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Italian energy group says it has secured the "very first" approval for a solar farm and battery storage project to be connected at the same point in Australia.

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Administrators say Sun Cable to be put up for sale before the end of month, preparing for bidding war between Australia's two richest men.

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Queensland government steps in to give priority to the wind component of Kidston clean energy hub, which will be the first to combine wind, solar and pumped hydro.

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AEMO dumps one weather forecaster but is still not happy with the results from its new panel. The problem is worst at the country's biggest retail load centre.

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Federal Labor's plans to install 400 community batteries is a good idea. But not if they end up being handed to monopoly networks.

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The animal weighed in at a possible new world record of 2.7kg and was discovered by park rangers on a walk in Queenland

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She’s toxic, weighs as much as some newborn babies and was found in the wilds of Australia’s far north.

A giant cane toad, dubbed “Toadzilla”, that was found by rangers in Queensland’s Conway national park on Thursday, is believed to be the largest of her species ever found.

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Our view of the stars has been reduced every year over the last decade by artificial light pollution.

Ordinary diesel trucks could be converted to a hydrogen-diesel mix, according to researchers in Australia.

The fashion industry is responsible for around 5% of global greenhouse gas emissions. It’s high time global fashion brands invest in greener alternatives. Rajkishore Nayak, Associate Professor , RMIT University Vietnam Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Colony of about 500 birds seen in remote region where they face existential threat due to global heating

A newly discovered emperor penguin colony has been seen using satellite images of one the most remote and inaccessible regions of Antarctica.

The colony, home to about 500 birds, makes a total of 66 known emperor penguin colonies around the coastline of Antarctica, half of which were discovered by space satellites. The climate crisis is posing an existential threat to these colonies, as sea ice is rapidly melting.

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Deliberate climate policy actions targeting three “super leverage” points could trigger a cascade of broader decarbonisation in sectors that cover 70% of global GHG emissions, a report presented at the WEF annual summit in Davos on Friday stated.

A Brazilian mining company on Wednesday announced it has entered into a contract to purchase carbon credits over the remainder of the decade from an Amazonian REDD+ project.

Gasoline sales in California for October climbed slightly after last month's drop but stayed below historic levels, while diesel consumption declined considerably, according to state data released Wednesday.

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California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices retreated in line with broader macro risk-off sentiment but still managed to hold onto weekly gains, while Washington Carbon Allowances (WCA) bide their time as markets await direction from next month’s auction.

By 2030, private premises and microgrids will supply all demand in the middle of the day. Networks should embrace it, and not seek to curtail it.

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Trade ministers from more than 50 nations on Thursday launched the first ministerial-level global forum dedicated to trade, climate, and sustainable development issues, aiming to promote trade policies that can help address climate change locally and worldwide.

Tokyo Gas on Thursday announced one of its California-based subsidiaries has invested in a direct air capture (DAC) firm, and will seek to collaborate on deploying the technology in Japan.

The European Energy Exchange (EEX) has taken a stake in a startup marketplace for trading greenhouse gas (GHG) quotas used by German transport fuel suppliers, deepening its interest as regulation of the sector's emissions increases across the EU.