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New Chair of WA Economic Regulation Authority
Premier Mark McGowan today announced the appointment of Stephen Edwell as the new Chair of the Governing Body of the Economic Regulation Authority.
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Energy Insiders Podcast: How quickly can we get to 100% renewables
Monash Uni’s Behrooz Bahrani says new technologies, such as grid forming inverters, are changing the way we can manage the grid.
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AEMO subsidiary to lead planning for NSW’s ambitious clean energy vision
AEMO to play a hands on role in planning New South Wales' electricity transition, after being appointed as the NSW Consumer Trustee.
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How “Gallium” doping can protect solar panels from the sun, and lower costs
UNSW research is exploring what could be another major turning point in solar cell manufacturing.
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Bavarian conservative state premier wants coal phase-out by 2030 after floods
In light of the catastrophic floods that hit Germany, Bavaria's conservative state premier wants coal generation to finish by 2030.
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CP Daily: Thursday July 22, 2021
Road planners able to ignore climate change, campaigners claim
New wind farms take output to record levels in WA, despite cyclone impact
Wind output hits new record in Western Australia grid, but overall generation hit badly after cyclone tore through transmission lines.
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Oil industry falls short of 1.5C goals, finds study that takes a hard line on offsets
California natural gas generation rises in 2020 as power demand slumps
NA Markets: CCA prices retrace further despite influx of V20 buying, RGGI stagnates on low demand
Turkey: cars float down flooded streets as residents rescued – video
Rescuers pulled inflatable boats in flood waters gushing through streets of Turkey's Black Sea district of Arhavi on Thursday to bring those stranded to safety.
Footage released by the country's interior ministry showed distressed residents being evacuated from flooded homes. Access to dozens of villages in Arhavi were blocked and rescue efforts were under way - with officials saying 200 people had been evacuated.
Floods are common along Turkey's Black Sea coastal region at this time of year. Last week, at least six people were killed and two others went missing in flood waters in Black Sea province of Rize
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Clever cockatoos in southern Sydney have learned to open curb-side bins — and it has global significance
EEX publishes EU carbon permit auction calendar for 2022, updates 2021 schedule
Cockatoos in Sydney learning from each other to bin-dive for food, study finds
Sulphur-crested cockatoos’ ability to pry open bins has spread across 44 suburbs in only two years
Sulphur-crested cockatoos are learning from each other to open wheelie bins in order to scavenge for food and the behaviour is rapidly catching on across Sydney, according to new research.
With help from the public, Australian and German ecologists have documented cockatoos learning the bin-diving behaviour through social interactions, with reported sightings of the behaviour growing across Sydney in recent years.
Continue reading...Sulphur-crested cockatoos learn to open wheelie bins in Sydney – video
Sulphur-crested cockatoos are learning to pry open bins, with researchers finding the new skill has caught on in 44 Sydney suburbs in just two years. With help from the public, Australian and German ecologists have documented cockatoos learning the bin-diving behaviour through social interactions. The research, published in the journal Science, also found differences in the cockatoos’ bin-opening technique between different suburbs, arising from 'local subcultures'.
- Video courtesy of the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behaviour, Australian Museum Research Institute and Taronga Conservation Society Australia.
Australia’s reliance on gas exports questioned as Japan winds down fossil fuel power
Government urged to speed up transition to green energy as Australia’s biggest market shifts away from LNG and coal
A Japanese pledge to wind down gas and coal-fired electricity much faster than previously planned has sparked warnings Australia needs to speed up a transition away from fossil fuel exports.
A draft revised energy mix released by Japanese officials on Wednesday said the country – Australia’s biggest market for liquefied natural gas (LNG) and thermal coal – would cut gas-fired electricity generation nearly in half and reduce coal power by more than a third by 2030.
Continue reading...Whether or not the Great Barrier Reef is listed as ‘in danger’ won’t alter the fact it is at risk from climate change
The Australian government pushed back fiercely against Unesco’s recommendation – and the world is watching
This year, Australia’s big tourism drawcard celebrates its 40th year as a UN world heritage site – a list where more than 1,100 of humanity’s most important spots go for acknowledgement and protection.
But on Friday, a committee of 21 countries will decide if it wants to listen to the advice of the UN’s science and culture organisation, Unesco, and put the Great Barrier Reef on its list of places that are “in danger”.
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