Around The Web

Gluttony and stupidity. The response from government and incumbents to the role of Tesla big battery has verged on distortion and stupidity. Here are a few facts, and graphs, to correct the record.

The post Deep dive into first year of Tesla big battery at Hornsdale appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Engie has signed a 50-year strategic alliance with Queensland’s Springfield City Group to make the city a net-zero energy city.

The post Engie signs deal to make Queensland’s Greater Springfield a net-zero city
 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Sonnen and Tiko combine to use household batteries to provide primary balancing power for German network, meaning consumers can perform the tasks of big conventional power plants.

The post Sonnen, Tiko virtual power plant allows consumers to displace conventional power plants appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Hyundai has made every effort to make its Ioniq electric vehicle range look normal or average. The driving experience is anything but.

The post Test Drive: Hyundai Ioniq and the “new normal” in electric cars appeared first on RenewEconomy.

In a space no longer than 500 metres, researchers say they recorded at least 195 different species of corals

A team of researchers says it has discovered the most diverse coral site ever recorded on the Great Barrier Reef.

Great Barrier Reef Legacy, a non-profit organisation that conducts research trips on the reef, and scientist Charlie Veron, known as the godfather of coral, have identified the site on the outer reef.

Continue reading...

After a lifelong love of Jaguars, RE got to test drive the newly released, fully electric i-Pace. And, well, wow. ...Is it better than a Tesla Model S?

The post Test drive: Jaguar I-Pace, electric heaven appeared first on RenewEconomy.

In this week’s podcast, we test drive the full electric Ioniq and chat with Hyundai’s head of future mobility.

The post The Driven Podcast: On the road with Hyundai’s full electric Ioniq appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A daily summary of our news plus bite-sized updates from around the world.

AEMO should publish an updated 100%-renewable energy plan. A lot has changed since it last tackled the issue, with little enthusiasm, in 2013.

The post Why AEMO needs to update its 100 per cent renewable energy study appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New report for Tasmania government appears more focused on slamming the brakes on distributed energy, rather than embracing the technology to help the grid.

The post Slamming the brakes on solar and batteries in Tasmania appeared first on RenewEconomy.

NSW is dependent on imports, its power stations are going to close, there is next to no transmission capacity to build more power and not much policy. Yet no one in the mainstream media gives a rats.

The post NSW is on cusp of energy crisis, yet no-one seems to care appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The administration plans to open protected lands for drilling and lift curbs on carbon emissions.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released proposed rules Thursday that would relax the standard for new and modified power plants, while also removing a requirement that coal-fired facilities use carbon capture technology.

There are memorials in Belgium and the US – but London chooses not to mark the deadliest of all

Early winter was the time for smog in the UK. Most of the deadly smogs in London and Glasgow happened during November and December, but these were not unique to the UK. In Liège in Belgium’s Meuse valley, you can find a small statue dedicated to those who died in a winter smog in 1930. Smoke was trapped in the valley for five days. Hundreds of people experienced breathing problems and about 60 died suffering from painful chests, coughing and breathlessness and, in some cases, foaming at the mouth and vomiting before heart failure.

In Donora, Pennsylvania, you can visit a museum dedicated to the 1948 smog that engulfed the steel town. It began on a Tuesday night and by Friday people were crowding into medical centres and hospitals, and firefighters were using breathing apparatus to treat people with oxygen. Sixteen people died and more than 600 were left ill in a town of 14,000.

Continue reading...

RGGI allowance (RGA) prices declined by double-digits ahead of the final 2018 auction and amid increased activity, while California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices dipped as entities looked to shift positions across the curve.

A Dutch initiative to help consumers and companies curb the EU ETS surplus and push up emission costs is branching out across Europe aiming to pressure lawmakers for more ambitious market reforms.

EPA says change to require efficiency efforts instead of carbon capture will encourage ‘clean coal’ in the US and worldwide

The Trump administration is rolling back a climate change regulation that restricted new coal plants.

The change is mostly symbolic – but nevertheless sends a strong signal. Companies in the US are not building plants that burn coal because burning natural gas is cheaper and creates less pollution. Renewable power has also eaten into coal’s market share.

Continue reading...

Up to 96% of all marine species and more than two-thirds of terrestrial species perished 252m years ago

Rapid global warming caused the largest extinction event in the Earth’s history, which wiped out the vast majority of marine and terrestrial animals on the planet, scientists have found.

Related: Save millions of lives by tackling climate change, says WHO

Continue reading...

Beginning on Saturday, West Australia's short, intense abalone season will be open for a total of four hours. John Charles Ryan, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of New England Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

“RIA lives!” said Peruvian indigenous leader Fermín Chimatani Tayori, referring to a private-public partnership called “Amazon Indigenous REDD+”, an eight-year effort to develop protocols and projects that use carbon finance to support indigenous development plans called “Life Plans” (Planes de Vida).