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Incumbent generators led by Snowy Hydro oppose a push by Tesla and other new technology providers to make demand response more widely available and open avenue for more "virtual power plants".

JinkoSolar Cheetah module is designed to meet the needs of the ultra-high performance market segments, such as the likes of China’s “Super Top Runner Program”.

To commemorate the start of construction of the 121 megawatt DC Yarranlea Solar Farm, Risen Energy conducted a Ground Breaking Ceremony with Mr Patrick Weir MP, LNP, Member for Condamine, and Paul Antonio. This ceremony reinforces the importance of the working relationship between the State, Council and Risen Energy in developing such a significant project within the region.

One patient had "no doubt" that the Sheffield-designed collar had improved his quality of life.

The Canadian federal government announced on Tuesday that it will purchase Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline system and expansion project, posing another potential obstacle to the country’s strategy to meet its Paris Agreement targets.

Yesterday, a whale-watching company spotted the 10-metre-long humpback entangled in fishing rope several kilometres off Sydney's coast.

The Quebec-based Inlandsis Fund has teamed up with offset project developers Camco International Group to support the management and growth of methane reduction projects in the California carbon market.

Energy Aspects have once again upped their EU carbon price forecasts in light of the unabating rally, while also reiterating their warning of an increasing risk of a market correction.

The position is for two years with possibility for extension. The Program Manager will work as a member in the NDF operations team and report to the Vice President in charge of operations.

The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) is looking for a talented individual to work to work closely with Thought Leadership (TL) team in the process of researching, compiling, and analyzing renewable energy and climate policy data, tools, guidelines, arranging documentations and perform the data collection, analysis, and reporting.

Due to our expanding portfolio of projects and clients, we are looking to recruit an additional consultant into our Climate Futures team. The successful candidate will take a key role in our UK work, providing technical expertise on the UK Climate Projections and the analysis of weather and climate data in the Water and Environment and Transport sectors.

Due to our expanding portfolio of projects and clients, we are looking to recruit a consultant into our Climate Futures team. The successful candidate will take a leading role in our internationally-focussed work, managing bids and working on international Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessments (CRVA) and adaptation strategies.

The International Specialists - National forest monitoring systems (NFMS) - will support the implementation of Green Climate Fund (GCF) readiness project “Preparatory support to the national designated authority (NDA) of Equatorial Guinea to engage with the GCF in early phases of REDD+”.

The Technical Specialist – Climate Change and Green Climate Fund programme support - will lead the Green Climate Fund (GCF) readiness project “Preparatory support for GCF engagement in Equatorial Guinea”

Participation levels in April’s German auctions were similar to March, with compliance players continuing to purchase the majority of the 17.44 million EU Allowances on offer.

Newly reintroduced chequered skippers are fluttering about Rockingham forest as other butterflies emerge in the sunlight

Butterfly lovers’ emotions tend to boom and bust like butterfly populations. Two weeks of sunshine in my part of the world and my heart’s lifted by plentiful orange tips, small whites and brimstones, while last summer’s peacocks gamely fly on. Alongside a decent abundance of common species there’s the exciting addition of 41 chequered skippers from the continent, now enjoying the warm glades of Rockingham forest, Northamptonshire.

The chequered skippers – males and females collected in Belgium – have been reintroduced as part of the Back from the Brink project, after the species became extinct in England following the hot summer of 1976. (A similar summer would be too dry for this species’ caterpillars, which need moisture to survive.)

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Global warming will be most noticeable where the weather doesn't normally vary much, such as the tropics. But these places are also home to many of the world's poorest and least culpable nations. Andrew King, Climate Extremes Research Fellow, University of Melbourne Luke Harrington, Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

EU carbon prices set a new seven-year high on Tuesday as bullish momentum continued despite the prospect of larger supply coming to market.

The Canadian territory of Nunavut stands to cut GHG emissions by up to 4.5% through the federal government’s ‘backstop’ carbon pricing scheme, according to a government study released last week.