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FFI and Airbus form new partnership to accelerate development of a "green revolution" in the aviation industry.

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Snowy Hydro’s Gordon Wymer on the need for more transmission, plus latest on AGL and offshore wind.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Snowy Hydro and the missing links appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Northern German port city paves way for large-scale imports of green hydrogen from Scandinavia and even Australia via pipelines and ships.

The post City of Hamburg wants to become EU green hydrogen hub, import from Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Angus Taylor has handed billions in value back to carbon traders following his decision to make changes to the Emissions Reduction Fund.

The post How Angus Taylor handed a $1.3 billion windfall to carbon traders appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Dispute over who should bear costs of delays to 200MW solar project in NSW continues to weigh on listed contracting company.

The post Contractor gets final solar farm payment, but says damages claim is “wrongful” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The world's largest rainforest is fast losing its ability to bounce back from human impacts, researchers say.

Danish company proposes a massive 3GW offshore wind farm, which would rank as the biggest proposed so far in Australia.

The post Plans unveiled for Australia’s biggest offshore wind project by Danish company appeared first on RenewEconomy.

German research centre claims a new world record for 2-terminal tandem solar cell efficiency, besting previous record set by Australian researchers.

The post German researchers set new tandem solar cell efficiency world record, edging out Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Colombia has the potential to be a major global player in the international carbon market, President Ivan Duque told a conference on Monday, citing plans to develop nature-based credits for use at home and abroad.

GGGI is seeking a senior level Program Manager to lead and direct the overall management of the SPAR6C Program. S/he will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day activities of program implementation by GGGI and the consortium members including the monitoring and reporting of delivery progress.

One of the architects of Brexit is calling for another UK referendum, this time on the country’s climate change plans.

The EU is in no position to embargo Russian oil and gas imports in response to the war waged by Moscow on Ukraine, the European Commission's climate chief Frans Timmermans said late on Monday, adding that such a scenario would leave some member states in real trouble if gas was halted overnight.

The mechanism tasked with responding to price spikes in the EU ETS contains too many ambiguities and is in dire need of certainty and transparency in order to give the market more credibility and investors more confidence.

A Macquarie Group led consortium has bought a French solar developer and its 16GW development portfolio for $A3.7 billion.

The post Macquarie leads $3.7bn purchase of French solar developer and 16GW project pipeline appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Standardised, exchange-traded voluntary emissions reduction (VER) prices continued to plough multi-month lows this week amid a bearish trend in global carbon and equities markets, while voluntary carbon market (VCM) participants said values on the over-the-counter (OTC), project-specific market were holding up far better.

Two of the most contentious issues of the EU's proposed carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) will be dealt with separately by member states, a leaked draft showed on Monday, a move that could allow France to broker an “early deal” on the flagship file without getting stuck on controversies.

The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) will no longer accept commitments or validate targets from fossil fuel companies, the partnership said on Monday, adding that it aims to complete its much-delayed methodology for the sector later in the year.

Switzerland has delayed the deadline for emitters surrendering ETS permits against last year’s emissions, the government announced Monday.