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EnergyAustralia brings forward closure date for 1,400MW Mt Piper power station, as it commits to exit coal by 2040.

The post EnergyAustralia accelerates closure of Mt Piper coal plant ahead of ministers meeting appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The 209MW second stage of the Murra Warra wind farm in western Victoria is claiming rights to the largest wind turbine in Australia, for now.

The post “Australia’s largest” wind turbine installed at Murra Warra – but bigger to come appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Analysis: AER' owns guidelines say court actions should be focused on blatant, ongoing or serious disregard for the law. Is that Hornsdale?

The post AER sues Hornsdale battery: Fair cop or regulatory over-reach? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Angus Taylor to receive push back from energy ministers over contentious energy market reforms, as states and territories resist 'coalkeeper' plan.

The post Energy ministers set for showdown, as ACT joins capacity market dissenters appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Victorian EPA and three coal power generators taken to court over alleged failures to regulate emissions, in key test of Victorian climate laws.

The post Victorian EPA and three coal plants sued over failures to regulate emissions appeared first on RenewEconomy.

There are many options to manage the energy transition that don’t involve capacity payments.

The post “Race to replace”: We need to tie new energy capacity with the exit of old generators appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The 120MW Gangarri solar farm in Queensland overcomes a troubled construction history to produce its first signs of generation.

The post Shell’s Gangarri solar farm delivers “first glimmers” of output appeared first on RenewEconomy.

NSW energy minister Matt Kean on why he chose a Tesla Model 3, the state’s EV and renewables vision, and getting out of coal.

The post The Driven Podcast: “Everyone wants to drive it.” Matt Kean and his Tesla appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Two directors have resigned from ICIS, Carbon Pulse has learned, with the commodity market intelligence firm also losing at least two senior carbon analysts in recent months.

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EU carbon allowances could fall in value by as much as 50% from current levels by next summer should sky-high gas prices retrace, an analyst has predicted, but this would present a "great buying opportunity".

The private sector-led Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets (TSVCM) aims to establish core carbon principles (CCPs) depending on project type throughout next year, a member of the initiative said Wednesday.

A new carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) group is in the final stages of drafting a carbon crediting framework for several types of reduction and removal technologies, a panel heard Wednesday.

The world is approaching a critical turning point, Boris Johnson will warn the UN's General Assembly.

It hasn’t taken long for governments to notice the EU ETS, spitting out revenue at the rate of half a billion euros a week, and get the idea that here is a mechanism ready-made to be exploited at a time of crisis. But a new Greek proposal marks a "forehead-smacking moment" that betrays a worrying lack of understanding about the market and how it works.

A federal bill introducing a US carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) may not pass WTO muster in the absence of a nationwide CO2 price, experts said Wednesday.

California offset issuances sunk to a three-month low as state regulator ARB distributed nearly 179,000 credits across 10 reporting periods, according to data published Wednesday.

The allowance volume on offer at Nova Scotia’s Nov. 23 cap-and-trade auction will increase for the third straight sale, according to a notice published by the province’s environment ministry on Wednesday.

The EU’s legislative bodies are planning to make key decisions on the bloc’s Fit for 55 climate proposals early next year, while the bloc's energy ministers on Tuesday discussed an idea to hold extra EUA auctions to help shield households from rising energy costs.