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Australian Energy Market Commission makes final rule for AEMO to establish register of distributed energy resources in the NEM, including small-scale battery storage systems and rooftop solar.

The post Home battery register in the works, as regulator gives AEMO the nod appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Smart meters are being rolled out across Australia, offering the opportunity to share data with third parties who promise to help you find a cheaper deal. But this requires strong consumer protection. Sangeetha Chandrashekeran, Director, Centre for Resources, Energy and Environmental Law, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne Anne Kallies, Lecturer, RMIT University Lee Godden, Director, Centre for Resources, Energy and Environmental Law, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne Svenja Keele, Lecturer and Researcher in Environmental Geography, University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

An interview with Sonnen CEO Christoph Ostermann, plus a look at why the states are taking the lead on battery storage, AGL’s withdrawal from residential solar, and much more.

The post Solar Insiders Podcast: Sonnen CEO on why Australia is leading market for battery storage appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Lendlease subsidiary to build $170m, 200MW solar farm in Fort Bend County Texas, to supply PV generation to Houston utility CentrePoint Energy.

The post LendLease ups renewables game with 200MW solar project in Texas appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Solactive is pleased to announce that ETF Securities Australia has launched the ETFS Battery Tech & Lithium ETF that tracks the Solactive Battery Value-Chain Index.

The post ETFS Battery Tech & Lithium ETF now live, linking the Solactive Battery Value-Chain Index appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Virginia will join a group of northeast states working to create a market-based mechanism to regulate transportation emissions, and will seek to limit methane emissions leaks from the oil and gas sector, Governor Ralph Northam announced Wednesday.

www.thedriven.io A new study from the Climate Council has highlighted the surge in transport emissions in Australia, taking the country further away from its weak emissions targets and underlying the case for a switch to electric vehicles, and more renewable energy to charge them. The report from the Climate Council, to be released on Thursday,...

The post Transport emissions are soaring – it’s time to shift to electric vehicles appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The European Commission is seeking views for amending a regulation to enable German EUA auctions to resume promptly early next year and to start selling withheld allowances in 2019 to raise cash for the bloc’s Innovation Fund to launch in 2020.

Average prices in both the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) and Oregon Clean Fuels Program (OCFP) ascended to new heights in August, as state regulators are set to vote on regulatory amendments in the coming weeks and months.

The Ontario government could revive some sort of carbon reduction scheme if challenged by the large emitters that previously participated in the province's now-scrapped cap-and-trade programme, former Environmental Minister Glen Murray said Tuesday.

California state regulator ARB dished out nearly 830,000 California Carbon Offsets (CCOs) this week, with two mine methane capture (MMC) projects accounting for more than 70% of the total.

Etched with an "ochre crayon", the 73,000 year old drawing looks a little like a modern-day hashtag.

Brisbane-based Tritium receives US funding to help make its ultra-fast electric vehicle charger smaller, more efficient and cheaper to buy.

The post Tritium wins US backing to make ultra fast EV chargers smaller and cheaper appeared first on RenewEconomy.

'Energy security' isn't just about cheaper bills. We urgently need to design a modern, safe Australian grid. Samantha Hepburn, Director of the Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Law, Deakin Law School, Deakin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

US states, cities and businesses forge ahead with strategies to cut carbon emissions to 24% below 2005 levels by 2025 despite Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris accord

America’s governors, mayors and CEOs are forging ahead with climate change initiatives despite the Trump administration’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement and commitment to reviving the coal industry. But a report published today sets out a roadmap that could quicken that pace and cut carbon emissions to 24% below 2005 levels by 2025 in the absence of federal leadership.

Related: Climate change activists defy Trump’s inaction with their own summit

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EUAs fell by more than a euro for the second straight day on Wednesday, slipping further from this week’s 10-year high in jumpy trade as falling gas and power prices dragged down the energy complex.

Exclusive: inaction on pollution standards leads to 63% rise in transport-related carbon emissions since 1990, report finds

Australia is lagging behind other developed nations in the race to curb greenhouse gas emissions from transport, according to a new report.

The report from the Climate Council, due to be released on Thursday, finds that Australia’s transport-related emissions have continued to rise because of policy inaction.

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Artificial muscles could assist mobility as people age.

A new study finds that warming in the Atlantic Ocean is changing rain patterns in the Amazon

Global warming means truly global warming. The atmosphere, the oceans, and the ground are all warming. As a result, ice is melting, seas are rising, storms are getting more severe, and droughts are getting worse. But these things are not happening in isolation. The tricky thing about the climate is that things are connected all across the globe. And those connections are revealing changes that may not be obvious at first glance.

One such change was exposed in a recent paper published in the journal Environmental Research Letters by a team of top scientists from China and Brazil, an instructive video is available here. The scientists focused their study on the Amazon rainforest. There, the year is broken into “wet” and “dry” seasons. The researchers wanted to know how rainfall has changed during the wet seasons over the past few decades.

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