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After a long period of rigorous and comprehensive compatibility tests with the Tigo products, GoodWe finally is starting to take orders this month for its new single and three phase inverters with smart solution for module-level monitoring, rapid shutdown and optimization integrated.

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A 150-million-year-old, sharp-toothed fossil is believed to be the world's oldest piranha-like specimen.

The second wave of big batteries – two in Victoria and one in South Australia – are going through the commissioning phase, and should be ready to join the main grid in time for the coming summer.

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When the lights are on and the cameras are rolling, most government Ministers know that they must at least pretend to believe in and care about the impacts of climate change.

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Big energy CEOs believe there is still reason to be optimistic. It just wasn’t clear whether they were addressing their shareholders or their executives. Certainly not their customers.

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What is the cost, or value, of power outages? It may come down to whether you like cooking or not. The energy regulator is trying to find out. Seriously.

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PRESS RELEASE A leading global provider of independent energy monitoring systems has opened an office in Australia to support the development of the nation’s growing large-scale solar market.  Founded in Germany in the 1970s, meteocontrol delivers cutting-edge monitoring equipment to maximise the efficiency and functionality of commercial and large-scale solar projects. It currently monitors around...

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Delays on climate action to reduce emissions means that we may have to consider technologies that strip carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But that will come at a cost. Paul Behrens, Assistant Professor of Energy and Environmental Change, Leiden University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

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European carbon finished higher on Thursday, climbing back towards €20 as buyers once again emerged as prices neared the €18 mark.

Twin brothers have been showing off the biggest pumpkin ever to have been grown indoors in the UK.

Continued GHG reductions in the electricity sector contributed to total US emissions dropping by 2.6% in 2017, while states exploring carbon pricing options saw a similar trend last year, according to EPA data released on Wednesday.

RGGI allowances prolonged a two-year high on the secondary market as speculators continued to add support, while California units saw minor gains ahead of the upcoming compliance deadline and auction.

A Michigan state representative introduced a bill Wednesday to expand the state’s Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) to 100% by 2050, just months after major utilities and environmental campaigners agreed to a short-term clean energy compromise.

Switzerland will next year start buying its first international credits to help meet its emission goal under the Paris Agreement, in what will be one of the first emission trades under the pact, a conference heard on Thursday.

Oregon zoo posted images taken during routine health checks.

Bears in Asia are trapped in bile farms, where they are kept in small cages for decades. Edward Narayan, Senior Lecturer in Animal Science; Stress and Animal Welfare Biologist, Western Sydney University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Invisible women | Energy efficiency | Car-free holidays | Flu jab | Welsh drama

Re your article (The invisible women, G2, 17 October), as an ex-architect turned design and technology teacher (childcare issues), I contacted the publishers of our A-level textbook to explain that Ray Eames was not the brother of Charles but his wife. Of course, when the next edition was published the same misconception was repeated.
Pat Makinson
Ramsgate, Kent

• Jo Steranka states: “Get rid of your dishwasher – it wastes energy and water” (Letters, 18 October). In fact, a dishwasher uses much less energy and water (as little as one-sixth, with modern machines) than washing by hand. The belief that anything that makes life easier must be worse for the environment is built on unfortunate moralistic foundations.
Colin Ferguson
London

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The American Carbon Registry is seeking a forestry program officer in the US.

Uncontrolled imports spark ‘garbage dump of the world’ fears in Turkey and raise fears over how much is ending up in landfill

Itinerant garbage pickers run down the hilly streets of Istanbul, their trolleys packed with plastic and other waste.

Their haul is a boon for the recycling industry in Turkey. “We collect 80% of the waste from the streets,” said Recep Karaman, head of the street waste collectors association.

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