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New bifacial solar technology generates more power at much reduced cost
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Rooftop solar ducks would eat nuclear’s lunch. So will Coalition slow PV or pay to store it?
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Only seven countries meet WHO air quality standard, research finds
Almost all countries failing to meet mark for PM2.5, tiny particles expelled by vehicles and industry that can cause health problems
Only seven countries are meeting an international air quality standard, with deadly air pollution worsening in places due to a rebound in economic activity and the toxic impact of wildfire smoke, a new report has found.
Of 134 countries and regions surveyed in the report, only seven – Australia, Estonia, Finland, Grenada, Iceland, Mauritius and New Zealand – are meeting a World Health Organization (WHO) guideline limit for tiny airborne particles expelled by cars, trucks and industrial processes.
Continue reading...Ampcontrol signs deal to power industrial sites entirely with NSW wind and solar
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The government wants to fast-track approvals of large infrastructure projects – that’s bad news for NZ’s biodiversity
Consumers to get “marginal” bill relief despite rooftop PV driving big falls in wholesale power prices
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Construction starts on second biggest battery in world’s most renewable grid
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Forget nuclear: would Peter Dutton oppose a plan to cut bills and address the climate crisis? | Adam Morton
We should focus on rooftop solar – Australians love it
A missing element from much of the debate about whether Australia should embrace nuclear power is that – unless the Labor rank-and-file have an extraordinary change of heart – the issue is already dead on arrival.
John Howard and Scott Morrison knew the score on this. Unless there is bipartisan support, a nuclear industry has virtually no chance of being developed. And as things stand there is no chance of the ALP changing its position.
Continue reading...Singapore’s Metis kicks off Australia renewable plans with first big solar project
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Illinois lawmakers propose framework for carbon sequestration
RGGI Markets: Record auction propels RGA prices to new highs
SwitchedOn Podcast: Nations communities and the big switch to renewables
The post SwitchedOn Podcast: Nations communities and the big switch to renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Supply Partners Group Distribution Agreement with Sungrow
Sungrow and Supply Partners Group have entered into a distribution agreement.
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It is now cheaper to run a fully electric home and EV in NZ than to use fossil fuels
The post It is now cheaper to run a fully electric home and EV in NZ than to use fossil fuels appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Sunak and ministers stoking division over UK’s net zero target, warns Ed Miliband
Labour shadow energy minister will use speech to say Tory approach is also leading to higher bills
Ministers are stoking the fires of the culture wars over the UK’s net zero target instead of addressing the urgency of the climate crisis, Ed Miliband will say.
The shadow energy secretary will make a pitch directly to Conservative voters who are concerned that the party has made major U-turns on cutting greenhouse gas emissions amid increasingly anti-green rhetoric.
Continue reading...On a climate rollercoaster: how Australia’s environment fared in the world’s hottest year
Massive First Nations solar-hydro project aims to be first to export green ammonia
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