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Consultation is now open on amendments to the Electricity Retail Code. Submissions on the consultation paper may be made until 6 November 2019.

A particular brand of climate denial among coastal property owners presents a conundrum for councils and governments trying to plan for sea-level rise. Vanessa Bowden, Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Newcastle Christopher Wright, Professor of Organisational Studies, University of Sydney Daniel Nyberg, Professor of Management, Newcastle Business School, University of Newcastle Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

RedEarth is proud to announce its SunRise Home Battery system has been approved by Australia’s CEC, making it the first Australian made and owned product to be featured on the CEC’s approved list of inverters in the all-in-one BESS category.

The post RedEarth Energy Storage earns Clean Energy Council approval for its Australian made and owned residential battery systems appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The buck for Snowy 2.0 stops with its two Shareholding Ministers, Angus Taylor and Mathias Cormann. It is time for these ministers to take the bull by the horns.

The post Snowy 2.0: Who will be held to account for this giant folly ? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Integrated System Plan is no more than a scenario guess-timator when it comes to fuel forecasting, but its insights into storage needs is interesting.

The post How much storage do we need for all this wind and solar? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Global PV giant shift Australia focus from residential to utility-scale and large C&I, with an integrated smart solar offering and a "very positive outlook" on the market.

The post Trina shifts focus to Australia’s big solar market, grid delays and all appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Vic minister says AEMC has a "tin ear" to need for energy reforms, and slams Federal Government's control over COAG as "backward".

The post D’Ambrosio slams AEMC and Taylor for slow progress on energy reforms appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A group of 41 large format retailers, including Harvey Norman, IKEA and Bunnings, look to renewables after getting approval for "bulk-buy" tender for electricity needs.

The post Harvey Norman, IKEA lead big retailing buyers group looking for renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Currently under construction, the 10 Star Home was designed to demonstrate the possibilities of sustainable residential design and construction in South Australia. As SA’s first 10 Star home, our hope is that we demonstrate and assess the following:
/ design and construction costs
/ predicted vs actual energy efficiency
/ thermal comfort performance
/ air tightness
/ home automation technologies to support energy efficiency
/ heat recovery ventilation

//Presenter Info

Samuel Jeyaseelan is the Studio Lead of SUHOstudio, the creators of the 10 Star Home project. Since joining the SUHOstudio team at the beginning of 2019, Sam’s role on the 10 Star Home project has been to aid in project delivery and complete the interior design. He has been working closely with the construction team on site to ensure that the atypical construction details required to achieve the 10 Star rating are both buildable and meet the strict requirements of the design.

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Canada’s ‘backstop’ output-based pricing system (OBPS) may not have an adequate supply of offsets available before next year’s inaugural compliance deadline, stemming from the slow rollout of federal and provincial protocols, a conference heard Tuesday.

New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has set a November deadline for regulated entities to submit documents to the US EPA linking their emissions to the Northeast ETS’ registry, a spokesperson told Carbon Pulse.

California regulator ARB plans to revise its life cycle analysis for its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) early next decade, while potentially offering post-2030 carbon reduction goals by the mid-2020s, a state official said Tuesday.

SEA Electric boss Tony Fairweather predicts that within five to 10 years, all delivery vans in Australia will be electric.

The post The Driven Podcast: Why all delivery vans are going electric appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Region’s expected increase in coal-fired power plants could turn out to be ‘more fizz than boom’ as construction rates fall markedly

The number of new coal-fired power plants starting construction across south-east Asia has fallen markedly over the past two years as Australia has increasingly looked to the region to expand its thermal coal exports.

Analysis by US-based climate research and advocacy group Global Energy Monitor found work on only 1.5 gigawatts of new coal generation – equivalent to one large Australian plant – began in the region in the six months to June, all of it in Indonesia.

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The latest version of the Cold Hard Facts report into the refrigeration and air conditioning industry is now available.

The latest version of the Cold Hard Facts report into the refrigeration and air conditioning industry is now available.

Victoria government would be better advised to encourage plastic industry to recycle waste rather than handing out more subsidies foraging for fossil fuels.

The post Does Victoria really need to find more fossil gas to use as plastics feedstock? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Science Minister Karen Andrews joins RN Breakfast to speak on NASA's plans to put a human on Mars, and ideas for Australia's struggling recycling industry.

Public hearings for a water markets inquiry kick off across the Murray-Darling Basin in two weeks amid allegations investors are hoarding water rights at the expense of farmers.