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Lyon Group and big Japanese partner say they will begin construction in early 2019 of solar and battery storage project that will act as the country's first "solar peaking plant".

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It’s been a huge year for solar in Australia in 2018. In the final podcast of the year, we review the highs and lows, the best and the worst, and take a peak at next year.

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Horizon Power is pleased to announce the appointment of Stephanie Unwin as its new Chief Executive Officer, commencing 18 March 2019.

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A car made from waste plastic has been forced to abort its mission to the South Pole because of bad weather.

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Construction of world's first on grid wind-solar-battery facility in north Queensland now complete, with connection to follow in new year.

The post Construction complete at Kennedy, world’s first wind-solar-battery park appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A university in Finland has invented a process to turn waste wood into material for clothing.

Sabella, a pioneering tidal and ocean stream turbine developer, has partnered with QOS Energy to improve the performance monitoring of its ground-breaking Ushant tidal energy project.

The post France’s first tidal energy plant gets smarter with QOS Energy’s data intelligence platform appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Washington DC's city council endorsed a bill on Tuesday that will see the US capital achieve a 100% Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) by 2032, though amendments proposed by a utility generated pushback from environmental groups.

AEMO names former CSIRO energy chief to head new technical division plotting path to a clean energy transition.

The post AEMO sets up new technical division to help navigate clean energy transition appeared first on RenewEconomy.

ANU-led research team says it has found a simple set of ingredients to make a tandem solar cell that could boost PV efficiency "well beyond" what is possible with silicon by itself.

The post ANU-led research claims big breakthrough in next generation solar cell technology appeared first on RenewEconomy.

California and Quebec emitters surrendered roughly 53 mln offsets this year, increasing credit usage during the cap-and-trade programme's 2015-2017 period as California data also showed a bankrupt power utility failed to comply on time.

Industrial allocation for California facilities under the cap-and-trade programme increased by less than 1% for 2019, but the number of those permits eligible for past compliance obligations rose considerably, according to data published Tuesday.

Nine US states and Washington DC will begin work to develop a cap-and-trade programme for the transportation sector and will aim to complete the design process before the end of 2019, officials announced Tuesday.

EU carbon prices took a breather on Tuesday following the 20% rally over the previous four sessions, but managed to pare most of the day’s losses and held above €24.

High levels of metals have been found in green turtles and their habitats near Townsville. Scientists say these threats have flown under the radar until now.

Australia has more than 500 national parks covering 28 million hectares - almost 4% of the country.

Protecting and maintaining these treasures falls to our park rangers, who undertake a multi-faceted role that includes protecting biodiversity, managing visitors and maintaining facilities and paths.

Guardian Australia heads to Victoria’s Grampians national park to follow ranger Connor Smith around for a day where we learn there’s more to being a park ranger than you might think

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In a pre-emptive move ahead of a potential ‘no-deal’ Brexit, the European Commission will temporarily suspend the allocation and auctioning of EU Allowances by the UK, as well as the exchange of international credits by the country’s emitters in the bloc’s registry.

In the cold southern oceans, underwater mountains support deep-sea reefs. Nic Bax, Director, NERP Marine Biodiversity Hub, CSIRO Alan Williams, Researcher, CSIRO Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Virginia will propose cap-and-trade legislation to raise revenue from auctions as the state aims to join the RGGI programme by 2020, a state official told Carbon Pulse.