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Alinta and Fortescue open largest solar farm outside of the main grids, and it accounts for 100 pct of daytime electricity needs of two nearby mines.

The post Fortescue and Alinta switch on Australia’s biggest solar farm outside of main grids appeared first on RenewEconomy.

EUAs dropped sharply to trade near the most heavily traded call option strike price in early trading on Tuesday, while energy prices edged lower after a strong opening.

London mayor releases £600,000 funding to help create green rooftops and reintroduce lost species

Hyde Park could be redesigned and lost species including beavers reintroduced to London under ambitious rewilding plans.

The city’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, is working with Ben Goldsmith – a member of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the brother of Khan’s former rival for the mayoral election Zac Goldsmith – to boost nature in the capital, including making the royal parks wilder and encouraging people to plant green rooftops.

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Prickly tree beat hundreds of nominations in Woodland Trust contest

A lone, weathered hawthorn, which has stood for at least half a century on the rugged Scottish coast, has been named Tree of the Year for 2021.

Sticking out at an angle over the cockle shell beach at Kippford, with a tangle of broken and twisted branches, the prickly tree beat hundreds of nominations to become the UK’s favourite in the contest run by the Woodland Trust.

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An Estonian agritech company on Tuesday launched a crypto venture that will seek to build an on-chain market place for not-yet certified carbon credits in a bid to fund offset projects.

Call comes after ambitious early draft of EU energy performance in buildings directive ran into opposition

The EU executive is under pressure to ratchet up green energy standards for buildings, as it prepares a further batch of legislation to tackle the climate emergency.

The European Commission is expected to propose mandatory energy efficiency upgrades for buildings in the EU in legislative proposals published on Wednesday, but MEPs and Green NGOs fear they will not be strict enough.

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China’s national offset trading platform will be finalised halfway through next year, though the exact launch date will depend on when the government restarts the carbon credit programme.

Report concludes particles are health hazard as London councils set to vote on Edmonton incinerator

MPs are calling for a moratorium on the expansion of new waste incineration plants just days before councils in London vote on awarding a contract to build a huge new plant in Edmonton.

A report by the all-party parliamentary group on air pollution says expansions should be halted immediately to protect human health and cut carbon emissions.

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Professionals in the field score similarly to the general public in brainpower, a study says.

Second stage of what will be the biggest wind farm in South Australia - at least for a time - has begun sending power to the grid.

The post South Australia adds another wind farm as it moves towards 100 pct renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Before stopping to ask people what sort of energy system they would like, the industry is moving forward with a technology vision that risks leaving many people behind.

The post Why it’s vital to put people at the heart of the energy transition appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Developer says it has signed off on designs for a $10.7 billion green hydrogen facility in Karratha, starts search for investors.

The post Australian firm signs off on designs for $10.7bn green hydrogen project in Pilbara appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Booming rooftop solar is not only helping break variable renewable records, it also it means resilience to thermal plant breakdowns in the middle of the day.

The post Know your NEM: Solar steps up to support unreliable summer coal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Continuing to deny the impending end of coal-fired generation is simply not in the interest of coal workers and their communities.

The post The end of coal is coming, fast. Governments must urgently support a “just transition’ appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The potential to trigger Article 29a of the EU ETS, which provides for a cost containment mechanism, has now become real, with some analysts claiming that the conditions have already been fulfilled or are very close to being fulfilled. As such, it's becoming imperative for the good functioning of the ETS, given the current trend in prices but also as a matter of principle, that current vagueness in 29a's wording should be spelled out as part of the bloc's “Fit for 55” package.

Neoen has doubled the size of its proposed Capital big battery, and started construction, after eyeing emerging market opportunities.

The post Neoen doubles size of Capital big battery, begins construction in ACT appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australian Conservation Foundation report found that climate change was not mentioned for 178 out of 334 critically endangered species and habitats

Conservation documents for more than half of Australia’s critically endangered species and habitats fail to mention climate change according to new analysis that argues there is a significant “climate gap” in the management of Australia’s threatened wildlife.

The report was commissioned by the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) and prepared by the Australian National University’s GreenLaw project, which is led by students in the ANU’s law faculty.

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Free EUA allocation and provision for EU exporters are expected to be key sticking points as EU lawmakers grapple with the bloc's proposed Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), experts said on Monday.