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Energy Insiders Podcast: Replacing coal with renewables in south-east Asia
Tristan Knowles from the Asia Development Bank on the surprisingly quick transition to renewables.
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Guess who joined Angus Taylor on Empire-funded fracking gas trip to Beetaloo Basin
Gas company Empire Energy funded a trip for Angus Taylor and a range of prominent Liberal party figures and donors to its Beetaloo Basin project.
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Energy reforms are adrift and consumers and the planet will pay
States have led on Covid-19 response, now they need to step in again to save the NEM reform process from the clumsy mishandling of the federal government.
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Hanging batts: 40 pole-mounted community batteries to boost grid reliability
Forty community batteries will be mounted on power poles as part of a $11 million trial in Victoria to store excess solar power and boost reliability.
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Queensland Coral Fishery – Agency application August 2021
Australia’s main grid saw nearly 5,000 negative price intervals in past year
The number of negative pricing events jumped to nearly 5,000 in past year as rooftop solar reduced demand and coal generators tried to avoid shutting down.
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A billion children at ‘extreme risk’ from climate impacts – Unicef
Report launched with youth activists including Greta Thunberg paints ‘unimaginably dire’ picture
Almost half the world’s 2.2 billion children are already at “extremely high risk” from the impacts of the climate crisis and pollution, according to a report from Unicef. The UN agency’s head called the situation “unimaginably dire”.
Nearly every child around the world was at risk from at least one of these impacts today, including heatwaves, floods, cyclones, disease, drought, and air pollution, the report said. But 1 billion children live in 33 countries facing three or four impacts simultaneously. The countries include India, Nigeria and the Philippines, and much of sub-Saharan Africa.
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Reality check: Where green hydrogen will be part of net zero future – and where it won’t
This Clean Hydrogen Ladder summarises where clean hydrogen is sure to be part of a net zero future and where there are better solutions.
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Wind turbine swoosh “more annoying” at night, new study finds
New research finds “swoosh” sound made by wind turbines is likely to be more noticeable – and more annoying – to nearby residents during the night.
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Contractor confirms $9.7m write-off on Sunraysia solar farm, pursues inverter supplier
Lead contractor on 200MW solar farm confirms $9.7 million write down, as legal dispute now envelopes inverter supplier.
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RFS Market: RIN values fall off as commodity prices weigh
NA Markets: California carbon eases into Q3 WCI sale, RGGI allowances retrace from record highs
“Households want gas?” Fossil fuel industry telling tales as it fights for its future
The fossil gas industry could plan to wind down as consumers move past fossil fuels. Instead, it has launched a (sometimes comical) public-relations offensive.
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