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Sainsbury's is the first UK supermarket to stock edible insects - but just how tasty are they?

British industry will build new spacecraft for telecoms operator Eutelsat's flagship TV distribution network.

Energy firm plans to build 2,000 homes powered by solar panels on the Staffordshire site

An old coal power station is set to be transformed into a “sustainable village” of 2,000 homes powered by solar panels, in the biggest redevelopment yet of a former UK power plant.

French firm Engie said it had decided against selling off the Rugeley site in Staffordshire and would instead build super efficient houses on the 139-hectare site as part of its bid to “move beyond energy”.

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Australia’s biggest oil and gas exploration company has initiated the environmental approval process for a new LNG project that would emit up to 7 MtCO2e per year, enough to erase around a third of the carbon output saved through the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF).

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The post Tesla unveils its Gateway upgrade for Powerall 2 battery appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Gruesome haul of fresh pelts and rotting remains marks the end of a five-year probe into an international crime ring, that authorities fear points to a wider problem in Europe

The first thing that hit the inspectors was the smell. It was a sweltering midsummer day in Prague, and they had just opened an unplugged freezer filled with the rotting remains of tigers, lions and cougars. Pavla Rihova, the lead environmental inspector on the scene, said she had never seen anything like it.

“I have been working for the inspectorate 25 years … but the situation there was really horrible. If you can imagine: an old freezer, without electricity, full of meat and dead bodies, in the garden for two years. Absolutely incredible.”

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Energy firms set to miss government deadline for rollout

Energy suppliers need to triple smart meter installation rates to complete a national rollout by 2020, according to the consumer champion Which?

Large suppliers would have to install 30 meters every minute, every day, for the next two years, to meet the government deadline.

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The Department of the Environment and Energy will be launching a new online wildlife trade permit application portal in December 2018. ...

German Energiewende demonstrates renewables transition can be economic and social success if it includes efficiency and a pro-active ‘just transition’ – policies that foster new businesses and jobs.

The post Hope is rational – Germany’s radical shift to renewables and efficiency appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Synergy says demand “starts and stops” caused by rooftop solar had disrupted operations at its 240MW gas-fired Cockburn power station – one of its newer plants.

The post WA’s Synergy says fossil fuel generators not coping with rooftop solar boom appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Labor energy policy will attack Coalition's plan for new coal investment, outline the path to 50 per cent renewable energy, and will likely include a focus on storage and energy efficiency.

The post Labor to exploit Morrison’s coal obsessions in new energy policy appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A 50 per cent renewable energy target from Labour would be trivial in terms of new project and investment requirements. But it would have an impact on coal.

The post Know your NEM: The impact of Federal ALP policy, some speculation appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Infigen says its Tesla big battery at Lake Bonney will be ready by April, but future battery investments tempered by lack of supportive markets and battery costs.

The post Infigen says its Tesla big battery will be ready by April, more “firming” to follow appeared first on RenewEconomy.

International law firm Ashurst has advised the lenders on the A$409 million refinancing of the Collgar Wind Farm in Western Australia.

The post Ashurst advises on A$409m refinancing of Collgar Wind Farm appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Latest power generation costs data reveals that coal industry’s preferred climate escape route of promoting CCS on coal power plants has disappeared as a financially viable option.

The post New renewables cost data shuts door on coal power’s CCS escape route appeared first on RenewEconomy.

California regulator paves way for gigawatt-scale lithium ion batteries from Tesla and others to replace ageing natural gas power plants.

The post California paves way for gigawatt-scale Tesla battery to replace gas appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Despite its global importance, the rainy 'Maritime Continent' around Indonesia is hard to capture using global climate models. But fear not - new research shows how to improve our forecasts. Andrew King, ARC DECRA fellow, University of Melbourne Claire Vincent, Lecturer in Atmospheric Science, University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A scientist at the John Innes Centre in Norwich says resistant seeds could help beat the fatal disease.

Boy mauled while spearfishing off Arnhem Land a day after a man was attacked while learning to surf south of Wollongong

A teenager has been attacked by a shark while spearfishing off the Northern Territory coast.

The 17-year-old was bitten on his arm and leg about 30km offshore from Nhulunbuy in Arnhem Land on Sunday morning, NT police said.

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With demand for electricity set to rocket, the UK cannot rely on renewables alone

Your business leader misses the bigger picture, as indeed do other supporters of renewable energy, such as Greenpeace (“Moorside’s atomic dream was an illusion. Renewables are the way to a clean future”).

The bigger picture is that we can expect to see a substantial and sustained increase in electricity demand over the next 20-30 years due to the electrification of transport and heat. Heat alone, by the most conservative estimates, will add 300GW of peak thermal demand, which would add 100GW to the grid, dwarfing the current 65GW or so of peak UK demand. Yes, renewables backed up with energy storage and smart control can make an impact but a significant baseload method will still be needed. As pointed out in the late David Mackay’s excellent book Sustainable Energy – Without the Hot Air, the least bad option of meeting this is likely to be nuclear fission.
Chris Underwood, professor emeritus of energy modelling for the built environment
Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne

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