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BEIS says strategy will reduce replacement costs but cautions there is no guarantee homes will ultimately run on the gas

Ministers are considering requiring that all new domestic boilers be “hydrogen-ready” from 2026, as they announced £100m for nuclear and hydrogen projects.

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has launched a consultation on improving boiler standards, and has argued there is a strong case for introducing hydrogen-ready boilers in the UK from 2026.

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EUA prices slipped in light Tuesday morning trade as the market continued to focus on political negotiations over EU ETS reform and potential additional auctions from next year as well as the imminent expiry of the December options contract. 

Investors have committed $650 million to two natural capital funds managed by Climate Asset Management (CAM), one of which will seek to create a pipeline of high-quality carbon credits.

Israeli researchers claim to have developed a flock of gene-edited hens that lay eggs from which only female chicks hatch.

The Australian government is seeking views from stakeholders on two policy papers that is has drafted for a proposed Guarantee of Origin (GO) scheme for hydrogen and renewable electricity certification, it has announced.

Head of offsetting standard rubbishes minister’s claim of Cumbrian mine’s carbon neutrality as ‘absurd’

Michael Gove’s justification for approving the UK’s first coalmine in three decades is “obviously nonsense” and has no climate justification, according to the carbon offsetting standard whose credits could be used to make the operation “net-zero”.

Last week, the levelling up secretary gave the green light for the new mine in Whitehaven, Cumbria, which will produce 400,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions a year from mining operations alone, not counting the emissions produced when the coal is used.

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A new international alliance has formed on the sidelines of COP15 in Montreal to ensure the prevention of biodiversity loss, engagement with Indigenous communities, and the phasing out of greenhouse gas emissions from mining of critical minerals.

EU legislators reached a provisional agreement early on Tuesday to impose a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) on selected imported goods, though the pace of its replacement with EU ETS free allocation as a carbon leakage protection measure is yet to be determined.

Cross-party report highlights need for greater access to natural world when deciding how to divide up land

Access to green space needs to be prioritised when deciding how to use land, a report from the House of Lords has said.

Peers from the cross-party House of Lords land use in England commission have laid out their priorities for a land use framework, which would divide up the land in England and decide where is best for different types of agriculture, as well as carbon sequestration, nature restoration and recreation.

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The developer of a Direct Air Capture (DAC) project in New Zealand says the technology is maturing at a much faster rate than previously expected by governments, urging them to begin regulatory planning in order to reap the benefits it could potentially provide.

India’s upper house has voted in favour of a bill that will facilitate a framework for developing a carbon market in the country following passage in the lower house earlier this year, paving the way for it to become a tool to help the country meet its energy transition goals.

Two-thirds of companies that needed to improve on environmental impact scores failed to do so in a 2022 based on an annual climate change disclosure rating, as just 1.3% of those surveyed met the highest criteria.

Zhejiang, a coastal province in East China, has recently completed its first batch of forest carbon sink transactions in the years-long absence of a national offset market.

NSW EnergyCo says the state is planning for a possible faster closure of coal fired generators, and supply chain issues that may hinder new infrastructure.

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Fortescue Future Industries teams with Puget Sound Energy to convert shuttered US coal mine into a green hydrogen-making plant.

The post FFI steps up plan to turn old coal mine into green hydrogen plant appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Many wind and solar farms share windfall profits, so why can't the fossil fuel industry? The more it bleats about blackouts, the more price caps look like a good idea.

The post Fossil fuel hysterics make coal and gas price caps look like a really good idea appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Spain-headquartered renewable energy generator Iberdrola has committed to ensuring all its global facilities will have a net positive impact on nature by 2030.

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UK-based renewables giant updates progress on plans to develop major wind, solar and battery storage facility in western Victoria.

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Two Australian resources players have extended their cooperating agreement to explore the possibility of developing some 1.4 million hectares of rainforest in Papua New Guinea into a series of carbon offset projects.