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Taylor promises $15 million to Darwin big battery, which is designed to support more solar and cut gas generation, and more funds for renewable micro-grids.

The post Taylor awards $15 million grant to Darwin big battery that will cut gas generation appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Queensland’s state Labor government joins Victoria’s in indicating it won’t back a move to tax solar households for electricity sent to the grid.

The post Queensland joins Victoria in opposing rooftop solar tax, prefers battery support appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Edify Energy kick-starts is ambitions for large-scale green hydrogen production, lodging development applications for 10MW plant near Townsville.

The post Edify seeks approval for 10MW green hydrogen facility that could grow to 1GW appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Sanjev Gupta's GFG Alliance seeks buyers or partners for its Australian solar and battery projects as it re-emerges from wreckage of Greensill collapse.

The post Gupta’s cash-strapped GFG mulling sale of Australian solar and battery projects appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Welcome to RenewEconomy’s newest podcast, in which Nigel Morris deep-dives into what makes a great solar business, and how to learn from the past and prepare for the future so that your business thrives.

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Australia is scrambling to drill hundreds more gas wells, and more are planned. How could this be when the evidence of health impacts is so clear?

The post Australia must kick the gas habit, because it is bad for our health appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Resources minister Keith Pitt intervenes to veto $280 million from government fund to Neoen's Kaban green energy hub in north Queensland.

The post Keith Pitt vetoes federal funding deal for wind and battery hub in Queensland appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Standard-setting body Verra this week accused Greenpeace of misrepresenting its forest carbon offset methodologies and cherry-picking expert opinions to undermine the credibility of its REDD+ projects in two recent articles.

More lenient carbon intensity benchmarks at the outset of Washington state’s recently passed low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS) will limit the impact of the programme until the latter half of this decade, traders said.

"No one is taking your BBQ tongs". Can the household fossil gas problem be solved without going through the wringer of a political culture war?

The post The gas war is heating up and it’s only just getting started appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A new study shows that the vast majority of US coal plants are already more expensive to run than building new solar and wind, and that's accelerating.

The post Most US coal generators can’t compete with wind and solar, US study finds appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The new commitments of state governments go some way to filling the void left by the lack of a national climate policy. The states should, and can, coordinate their efforts. Here's how. Tim Nelson, Associate Professor of Economics, Griffith University Joel Gilmore, Associate Professor, Griffith University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

ASX-listed New Energy Solar says its on track to exit Australian market by mid year, with negotiations with buyers for local solar farms well progressed.

The post New Energy Solar expects to sell its two Australian solar farms by June appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Environmental groups say Prince Emanuel von und zu Liechtenstein shot bear, named Arthur, in a protected area

Environmental groups have accused a prince from Liechtenstein’s royal family of shooting and killing the largest bear in Romania, in contravention of a ban on the trophy hunting of large carnivores.

The Romanian NGO Agent Green and the Austrian NGO VGT alleged in a statement that the bear, who was called Arthur, was shot in March in a protected area of the Carpathian Mountains by Prince Emanuel von und zu Liechtenstein.

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The private sector Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets (TSVCM) has collectively arrived at a solution for what ‘co-benefits’ should count as part of a carbon credit. It believes this will help maintain quality in the market, increase transparency and also create a mechanism to develop an appropriate pricing benchmark for these ‘co-benefits’, according to Chris Leeds of Standard Chartered.

Some 420 million wild animals have been traded in 226 nations over two decades, new data suggests.

EUAs lifted back above €49 on Wednesday, clawing back all of the previous session's losses that followed the market's first-ever break above €50.

The launch of Yara’s Agoro Carbon Alliance will address agriculture’s global greenhouse gas emissions and will turn the carbon capturing potential at farm level into a sustainable growth business while providing a new income stream to farmers worldwide.

As the Carbon Cropping Agronomist you will have responsibility for Agoro Carbon Alliance sales and agronomic activity within your geography. The Agoro Carbon Alliance, initiated by Yara, is a global business created to help farmers earn additional revenue through carbon cropping. Our mission is to build a more sustainable and profitable food future by decarbonizing the food value chain with the help of farmers and partners across the globe.