Feed aggregator

A successful transition to clean energy is vital to Australia’s prosperity. But the Coalition’s latest nuclear salvo leaves many unanswered questions. Thomas Longden, Senior Researcher, Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The US Department of Agriculture announced this week awards of nearly $335 million in financial incentives under the flagship Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) for private forest landowners to manage their forests sustainably in partnership with states.

Emissions under the Australian opposition’s proposed plans for nuclear energy would see coal-fired power stations operate for longer and subsequently higher emissions, according to a costings report it released Friday.

The money flowing into international carbon markets could be counted in future tallies of global climate finance — although the lack of a specific mention in the final agreement on a new global goal at COP29 means that the extent to which this happens, and how trust in the market is ensured, is largely up in the air. 

Energy secretary to set out plan to boost renewable energy supply, such as building canopies of solar panels on outdoor car parks

Ed Miliband has pledged to bring in “the most ambitious reforms to the country’s energy system in generations” as he presses ahead with plans to accelerate the development of onshore windfarms in England.

The energy secretary is to set out the government’s “clean power 2030” plan on Friday, including measures to boost the UK’s renewable energy supply such as building canopies of solar panels on outdoor car parks.

Reforming the system for connecting new projects to the national grid to prioritise the most viable projects;

Speeding up decisions on planning permission by empowering planners to prioritise critical energy infrastructure;

Expanding the renewable auction process to allow funding to be secured before planning permission in an effort to stop delays and get more projects connected;

Allowing households to get access to cheaper tariffs at different times of day.

Continue reading...

In this episode we take a quick look at the Coalition’s nuclear plan and its costings. Not much of it makes sense. Plus: The other news of the week.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Dutton’s high stakes, low sense nuclear plan appeared first on RenewEconomy.

In just the last week Microsoft and Google have pledged $50 billion in spending on renewables. Not exactly all in on nuclear as the Coalition suggests.

The post Is big tech going all in on nuclear? Google and Microsoft have just pledged $45 billion on renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Coalition nuclear plan would largely bring investment in large scale renewables and storage to a halt, and result in household solar being switched off on a near daily basis.

The post The Coalition’s master plan: Bring large scale wind, solar and battery storage installations to a halt appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Victoria launches consultation on the next step its Gas Substitution Roadmap, including options to extend the ban on new connections and mandate the transition to electric appliances in gas-connected homes.

The post Victoria forges ahead on electrification, with proposal to kick gas out of existing homes appeared first on RenewEconomy.

It might seem weirdly appropriate that Peter Dutton should release his nuclear power policy costings on Friday the 13th. But that would be to downplay the sheer lunacy, rank dishonesty, and clear danger of his energy plans.

The post Peter Dutton’s nuclear plan: Mad, bad, and extremely dangerous appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Frontier’s arguments hold no more water than any other nuclear advocate, and their assumptions are built on a house of cards.

The post Frontier Economics and its “house of cards” case for nuclear appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The change is part of the government's new action plan for meeting its 2030 clean power target.

The decision to export gas from the east coast in 2015 has driven up prices to the point where it is destroying domestic demand – and won’t be fixed with new supply, a new analysis suggests.

The post “Gas eating gas:” Analysis warns new supply will do nothing to alleviate high prices appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Peter Dutton defends nuclear by claiming that rooftop solar cannot charge EVs and household batteries at the same time. How wrong and ignorant can you be?

The post “You can’t charge your battery and your car at same time:” Dutton does not have a clue about energy appeared first on RenewEconomy.

California Carbon Allowances (CCA) options activity on ICE picked up this week ahead of the last expiry for the year, while surprise auction results of the Q4 permit sale defined volatility in Washington Carbon Allowances (WCA). 

The US EPA awarded more than $1.2 billion in funding for 84 local environmental and climate justice projects on Thursday, as part of the Community Change Grants Program. 

Global CCS capacity is estimated to outstrip global LNG supply volumes within the 2030s, yet would be unsustainable without a supportive commercial carbon price, according to forecasts released by a data and analytics company.

Minnesota’s Public Utilities Commission (PUC) on Thursday unanimously approved Summit Carbon Solutions’ (SCS) permit request to construct a segment of its proposed CO2 pipeline within the state.

The first steps to create a nationwide map of the environmental impact of UK agriculture are underway with the launch of carbon audits across 170 farms.

The UK has unveiled a $40-billion plan to massively scale clean energy by 2030, as part of a strategy published Friday that outlines how the country will achieve at least 95% clean power by the end of the decade.