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Champions League final switch good for environment but football must do more | Andrew Simms
Shifting the all-English final from Istanbul would reduce carbon emissions but there is still a lack of long-term thinking from Uefa when it comes to doing the right thing
It was bad enough in 2019 when tens of thousands of football supporters from the United Kingdom traipsed across Europe to watch two English clubs, Tottenham and Liverpool, play the Champions League final at Atlético Madrid’s stadium in Spain. More easily, cheaply and comfortably they could have hopped on a train or coach, or driven to meet each other halfway in Birmingham.
Now, not only are we still in the middle of a pandemic, with Turkey, where this season’s Champions League final between Manchester City and Chelsea was initially scheduled to take place on 29 May, registering an average of 29,000 new coronavirus cases per day, but since 2019 there has been a rising tide of awareness about the climate emergency and the urgent need to reduce carbon emissions.
Continue reading...Global renewable energy industry grew at fastest rate since 1999 last year
New wind and solar power projects in China, Europe and the US spurred 45% rise in capacity
The world’s renewable energy industry grew at its fastest pace since 1999 last year, despite the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, and may have established a standard for growth in the future, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).
The global energy watchdog revealed that the delivery of renewable energy projects, including windfarms and solar power projects, grew by 45% last year in a step change for the global industry.
Continue reading...South Australia backs plan for bigger big battery at Aurora project
State government extends support to plans to double the storage capacity of the big battery component of 1414 Degrees' Aurora Energy Project.
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Batteries not included: Coalition’s stunning hatred of new technology
It was bad enough when Tony Abbott and Joe Hockey were railing against wind farms, but it's now getting beyond a joke.
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Forests the size of France regrown since 2000, study suggests
24.53GW – LONGi Solar sets new module shipment record in 2020
In their annual report released this month, LONGi Solar has outlined 2020 shipment figures and provided insight into the development of the manufacturing roadmap for 2021.
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Australian researchers show next gen solar cells can beat the heat
Australian researchers show that next-generation solar cells run cooler, last longer, while delivering more useful electricity.
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Council backs solar and battery proposal for Victorian coal country
A 70MW solar and battery project proposed for Morwell in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley has won the unanimous – but conditional – support of the local council.
The post Council backs solar and battery proposal for Victorian coal country appeared first on RenewEconomy.
'Boys and their toys': how overt masculinity dominates Australia's relationship with water
Video: Batteries and big bananas
Some politicians struggle to understand the difference between a big battery and a big banana. One of them is not edible, the other will lay the path to a renewables grid.
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CP Daily: Monday May 10, 2021
Mind-boggling magnets could unlock plentiful power
UK appeals court orders retrial in £60 mln EU carbon market tax fraud case
VCM Report: VER values hold as cheap credit supply “dries up”
Virginia, green groups rebuke industry group’s RGGI challenge as meritless, nonsensical
Did renewable forecasts really fail? Checking skeptic Vaclav Smil’s latest graphic
A widely-shared graphic claims to show "overly ambitious" forecasts of renewables. We decided to check the sources.
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Australia’s fossil exports are on increasingly shaky ground
Australia's major fossil fuel export customers are getting cold feet. What does that mean for the country's fossil-reliant economy?
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