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Federal energy minister upsets two separate solar groups in one week, including the developers of a 1.8MW community-based PV project in his Hume electorate.

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Neoen prospectus reveals capital cost, government contract details and first half revenue of Tesla big battery in South Australia, as well as some key wind and solar pricing contracts.

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French-owned renewable energy developer Neoen cites risk that wind farms in South Australia could face class action suit over state-wide blackout in September, 2016.

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Angus Taylor is a disaster for Australian households and business struggling under skyrocketing power prices because of the Liberals’ energy and climate policy paralysis.

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Neoen says it has received more than $22 million in damages from delays to three NSW solar farms, and also has a claim over the Degrussa solar and storage project in WA.

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After a ‘win for whales’ at the IWC, government is urged to do more but refuses to send ship to monitor Japan’s actions

The environment minister, Melissa Price, has not ruled out taking legal action to challenge Japan’s so-called “scientific” whaling hunts.

An international law expert says prospects for a legal case against Japan’s whaling program, which is carried out under an International Whaling Commission clause that allows for scientific whaling, have strengthened after the recent IWC meeting in Brazil, and would get even stronger if Japan followed through on its threat to leave the commission.

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Genex gets all clear to add 250MW pumped hydro storage to solar – and perhaps wind – at old Kidston gold mine in north Qld.

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Investment in energy generation does not need new subsidies, but it does need certainty. Yet, a small group of vindictive politicians would prefer to block all action on climate change and get revenge on Malcolm Turnbull, rather than reduce power prices.

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The Sunshine Coast Solar Farm has been recognised once again, taking out the Environmental and Sustainability Award at the Australian Regional Development Conference Awards 2018.

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University of Queensland-run research hub to be more than 80% solar powered, via 500kW PV and 600kWh vanadium flow battery system.

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England is recycling more plastic than ever - but for this trend to continue, the system needs to change

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Poland has lodged a written request urging the EU to investigate whether EU ETS price increases have arisen due to market manipulation, junior energy minister Tomasz Dabrowski said Thursday.

A total of 11 entities have now applied for small refiner exemptions (SREs) from the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) for the 2018 compliance year, the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) website showed Thursday.

RGGI allowance prices found support at higher levels this week, while California carbon allowance prices continued to slide on the secondary market.

Fisheries Queensland to set baited lines in Cid Harbour after separate attacks on same day

Drum lines will be set after two tourists were critically injured in separate shark attacks at a harbour in the Whitsunday Islands in north Queensland.

A 12-year-old New Zealand girl holidaying with her father and sister received a life-threatening wound to her leg on Thursday afternoon at Cid Harbour.

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China's Beidou is being used in everything from ploughing to precision missiles, but can it go global?

The New South Wales government has turned its back on plans to create sanctuary zones covering 2.4% of waters around Sydney, despite evidence that these 'no-take' areas are crucial for protecting fish. David Booth, Professor of Marine Ecology, University of Technology Sydney John Turnbull, UNSW Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The Iranian photographer Saeed Mohammadzadeh has been named Ciwem’s environmental photographer of the year. End Floating, his haunting image of a beached boat on the solidified salty remains of Urmia Lake, illustrates how climate change, water mismanagement and drought have decimated the landscape

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Scientists have identified the earliest known animal in the geological record.