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New Zealand carbon allowances raced to new highs in Wednesday trade, as the EPA posted data showing a 33% increase in speculator NZU holdings in the June quarter.

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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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.

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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.

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The public consultation period for assessment for export accreditation will be open until COB 15 October 2021.

How the federal government strikes a balance between ‘genuine abatement’ and ‘commercial participation’ will be a focus of new credit mechanism.

The post Changes to safeguard mechanism could deliver low cost credits to large industrial buyers appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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.

The post The Driven Podcast: From coal to renewables and EV charging appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Wind farm proposed for Tasmania's Central Highlands trims turbine numbers, but local opponents say it is a "token" gesture.

The post Epuron trims turbine numbers at proposed Tasmanian wind farm appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Surging interest in renewable hydrogen is reigniting debate over biomass for energy: Is it a legitimate source or an environmental disaster?

The post Wood to hydrogen: Valid green alternative or an environmental disaster? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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.

The post The dubious modelling behind Energy Security Board’s capacity market proposal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia’s plans to introduce a new type of carbon credits for industrials could interrupt the demand side in the domestic voluntary carbon market and shave as much as A$2 billion ($1.48 bln) off ACCU investments over the next decade, analysts warned Wednesday.

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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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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Last month’s dire report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change may have left you feeling overwhelmed. But small changes at the household level really can make a world of difference. Andreas Chai, Associate Professor, Griffith University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

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.

The post South Australia to be first gigawatt scale grid to meet all demand with rooftop solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The countries at greatest risk say all nations must take bigger steps to avoid climate catastrophe.

Carbon Direct Inc. is seeking a dynamic, entrepreneurial, team-focused early- to mid-career forest scientist interested in scaling up best-in-class carbon removal from forests.

EUAs eased on Tuesday, bucking more gains in key gas and power markets and failing to retest yesterday's record high.

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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