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Commercial solar hots up in WA, as business wakes up to savings
Perdaman Group says WA commercial PV market is booming, as businesses seek to cut their exposure to grid electricity costs.
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Shopping centre solar roll-out claims biggest PV array, biggest battery
Vicinity to roll-out of more than 11MW of commercial solar in a $28m project that will include largest rooftop array and a major battery storage installation.
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Remote NT community goes “solar only” by day
Indigenous community of Daly River officially running on solar only during day, after installation of 1MW PV and 2MWh lithium-ion battery system.
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Extreme weather 'potentially catastrophic' for bats
Extreme weather appears to be disrupting the lifecycle of bats, raising concern over their long-term future.
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The subsidy-free wind farms that returned money to ACT consumers in 2017
ACT consumers got a net payment in calendar 2017 from first two wind farms built to help meet its 100% renewables target. And with no subsidies.
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CP Daily: Thursday May 3, 2018
A daily summary of our news plus bite-sized updates from around the world.
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Making the desert sand bloom
Norwegian scientists have developed a treatment that can turn arid desert sand into farmland soil.
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North American grassland offset projects poised to accelerate under cooperative verification
The Climate Action Reserve’s revised grasslands protocol offers developers significant savings that could usher in a host of new US-based initiatives, experts said, as the project type’s profile rises.
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NA Markets: RGGI prices rise on emissions data as WCI dithers
North American carbon prices in the RGGI market increased slightly this week on the back of expectedly bullish emissions data, while WCI prices idled for another week ahead of the market’s second tripartite auction later this month.
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China-backed Sumatran dam threatens the rarest ape in the world
A US$1.6 billion dollar dam in Sumatra threatens the recently discovered and desperately imperilled Tapanuli Orangutan.
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EU Market: EUAs fall for third day, down almost 5% since compliance deadline
EU carbon prices fell for the third consecutive session on Thursday to end below €13 for the first time in almost two weeks.
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Ancestral remains 'people not objects'
A collective of scientists recommends that human ancestors be respected as individuals.
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Seal avoids 'slow and painful death' by air vent filter
Vets who treated the seal, which had a deep neck wound, had "never seen anything as severe".
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Future sailors: what will ships look like in 30 years?
With a target to halve its huge carbon footprint, the race is on to find new technologies to green the world’s shipping fleet
Watch out for the return of the sailing ship.
After a commitment last month to cut greenhouse gas emissions from shipping by at least 50% by 2050, the race is on to find new technologies that can green the 50,000-strong global shipping fleet. Wind power is one of the options being discussed.
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Renewables rise helps to close Paris gap as governments lag -analysts
The faster-than-expected expansion of renewables worldwide is helping to narrow the gap to Paris Agreement goals, despite some governments making little progress on climate action and the effects of US President Trump’s policies not yet taking hold, researchers said Thursday.
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Understanding energy blockchain: Network and market
Potential to address network value streams and negotiate complexity and regulatory risk offers huge opportunity for any platform able to wrestle this dragon.
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Musk plays the vision thing, vents at myopic analysts, media
The market’s obsessions with financial details, rather than the big picture, is driving Musk to distraction. And that should be a cause for concern.
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Malcolm Turnbull has become a de-facto climate denier
Macron's dressing down of Malcolm Turnbull on his lack of leadership on climate change underlines a disturbing point: Turnbull may not deny the science of climate change, but he does deny the need to act now, and the economic benefits of embracing renewables.
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Rio Tinto climate resolution marks shift in investor culture
A breakthrough resolution on Rio Tinto’s climate stance has won strong backing at the company’s AGM. Is this the start of something?
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Jaguar warns Australia it trailing badly on electric vehicles
Jaguar Land Rover calls on Turnbull government to provide "unified and clear road ahead" to drive EV uptake, or risk another energy crisis.
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