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European carbon prices jumped by more than €2 early on Monday, extending their 10-year high and accelerating a bull run that has caused prices to triple this year.

The public consultation period for assessment for ongoing export accreditation will be open from 11 September 2018 until 15 October 2018.

The public consultation period for assessment for ongoing export accreditation will be open from 11 September 2018 until 15 October 2018.

Australia could be getting half of its electricity from renewable energy by 2025, even without government subsidies for new wind and solar projects, according to a new analysis of energy industry trends. Ken Baldwin, Director, Energy Change Institute, Australian National University Andrew Blakers, Professor of Engineering, Australian National University Matthew Stocks, Research Fellow, ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

As farmers protest lack of climate action in Canberra, a seat held by the Liberal Party since 1957 has been won by a climate activist, pro-renewables independent. What's gives?

The post Independent climate campaigner ends Liberals’ 61-year hold of Wagga Wagga appeared first on RenewEconomy.

In the next decade, reduced packaging and increased recyclability will become the main issues for consumers, research shows

The number one issue for British shoppers in the next decade will be to reduce packaging and use more recyclable materials, according to new research.

For perhaps the first time, the public puts environmental considerations around plastic waste above the price of goods when shopping.

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Wholesale electricity prices have jumped since the Liberal Party leadership spills.

The post Energy prices jump since Morrison coup, as “fair dinkum” coal trips again, and again appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Young Australian writers are invited to share their insights about fairness and efficiency in the energy sector for a share of $5000 in prizes.

The post Essay competition targets energy fairness and savings appeared first on RenewEconomy.

ANU study says current pace of solar and wind deployment in Australia could deliver equivalent of 100% renewables by early 2030s, and achieve emissions reduction task “for whole economy” by 2025.

The post Australia could be 100% renewable by 2030s, meet Paris targets by 2025 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Not quite yet, but there are a number of people – and companies – working on it and testing prototypes.

The post Is hands-free electric vehicle DC fast-charging a thing? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Specialist power and water consulting firm Entura has been engaged by Genex Power to deliver Owner’s Engineer services for Stage 2 of the 250 MW Kidston Pumped Storage Hydro Project and the 270 MW Kidston Solar Project.

The post Entura appointed owner’s engineer for Kidston dispatchable renewables hub appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Chief scientist Alan Finkel shares his love of electric vehicles, his charging needs, his views on autonomous driving and the prospects of fuel cell electric vehicles.

The post The Driven Podcast: Chief scientist Alan Finkel on battery EVs and fuel cell EVs appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A NAIF loan of $150m will help add more than 50MW of solar PV and one battery storage system to airports in the Northern Territory.

The post NT airports to get three new solar farms and battery storage, courtesy of Canavan’s NAIF appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Melbourne Cricket Ground is carbon neutral for the month of September.

Climate policy is clearly a threat to the job security of Australian prime ministers, but it could upend our international diplomacy as well, with a string of key summits looming in coming months. Christian Downie, Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Energy company SSE claims thousands of new points are in bureaucratic limbo

Britain has thousands fewer electric car charging points than required because councils are frustrating their rollout, according to one of the country’s biggest energy companies.

Big six energy firm SSE said that when it started work three years ago, it had hoped to install 6,000 charging points in London by now, but had fitted just 762 because of delays by local authorities.

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Governments are planning to agree only core elements of global guidance for international emissions trade this year, stripping down Article 6 text to the bare essentials as work mounts up on the wider Paris Agreement rulebook.

Behavioural insights unit proposes new colour for registration plates to help ‘normalise the idea of clean vehicles’

Electric and other ultra-low emission cars, vans and taxis could be given special green number plates to boost awareness and increase the use of environmentally “clean” driving.

Green plates are already used in Norway, Canada and China on green vehicles including electric and hydrogen cars, making them both distinct and visible to other road others.

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A day after SA government announces scheme to subsidise home battery storage, Germany's sonnen confirms plans to manufacture 10,000 batteries a year at old Holden site.

The post Sonnen to manufacture home batteries at old Holden factory in Adelaide appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Europeans have been living in Australia for over 200 years, and it has taken us that long to realise that drought isn't an aberration, but rather a recurring part of life on this continent. So why did it take us so long to understand the Australian landscape and its weather patterns?