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Acen Australia CEO Anton Rohner talks solar and storage after opening Australia’s biggest solar farm, and the controversy over Tasmania wind project.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: What price solar and storage? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia's trade partners - China, US, India, Japan and the EU – are making strategic public interventions at massive scale. Australia must act or lose out.

The post EU piles pressure on Australia to seize once-in-a-century cleantech opportunity appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A London-based sustainable investment provider has closed its Blue Ocean Fund at €170 million, making it the world’s largest VC fund focused on the regeneration of ocean health.

A new report on rural homelessness reveals low funding has left rough sleepers relying on goodwill.

What can be done to protect coastal communities at risk of being swallowed up by the sea?

Energy demand is not an insatiable beast. There are a number of actions we can take to drive down our fossil gas consumption quickly.

The post Does southern Australia really need more gas? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Study finds replacing 80% of town's gas power supply with a mix of solar and battery storage could deliver lifetime savings in the hundreds of millions.

The post How switching out fossil gas for renewables could save this town $321 million appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Curtailing the inefficient use of gas to heat our homes will help bridge the supply issue expected in 2027

According to the Australian Energy Market Operator (Aemo), Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania are likely to be facing shortages of gas by 2027. Furthermore, shortages are possible as soon as this winter if we experience a severe and widespread cold snap across those states.

We shouldn’t be here, but we have a path out of this problem.

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Landmark report urges overhaul of wasteful water practices around world on eve of crucial UN summit

The world is facing an imminent water crisis, with demand expected to outstrip the supply of fresh water by 40% by the end of this decade, experts have said on the eve of a crucial UN water summit.

Governments must urgently stop subsidising the extraction and overuse of water through misdirected agricultural subsidies, and industries from mining to manufacturing must be made to overhaul their wasteful practices, according to a landmark report on the economics of water.

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If the government is serious about cost-of-living relief and climate action, a bold plan to electrify Australian households is essential for May’s budget.

The post Families need one stop shop, and budget support, to kick fossil fuels out of home appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Renewables hit record output in NSW as state swelters in Autumn heatwave, although supplies got tight in the evening peak.

The post Renewables set new record output as NSW swelters in Autumn heatwave appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices traded through a volatile week in line with the risk-off tone sweeping across markets amidst the spate of banking collapses on either side of the Atlantic, while Washington Carbon Allowances (WCA) held above the scheme's Tier 1 reserve price on the secondary market.

A Paris-headquartered environmental services firm on Thursday said it helped corporates buy €1 mln worth of carbon removal units from tech-based endeavours.

A California-headquartered climate tech firm on Thursday announced it has completed its $30 mln Series A fundraise, and will use the money to market its mineralisation-based carbon removal units.

The Canadian Clean Fuel Regulations' (CFR) first obligation period begins on July 1, triggering greater demand for US renewable fuel imports to satisfy compliance obligations, experts who spoke to Carbon Pulse agreed.

After three long years of rainy weather, La Niña is over. But that doesn’t mean El Niño is a certainty. Here’s why. Nandini Ramesh, Senior Research Scientist, Data61, CSIRO Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Most food in Australia remains free of PFAS, but a new study has found it can build up in cattle on PFAS-affected farms. But there are ways to manage the land and livestock to reduce the risks. Antti Mikkonen, Principal Health Risk Advisor – Chemicals, EPA Victoria, and PhD Candidate, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia Mark Patrick Taylor, Victoria's Chief Environmental Scientist, EPA Victoria; Honorary Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A carbon credit ratings agency has downgraded its scores of two previously highly-ranked African projects, while upholding the scores of several others in a review of afforestation offset activity.  

There is considerable potential for the Biodiversity Credit Alliance (BCA) to serve a similar function to the cross-stakeholder Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (IC-VCM), though a key difference will be that this initiative is not two decades overdue, a panel heard Thursday.