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Alex Wonhas, the former head of engineering and system design at AMEO, says a rethink of the way we use big batteries could help get the energy transition back on track.

The post “We need to think differently about storage:” How big batteries can ease the transmission burden appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New "headroom" study suggests nearly 2 GW of extra wind, solar and battery capacity can be hosted in Australia's first renewable energy zone.

The post NSW says an extra 2 GW of wind, solar and storage could be hosted in first renewable energy zone appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Nature can provide solutions to problems such as biodiversity loss and climate change. But the best nature-based solutions are resilient to disturbance such as fire or drought and future change. Rachel Standish, Associate Professor, School of Environmental and Conservation Sciences, Murdoch University Tina Parkhurst, Research Fellow, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

South Korea's national oil and gas company has decided to set up a carbon capture and storage (CCS) business, with plans to promote projects both at home and abroad, local media reported.

Melbourne-based industry fund has tipped more than $2 billion into renewables over the past two years, but the investments have all been in overseas markets, not in Australia.

The post One of our biggest asset managers is tipping billions into renewables – but not in Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Lack of liquidity and near-term weather were some of the main drivers of RGGI Allowances (RGA) in the secondary market this week that traders deliberated as prices held north of $27.

The opposition has still produced nothing to back up its widely disputed claim that Australia could have an operational nuclear industry before the 2040s

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Owner of the biggest wind farm in Western Australia says more than 1.7 GW of new capacity is planned across five different projects.

The post Owner of W.A.’s biggest wind farm eyes another 1.7 GW across five new projects appeared first on RenewEconomy.

With the release of the official Democratic platform on Sunday, both major US political parties have now made public they priorities regarding climate, energy, and the environment if they emerge victorious in the November presidential election, although both documents largely aligned with established party policy preferences.

Transmission giant expresses doubt about offshore wind, says big remote inland renewable zones away from population centres might be better idea.

The post Network giant says huge inland renewable zones might be better idea than floating offshore wind appeared first on RenewEconomy.

UK researchers hope swarms of up to 30 aircraft using AI could put out flames before they spread.

The Bolivian human rights agency has issued a statement in support of the vice presidency’s contest to a court decision that effectively legalised carbon trading in the country after a years-long prohibition.

US spacecraft company SpaceX launched a methane-detecting satellite on Friday that aims to track methane “super emitters” in partnership with a greenhouse gas-monitoring non-profit.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced Monday up to $127.5 million in federal funding to support the development of CO2 capture, removal, and conversion test centres for cement manufacturing facilities and power plants.

Numerous bills, including those that address CO2 removals (CDR) and the voluntary carbon market (VCM), have stalled in California’s legislature and do not appear likely to become law before the legislative session ends in August.

Just months after landing government support to keep its Eraring coal fired generator open, Origin cancels two solar projects due to "rising costs" and "unfavourable conditions".

The post Origin cancels two solar projects due to rising costs and “unfavourable conditions” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The test was carried out by a German firm who hope to launch the UK's first vertical rocket into orbit.

The New Zealand government will dramatically cut the volume of NZUs available at auction from next year, and will maintain the auction price floor, in line with the Climate Change Commission’s recommendations, it announced Tuesday.

Cities have a large and mostly untapped power source: the rooftops of commercial buildings. Bruce Mountain, Professor and Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Study finds ‘statistically significant association’ between exposure to fine particles in coalmine fire smoke and aging of lungs, equal to 4.7 years

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Retired secondary school teacher Howard Williams remembers watching “a gumtree literally explode from the heat”.

It was the beginning of the Hazelwood coalmine fire, which broke out on 9 February 2014 in the middle of a hot, dry summer.

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