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Brookfield makes $10.2 billion offer for Neoen, the French based company that has become Australia's most successful developer of renewables and storage.

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Spain-based X-Elio seeks federal green tick for a 350 MW solar farm and two-hour big battery in Western Downs region.

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The only pathway we have left to limit warming to 1.5°C is political. Sadly, our current government seems set on a sleight of hand rather than cutting fossil fuel and industry emissions.

The post Australia’s Net Zero target is being lost in accounting tricks, offsets and more gas appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Plans to develop a solar thermal powered methanol production facility that will supply green fuel for shipping and aviation have been given green tick.

The post Solar thermal powered green methanol plant wins planning consent in Port Augusta appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Policy work by Australian state and federal governments has allowed investors to be more confident to spend cash on climate solutions in the country, a survey released Thursday found, despite global economic headwinds and a perceived lack of investment opportunities in the country.

A digital platform for household solar energy, electric cars and batteries to communicate across the electricity grid could cut power bills by $1500 per year.

The post Digital platform to harness value of home solar, batteries, electric cars appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Redback CEO Adrian Knack on surviving and thriving in the home battery business. Plus: A boost for batteries and a tax on solar.

The post Solar Insiders Podcast: Redback revival, battery rebates and solar tax appeared first on RenewEconomy.

NSW is rethinking its storage needs to replace its ageing coal generators. Turns out more 4-hour batteries might be cheaper and more effective than eight hour storage.

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Traditional methods based on trap, adopt or euthanise have failed to control cat numbers. An eight-year trial of a more supportive community cat desexing program has been a resounding success. Jacquie Rand, Emeritus Professor of Companion Animal Health, The University of Queensland Rebekah Scotney, Clinical Academic, School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland Tamsin Barnes, Inidustry Fellow, School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Brexit has reduced EU ETS-reportable sailing distances by liner services on the North Atlantic by 24% relative to a scenario in which the UK had stayed in the bloc, Danish shipping analysts have estimated.

Zimbabwe’s giant Kariba REDD+ project is set to receive carbon credits via another standards body after its owner withdrew it from Verra’s VCS programme amid protests about a protracted investigation.

Last week an updated Business Case for Snowy 2.0 was released.  Like every aspect of this hapless, over-hyped project it is late, inadequate, and unrealistically optimistic.

The post Snowy 2.0’s updated business case is flawed, again appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Andrew Forrest's latest renewable mega project proposal includes a battery component with up to 12 hours of storage.

The post Andrew Forrest plans massive 2GW wind and solar project, backed by gigawatt-scale 12-hour battery appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Labor came to power promising real change on climate. But their reliance on accounting tricks, carbon sinks, offsets and a future for gas has cast a very large cloud. Bill Hare, Adjunct Professor of Energy, Murdoch University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A Toronto-based carbon and precious metals royalty and streaming company announced first quarter results for 2024 on Wednesday, with portfolio updates on their offset joint venture interests and a C$200 million ($146 mln) investment pipeline in nature-based offset projects.

Two University of Wollongong researchers have won Australian Research Council (ARC) Laureate Fellowships to support their ground-breaking climate research.

The post UOW researchers awarded $7m for climate and decarbonisation projects appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Grindavik's mayor says larger lava flows than usual are heading towards the largely abandoned area.

Carbon Pulse rounds up May’s developments in Latin American and Caribbean carbon markets, seeing South American countries push forward under Article 6 implementation agreements, compliance carbon pricing systems broaden their base of certification schemes, and new announcements of large-scale nature-based projects.  

Developed countries finally surpassed the target of providing $100 billion annually in climate finance for developing countries in 2022, two years after the original deadline, according to a new climate finance assessment from the OECD.

Extra funding for flood defences and a network of climate action hubs are among the Scottish government’s response to the urgent need for adaptation to warming temperatures, with the country experiencing hotter summers and more coastal erosion, said a government representative on a webinar.