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Specialist fund manager Infradebt and specialist renewables co-investor Impact Investment Group announce close of $12m senior debt facility for 20MW Chinchilla Solar Farm.

Sweden trials road-embedded EV charging technology, a solution it believes could solve problems of EV cost and range anxiety.

The dramatically dropping costs of offshore wind have sparked an explosion interest in renewables in the US.

BHP axes membership with global coal lobby group, citing “material difference” over its climate advocacy. But is this hypocrisy?

Acciona wins contract to develop, finance, construct and operate $500m 300MW Aldoga solar farm in Gladstone, one of Queensland's coal centres.

New Zealand has ruled out new permits for offshore oil and gas exploration as a step towards a transition to a carbon-neutral future. James Renwick, Professor, Physical Geography (climate science), Victoria University of Wellington Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

It’s been over a year since we “flicked the switch” at Stucco. Has it lived up to our dreams of slashed bills and grid dependence?

Any buyer of the ageing Liddell coal fired power generator needs to take account of the significant safety risks to workers of ageing, failing equipment.

There's good reason why Tesla founder and boss Elon Musk is back to sleeping on the company's giga-factory floor and directly supervising production.

Tesla’s production figures for the first quarter 2018 provide some cause for optimism. Could the company be building one million EVs a year by 2022?

Proliferation of giraffes, lions, tigers and elephants in toy shops and films creates ‘virtual population’ and skews our perception

Animals such as elephants, tigers, lions and panda bears are everywhere in movies, books and toy stores. But their wide pop culture presence skews public perception of how endangered these animals really are, researchers say.

Online surveys, zoo websites, animated films and school questionnaires were scoured by US and French researchers for the study, published in journal PLOS Biology.

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SolarEdge’s Inverter with HD-Wave Technology Recognized Innovation in the Renewable Energy Category.

Battery storage uptake by Australian households is starting to take off. But is it a financial no-brainer? New analysis from SunWiz says ... it's complicated. If you care about return on investment, there's some things you should know.

Sonnen selected to provide 270 residential batteries for Melbourne property development, to cut household power bills by 60% and possibly help power a community water recycling plant.

Survey finds 62% of businesses plan to invest in battery storage in next 18 months. But can governments and regulators keep up?

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The Ontario Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) finalised two offset protocols for use in the province’s cap-and-trade programme on Thursday, while also updating a third.

Prices on both coasts increased moderately this week and trading activity picked up in the as participants returned to their desks after the NACW industry conference.

The Hawaii state senate on Tuesday approved two bills that would create a voluntary carbon offset programme and make permanent a task force designed to bolster carbon sequestration efforts in line with the state’s climate goals.

California regulator ARB this week released Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) credits for electric forklift charging in 2017, while monthly data showed that prices sank as volume picked up in both the California and Oregon clean fuels standards in March.