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NZ Market: NZUs gain another 5% as govt data shows big jump in speculator holdings
Plug-and-play solar tapped to green up hydrogen production at massive platinum mine
A mobile plug-and-play solar plant will help power greener hydrogen production at the world’s largest open pit platinum mine, and fuel the world’s largest HFC mining truck.
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Audit office blames UK government for botched £1.5bn green homes scheme
Spending watchdog says home insulation drive was fatally rushed and missed chance to cut heating bills and create jobs
A “botched” scheme to insulate England’s draughty homes collapsed after six months because officials rushed its design, put in place an undeliverable timetable, and failed to heed industry warnings, Whitehall’s spending watchdog has found.
The National Audit Office (NAO) blamed the government for scuppering the opportunity to help households to improve the energy efficiency of their homes, reduce carbon emissions, and create tens of thousands of jobs by rushing the flagship scheme.
Continue reading...Birdwatch: yellow wagtail – from Somerset to the savannah
These sleek and slender birds have lost their bright spring plumage and will soon leave for sunnier climes
In spring, yellow wagtails (Motacilla flava) are so bright they look like flying lemons – or, as a birding buddy of mine memorably described them, “like an effing canary”.
But now, at the start of autumn, the juvenile bird I’m watching is far less conspicuous. Olive-brown above, buffish-yellow below, he almost blends in with the muddy earth, churned up by the cattle among which it feeds.
Continue reading...Commonwealth Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery – Agency Application 2021
Changes to safeguard mechanism could deliver low cost credits to large industrial buyers
How the federal government strikes a balance between ‘genuine abatement’ and ‘commercial participation’ will be a focus of new credit mechanism.
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The Driven Podcast: From coal to renewables and EV charging
Engie’s head of green mobility in Australia on the company’s plans to be a major supplier of EV chargers and its interest in V2G.
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Epuron trims turbine numbers at proposed Tasmanian wind farm
Wind farm proposed for Tasmania's Central Highlands trims turbine numbers, but local opponents say it is a "token" gesture.
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Wood to hydrogen: Valid green alternative or an environmental disaster?
Surging interest in renewable hydrogen is reigniting debate over biomass for energy: Is it a legitimate source or an environmental disaster?
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The dubious modelling behind Energy Security Board’s capacity market proposal
Angus Taylor's claims of a $1.3 billion saving from a capacity market for fossil fuel generators are based on a model that doesn’t exist.
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Australia’s new industrial credits could stall ACCU momentum, hurt investments, analysts say
World’s first “fully recyclable” wind turbine blades roll off production line
The world’s first fully recyclable wind turbine blades have rolled off the production line, ready to be tested at a German offshore wind farm .
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RedEarth says its BlackMax Solar Power System is first certified off-grid battery storage system listed by CEC
Press Release RedEarth Energy Storage (RedEarth) is proud to announce its BlackMax Solar Power System as the first-ever Australian-made off-grid battery energy storage system (BESS) to be approved by Australia’s Clean Energy Council (CEC), making it the most advanced and compliant Australian-made off-grid system on the CEC list. After experiencing exponential growth over the last […]
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South Australia to be first gigawatt scale grid to meet all demand with rooftop solar
In the next few months South Australia could become the first gigawatt scale grid in the world to meet all its demand from rooftop solar.
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CP Daily: Tuesday September 7, 2021
Climate change: Vulnerable nations call for 'emergency pact'
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Keith Pitt moves ahead with plans to open up Beetaloo Basin to fracking despite legal threat
Subsidiary of Empire Energy, which has close ties to the Liberal party, would be given $21m under drilling program
The federal minister for resources and water, Keith Pitt, will press ahead on plans to open up the Beetaloo Basin in the Northern Territory to fracking by giving taxpayer money to oil and gas companies despite a legal challenge to the government’s program.
Under the proposed Betaloo Cooperative Drilling Program, Imperial Oil and Gas – a wholly owned subsidiary of Empire Energy that has close ties to the Liberal party – would be given $21m.
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