, including nearly 19,000 credits from a livestock project involved in last month’s invalidation ruling, according to data published Wednesday.

Every person in the world is wasting about 500 calories of food a day, according to a new study.

Research shows abundance at sites in Europe has plunged by up to 80% in two decades

Two scientific studies of the number of insects splattered by cars have revealed a huge decline in abundance at European sites in two decades.

The research adds to growing evidence of what some scientists have called an “insect apocalypse”, which is threatening a collapse in the natural world that sustains humans and all life on Earth. A third study shows plummeting numbers of aquatic insects in streams.

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Nicola Sturgeon criticises PM as officials look at London back-up for Glasgow summit

The government has warned that staging the COP 26 climate summit must represent “value for taxpayers’ money”, amid friction with the Scottish government over the policing costs of holding the event in Glasgow.

It emerged on Wednesday that government officials have been scoping out the ExCeL Centre in London’s Docklands for the high-profile international summit, which the UK is due to host in November.

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Leather isn't just a by-product of the meat industry, and raises serious moral questions for anyone who cares about animal rights. Siobhan O'Sullivan, Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, UNSW Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Areas of Australia have burnt during the recent bushfire season that used to be too wet to burn. In this first episode of The Frontline, a new series that shows how everyday Australians are already experiencing the climate crisis, we go inside the new fire zone

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The IEA will gather ministers and energy industry leaders this summer with the aim of accelerating clean energy deployment this decade and building momentum ahead of the start of the Paris Agreement.

Acting Lib Dem leader Ed Davey calls for action as he lambasts ‘shambolic’ approach to talks

A cross-party committee of MPs, green campaigning groups, business leaders and climate experts is needed to advise the government on crunch UN climate talks later this year to put the UK’s hosting of the COP26 talks back on track, the Liberal Democrat acting leader, Sir Ed Davey, is expected to say.

His call, which will form part of a speech on climate delivered at Birkbeck College in London on Thursday, comes after the energy minister, Kwasi Kwarteng, told a meeting of ambassadors that the UK could not afford to allow the talks to fail because of the additional pressures of Brexit.

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