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Battery storage investment looks good, but new wind and solar projects are stalled. CEC’s Kane Thornton explains why. Plus: The Callide explosion.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: A new wind and solar investment drought appeared first on RenewEconomy.

While debate builds around whether big batteries could have saved the day in Queensland on Tuesday, the benefits of having a home battery during a coal plant explosion are obvious.

The post What blackout? Home batteries power through Queensland coal plant calamity appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Victoria's upper house has passed Labor's controversial EV road user charge into law. Here's how it works, and what happens if you don't pay.

The post “Pay up or lose your rego”: Victoria’s EV road tax passed into law appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Infigen tells state regulators it hopes to energise its 270MW Port Augusta wind-solar hybrid project in September, and start full operation early next year.

The post Massive Port Augusta wind-solar hybrid project to be energised within months appeared first on RenewEconomy.

We test drive the new Kia Niro, talks to Nissan’s Ben Warren on progress on vehicle-to-grid, and to Solar Victoria’s Stan Krpan on the state’s EV subsidy.

The post The Driven Podcast: New Niro, Leaf’s V2G, and Victoria’s EV subsidy appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Joe Biden gets it, so why isn’t the Australian government rushing to save the weekend by embracing electric Utes?

The post Video: The Ute that “hauls ass and tows like a beast” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Researchers say use of holograms could be key to solving a common problem with solar cell design, boosting output by as much as five per cent.

The post Why adding holograms to solar cells could led to massive performance boost appeared first on RenewEconomy.

South Australia takes big step towards flexible solar exports after a successful virtual power plant trial that increased household output.

The post Flexible rooftop solar exports could be a reality next year after trial success appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Indonesia is shifting slowly towards increasing levels of climate action, with a new plan to cancel new coal and retire existing coal gradually.

The post Indonesia bans new coal plants and pivots to renewables and carbon markets appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Around the world, animal conservation has evolved so it's not just humans monitoring wildlife.

Woodside may build 50MW solar farm to help power LNG facility, and could double in size if ammonia producer Perdeman also signs up for solar.

The post Woodside and Perdeman may build 100MW solar farm in W.A. north appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A new poll finds that Australians are ready to take serious climate action - including banning new coal mines across Australia.

The post Australia is ready for a change on climate – which party will take the first step? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices climbed on thin secondary market volume as entities awaited the Q2 WCI auction results, while RGGI Allowances (RGAs) sank to $8 ahead of the programme’s own quarterly sale next week. 

There is no doubt we need to stop emitting fossil carbon. But if we fixate on replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy and don’t also reduce consumption and energy waste, we risk failure. Michael (Mike) Joy, Senior Researcher; Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Seabirds journey vast distances across the Earth’s seascapes to find food and to breed. This means their biology, particularly their breeding success, can reveal what's happening in our oceans. David Schoeman, Professor of Global-Change Ecology, University of the Sunshine Coast Brian Allan Hoover, Postdoctoral Fellow, Chapman University William Sydeman, Adjunct associate, University of California San Diego Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The California-Quebec Q2 auction settled underneath the secondary market on Thursday as speculators purchased their largest share ever, while the auction set an all-time high and landed on the upper end of market expectations.

EUAs dropped 3.4% to below €52 on Thursday, with carbon weighed down by weaker energy markets and a perceived tailing off of investor buying.

The 27-nation EU’s capitals are on track to ratify by the end of the month a bill that would allow for carbon pricing-generated revenues to pay back the €800 billion COVID-19 recovery fund, with only two countries left to ratify the decision.

Switzerland will soon announce its third bilateral deal under the Paris Agreement’s Article 6 to purchase carbon offsets from Senegal and is undertaking formal and informal discussions with a host of other countries on future arrangements, an official from the European country’s credit procurement agency said Thursday.