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New plan to encourage NSW drivers to adopt electric vehicles to be released soon by the NSW Liberal government, while federal Coalition ignores EVs in new auto industry report.

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Solar monitoring company Solar Analytics has found that rooftop PV systems in Sydney and Canberra saw PV output plummet by 15 – 45% on heavy smoke haze days.

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Just four days into the New Year, the City of Newcastle reaped the benefits from the resilience created by its 100 per cent renewable energy plan.

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AEMO convenes meeting with wind and solar project developers frustrated by constraints and connection delays in western Victoria and NSW.

The post AEMO to meet wind and solar industry over NSW, Victoria grid blockages appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Rain falls across drought and fire-ravaged parts of Australia, drenching cities and giving firefighters a chance to get fires under control

• Drought-stricken NSW and Victoria celebrate the rain

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Microsoft pledges to go 'carbon negative', investing $1 billion to research tech to remove company's historical greenhouse gas emissions from atmosphere.

The post Microsoft pledges to go ‘climate negative’, and remove 45-years of company emissions appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The first half of summer suggests that the Victorian grid is already much more resilient that most commentators claim or foresaw.

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Investment in large scale renewables in Australia slumped 60% in 2019 as Coalition turned a blind eye to needs of the clean energy transition.

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UK panel will tackle some of the dilemmas around global warming.

ACT Government to end mandatory roll-out of gas infrastructure to new houses, as households begin dramatic shift away from the fossil fuel.

The post Canberra households reject gas as ACT moves to end mandatory connections appeared first on RenewEconomy.

As more cities declare climate emergencies, we look at how Glasgow aims to cancel out its carbon footprint.

The Government is seeking feedback on proposed changes to the Emissions Reduction Fund legislative rules. Closes 5pm 28 February 2020.

The Government is seeking feedback on proposed changes to the Emissions Reduction Fund legislative rules. Closes 5pm 28 February 2020.

From population to plants, your questions answered about climate change.

How much more efficiency can be wrung out of the jet engine - technology which is over 70 years old?

Conservationists mapped the most critical areas of Scotland for endangered birds like the kittiwake.

Commitments to phase out deforestation by 2020 are out of reach for many, reports find

Some of the world’s biggest brands are failing in their commitments to banish deforestation from their supply chains through their use of palm oil, despite making public claims to environmental sustainability, according to two reports.

Scores of the world’s biggest consumer brands have agreed to phase out deforestation through the use of sustainable palm oil by 2020, but this goal looks far out of reach for many, according to separate reports from the campaigning groups WWF and Rainforest Action Network.

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Remote coastal community of Denham may become host to one of Australia's first hydrogen storage projects, as Horizon Power its overhauls electricity system.

The post Horizon Power looks to renewable hydrogen to power remote WA town of Denham appeared first on RenewEconomy.

California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) prices flirted with all-time highs this week, while data showed British Columbia’s credit deficit for its own clean fuels programme rose in 2018.