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Genex starts early works on the 250MW pumped hydro component of its Kidston Renewable Energy Hub, to keep up momentum as it awaits financial close.

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The UK and US governments have announced a £25m upgrade to the machines that detected gravitational waves.

Wireless EV charging company Witricity has bought 1,500 patents and applications from Qualcomm to 'transform the automotive experience'.

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UK will be first right-hand drive market to get Model 3 configurator, which means that Australia will not be far behind.

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The Canadian federal government may impose its CO2 pricing scheme on recalcitrant provinces because the country's GHG emissions are not only a matter of national concern, but Canada is well off track towards meeting its targets under international treaties, Ottawa and its supporters argued in the second and final day of a court hearing on Thursday.

Vestas takes market share of 22%, leading a group of four manufacturers which together account for 57% of all wind turbines commissioned in 2018.

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Local engineering consultancy Energy3 delivers ZX Lidars to wind farm developer for wind resource campaigns.

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Brett Redman, the head of AGL and operator of Australia’s biggest coal generation fleet says Australia is in the midst of a “massive” energy transition, and explains how he hopes to navigate his way through.

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RGGI should push New Jersey regulators to adopt a more stringent 2020 cap to prevent the state from watering down the effectiveness of the northeast US carbon market, according to public comments.

AGL, the biggest coal generator in the country, has put in a proposal for a mega-battery into the Coalition's tender for 24/7 dispatchable power.

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Drinking recycled water has always been on the nose. With our drying climate it might be time to change our attitude.

The owners of the Vales Point power station, which produces 6.9m tonnes of emissions annually, want to extend operations by 20 years

The emissions reduction fund, which is at the heart of the Morrison government’s climate change policy, could be used to help pay for an upgrade at a 40-year-old coal-fired power plant after its owners successfully applied to register under the scheme.

In a step that underscores the political divide over emissions policy, Vales Point power station in New South Wales was registered in August for a proposal to improve some of its turbines. It is the first stage in it being allowed to bid against land owners and other businesses for climate funding.

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A London-based senior power trader has left the trading arm of French utility EDF to join US investment bank Citi, Carbon Pulse has learned.

European carbon prices continued their downward march on Thursday, falling by 6% to hit a new two-month low and officially enter bear market territory.

Anglian Water admits ammonia discharge from a recycling unit killed big bream in the River Cam.

Deliveries ‘almost always’ use more energy than buying ingredients from supermarket

Home delivery meal kits can slash food waste by more than two-thirds, but suppliers need to switch to reusable packaging to make them environmentally friendly, researchers say.

Tailor-made meal kits save waste by providing people with precise amounts of fresh ingredients for chosen recipes, meaning leftovers are minimised and less food goes off before people have a chance to use it.

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For as little as $4 a day Indian workers process dangerous, toxic waste by hand. This unregulated, highly polluting industry is hidden away from police eyes. Miles Park, Senior Lecturer, Industrial Design, UNSW Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The EU’s highest court ruled that Brussels wrongly included emissions captured from a Belgium chemical firm's German unit under the scope of the EU ETS, a move that could slightly curb the company’s carbon costs.

RGGI prices fell by almost 20 cents this week as traders took a more bearish near-term view, while California CCA prices continued to stagnate ahead of the WCI market's February auction.

The abandoned Chernobyl exclusion zone could be about to change for the first time since the world's worst nuclear disaster.