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Researchers find plunging costs of solar – even factoring in "petawatt-hours" of battery storage – could allow China to dramatically slash its coal use.

The post Stunningly cheap solar to power China’s pivot away from coal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The solar industry is facing serious shortages of hardware as well as labour. Rami Fedda from Solar Juice discusses what’s causing the supply problems and how you can minimise your risk as a result.

The post Great Solar Business Podcast: The big solar supply crunch appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The failure of fresh attempts to cancel out Angus Taylor's much criticised ARENA regulations means a court challenge will be the likely next step.

The post “Unlawful” ARENA regulations destined for court, after further failed repeal attempts appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Māui dolphins are at risk of extinction. With a marine mammal sanctuary in place since 2008, the risk from fisheries is now largely under control. It’s time to take other threats more seriously. Rochelle Constantine, Associate Professor of Marine Biology, University of Auckland Wendi Roe, Professor, Massey University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Clean Energy Regulator seeks feedback on new scheme to improve transparency around corporate emissions pledges and the use of offsets.

The post Regulator seeks input into new corporate emissions transparency reporting scheme appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Andrews government launches consultation into whether an online platform could remove some barriers to PPAs and bring businesses and renewable developers together.

The post Victoria seeks to “de-risk” corporate PPAs, reduce barriers appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Woodside firms up plans with Heliogen, whose solar heat and power technology is tipped to play a key supporting role the gas major's green hydrogen and ammonia plans.

The post Woodside firms up solar thermal plans with Bill Gates-backed start-up appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Nations must work with their neighbours to manage and protect species and human rights. An international environmental deal called the Escazú Agreement shows what’s possible. Rebecca K. Runting, Lecturer in Spatial Sciences and ARC DECRA Fellow, The University of Melbourne Leslie Roberson, Postdoctoral research fellow, The University of Queensland Sofía López-Cubillos, Postdoctoral research fellow, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Danish wind giant named as prefered supplier to for massive 2.1GW Empire offshore wind project, planned for development off the coast of Long Island, New York.

The post Massive offshore wind project taps “world’s largest” Vestas turbines appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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New materials are making body armour lighter but nanotechnology could provide a breakthrough.

Compliance obligations under the Canadian ‘backstop’ output-based pricing system (OBPS) will plummet next year as provinces depart the federally imposed large emitter programmes and implement their own alternatives, an analyst said Monday.

Western Europe is being credited as the highest contributor to global clean energy innovation, while the US and China lag behind, and the UK sets its sights on nuclear innovation.

Oil major Shell expects trading in the voluntary carbon market to increase by around threefold to 1.1 billion tonnes of CO2e a year by 2030, though rising corporate demand could exceed supply within a few years due to a lack of high-quality projects.

Summer seems a long time ago now. Back in August and September, EU carbon was setting almost weekly records, European gas was nicely positioned at the top of the merit order, the European Commission was talking about climate ambition, and all was right with the world. And just three weeks later, the EU ETS finds itself in a time of high volatility and of high anxiety.

In Queensland, not all solar is equal, and rooftop solar is taking a big bite out of the revenue pie of large scale facilities.

The post Graph of the Day: Rooftop solar is eating big solar’s lunch appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Funding comes as part of government’s heat and buildings strategy, but campaigners say plan lacks ambition

Ministers have unveiled plans for £5,000 grants to allow people to install home heat pumps and other low-carbon boiler replacements as part of a wider heat and buildings strategy that some campaigners warned lacked sufficient ambition and funding.

Labour also condemned the plans as “more of Boris Johnson’s hot air”, without sufficient substance.

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A decision to bring forward California’s carbon neutrality goal by a decade could lead the state to alter its yearly allowance budgets under the cap-and-trade programme to meet this greater ambition, an official from state regulator ARB said Monday.

Standardised, CORSIA-grade voluntary emissions reduction (VER) prices came under further pressure this week, consolidating the downturn of a week earlier amid signs of a ramp-up in issuances.

International cooperation is crucial if we are to have the best chance of limiting global warming. So who are the key players? Matt McDonald, Associate Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.