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Australian start-up proposes software and apps to link electric vehicle users with charging infrastructure.

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London show brings together powerful and moving images from the world’s top wildlife photographers to raise awareness of the plight of these critically endangered cats

• The exhibition runs on select days at the Royal Albert Hall until 14 Oct.

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Choice of electric vehicles in Australia is finally set to grow this year with a raft of new models promising longer range, low running costs and at long last some priced around the $50,000 mark.

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Bus will clean up air pollution as it drives around the city, using a filtration system on the roof

One of the UK’s largest bus and rail operators has launched the country’s first air filtering bus in an effort to tackle air pollution.

The Go-Ahead Group unveiled the Bluestar bus in Southampton on Thursday claiming that the new filtration system attached to the top of the vehicle will clean the air as it moves around the city.

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Government may let farmers give antibiotics to healthy animals despite fears it could lead to resistance

UK farmers could be allowed to use powerful antibiotics in ways soon to be banned by the European Union, after the government was accused of using Brexit to avoid implementing tougher rules on animal health.

New rules aimed at curbing overuse of the drugs are being brought in by the European commission, but they will not come into effect before the Brexit cut-off date in March. The Guardian understands that government animal health experts have been advising vets and farmers they will therefore not have to implement the change.

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Key UN report says limiting temperature rise would require enormous, immediate transformation in human activity

The world’s governments are “nowhere near on track” to meet their commitment to avoid global warming of more than 1.5C above the pre-industrial period, according to an author of a key UN report that will outline the dangers of breaching this limit.

A massive, immediate transformation in the way the world’s population generates energy, uses transportation and grows food will be required to limit the global temperature rise to 1.5C and the forthcoming analysis is set to lay bare how remote this possibility is.

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SP Group has chosen ABB’s charging stations to drive Singapore’s sustainable mobility revolution.

The post ABB to power e-mobility in Singapore appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Tesla big battery has defied critics and skeptics at every level. It turns out to be the best deal the South Australia government has ever made.

The post Tesla big battery defies skeptics, sends industry bananas over performance appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Queensland releases new guidelines for solar developers as another 16 large scale projects queue for connection to the grid.

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Sungrow announced today that it is poised for further growth and expansion in Australia with the appointment of BayWa r.e.Solar Systems as its new distribution partner.

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Perovskite solar technology leader and the University of Oxford awarded UK Government funding for five year research project.

The post Oxford PV and Oxford University partnership to develop an all-perovskite solar cell appeared first on RenewEconomy.

is about to start the final tests at Noor Ouarzazate III, after completing, last August, the first synchronization of the 150 MW Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant to the Moroccan grid.

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Solar Analytics & Enphase have today announced that they have partnered to implement a global trial for an enhanced solar monitoring and home energy management service for homes and businesses.

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Five reasons why AEMO's Intergrated System Plan will unlock the future of energy storage.

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Vestas tunveils first commercially available double-digit wind turbine, the V164-10.0 MW.

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The clean energy industry is calling on all political parties to adopt policies that will provide certainty for continued investment in clean energy and put more power back in the hands of Victorians ahead of the upcoming state election.

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Some councils have rejected large scale and rooftop solar installations. Plus: A preview of the All-Energy conference.

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The profile of Arctic shrubs and grasses is changing as temperatures rise in the far north.

An estimated 100 people have died in floods. Why does it keep happening?

Businesses in India may have found a way to turn plastic rubbish into a golden business opportunity.