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A GE-backed business alliance has been established to develop a carbon capture, usage, and storage (CCUS) value chain feasibility study and joint solutions to decarbonise gas power plants in Indonesia, in a move to position the Southeast Asian country as the industry hub for the region.

Carbon credit ratings agencies have a valuable role for raising the quality of the voluntary carbon market (VCM), according to a study published Monday of the four main players, though there is room for improvement in their activities and buyers must better understand their work to increase its effectiveness.

Investment into lower carbon energy will need to rise steeply and policy settings improve if the world is to reach net-zero by 2050, but most executives believe they are doing better than their peers, a survey released Monday found.

Akaysha teams up with Japanese trading house to build up to 20 big batteries in Japan.

The post “This is a big deal:” Akaysha signs Japanese battery storage deal with trading house appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Subsidiaries of a European carmaker and a Chinese agricultural conglomerate have teamed up to generate animal waste management system (AWMS) carbon credits in China's Anhui province.

Unlike their US counterparts, EU policymakers still face the roadblocks of no money and no common treasury

Inglorious procrastination is one of the European Union’s standard responses to major crises. This is not merely due to the difficulty of getting 27 prime ministers and presidents to agree on something. It is also because of their motivated tendency to ask themselves the wrong questions, and thus head slowly but inexorably to self-harming policy solutions.

After the demise of Lehman Brothers in 2008, a group of policymakers gathered in Washington to ponder the relevant question: “How do we bail out the bankers to stop them consuming us?” In Brussels, meanwhile, a much larger group mused for years over a toxic version of the same question: “Given that EU rules prohibit bailouts, how do we maintain the pretence we are respecting them as we bail out the bankers anyway?” The result was a costly delay, and policy choices which ensured that, whereas in 2008 European total income exceeded the US’s by 10%, by 2022, Americans were earning 26% more than Europeans.

Yanis Varoufakis is the leader of MeRA25 in Greece’s parliament and a former finance minister of Greece. His latest book, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism, is published this month

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India along with several other leaders of the G20 launched a Global Biofuels Alliance (GBA) on Saturday to promote the use of sustainable and cleaner fuels.

A group of Australian companies on Monday released a draft method to allow landowners to earn reef credits from improved grazing land management in a bid to boost soil health and improve water quality at the Great Barrier Reef.

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A Japanese climate startup that provides digital measurement, reporting, and verification (DMRV) software has teamed up with an Indonesian property developer to promote decarbonisation in the Southeast Asian country's urban transportation sector.

The Coalition is declaring a new "war on wind and solar" as it uses the nuclear debate to disguise the fact it intends to do nothing about climate action.

The post Nuclear energy remains weapon of choice for climate deniers and coal lobby appeared first on RenewEconomy.

German home battery maker sonnen looks to be the next sale item as Shell fades back to black and unwinds its interests in clean green electricity.

The post Shell’s about-face on green energy continues, with battery maker sonnen tipped next to go appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Consortium backed by New Zealand investment firm Morrison & Co wins key mandate to deliver solar to Singapore via a sub-sea cable, with operations to start in four years.

The post Morrison steals a march on Sun Cable with Singapore solar and battery supply mandate appeared first on RenewEconomy.

When wild weather made travel unsafe, the team at Mawson station in Antartica were forced to stay indoors for the better part of a week. Their troubles weren't for nothing, as when the weather cleared, the horizon erupted into a brilliant aurora australis. Despite the –30C temperature, the team managed to capture some incredible footage of the display

• Australian government backflips on cancellation of Antarctica penguin surveys

• Antarctica warming much faster than models predicted in ‘deeply concerning’ sign for sea levels

• Barbara Wienecke: I have studied emperor penguins for 30 years. We may witness their demise in our lifetime

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Most fire climate regimes in Australia shifted abruptly around the year 2000 –  greatly increasing fire risk. Roger Jones, Professorial Research Fellow, Victoria University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

New modelling shows fuel tax credits paid to the mining sector will cost the economy a cumulative $37bn out to 2030. This money should be reinvested in decarbonisation.

The post How Australia’s largest fossil fuel subsidy could decarbonise mining appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Tandem solar cell technology promises to fast-track the global transition away from coal and gas. But there’s a major catch.

The post Tandem solar cells are the next big thing in PV – but first, some roadblocks must be cleared appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The real news in the NSW supply and reliability checkup is not Eraring: It’s the recognition that government needs to do a much better job of turning renewable energy zones into reality.

The post Hearts and minds is more than just a slogan as NSW manages coal exit appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A new coalition of organisations says responding to US plan could provide kick-start to green industries in Australia with a $300 million export revenue goal by 2035.

The post “Re-industrialise the nation:” Australia urged to provide $100 bn in clean energy initiatives appeared first on RenewEconomy.

South Australia sets a new record with solar providing 120 per cent of it electricity demand.

The post Solar reaches record 120 per cent of electricity demand in South Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.