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Universities join forces to launch the Australian Centre for Offshore Wind Energy, to address key challenges facing the brand new industry.

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The deal required 11 funders to agree to terms, including the CEFC, and provides a runway for expansion – with a focus on battery storage.

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Farm north of London to be returned to something like pasture once enjoyed by Anglo-Saxon king

It was once woodland where Harold Godwinson, the last crowned Anglo-Saxon king, rode in pursuit of deer. Over recent decades, the hillside with a panoramic view of London has become arable fields, pony paddocks and a Christmas tree plantation.

But now Harold’s Park, a 200-hectare (500 acre) farm just north of the M25 on the edge of the capital, is to be rewilded and returned to something like the tangled wood pasture once enjoyed by King Harold.

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What if we could double the amount of light that hits a solar panel? UNSW researchers say it's possible.

The post Australian researchers race to smash the solar efficiency ceiling using “singlet fission” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Wholesale electricity prices hit a new landmark on Tuesday night when all five state grids had prices pushed above $15,000 a megawatt hour (MWh) at the time. Greed is the new black.

The post Generators fill their pockets again, pushing grid prices to new highs and leaving renewables to cop the blame appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australian big battery projects headed for record year as storage prices halve over the last year.

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Queensland coal power company has been moving into renewable energy for some years, and is now signing O&M contracts to give staff taste of renewables future.

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Barnaby Joyce reckons the "gig is up" for "intermittents" as he hoorays a cancelled project and EnergyCo rolls out scoping report for New England REZ.

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The scientific and broader community must join together to advance Southern Ocean science and protect this vital natural asset. Luke Bennetts, Lecturer in applied mathematics, University of Adelaide Callum Shakespeare, Senior Lecturer in Climate and Fluid Physics, Australian National University Catherine Vreugdenhil, ARC DECRA Research Fellow in Fluid Dynamics, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

An economy-wide cap-and-invest programme in Maryland would help the state achieve its climate and decarbonisation goals if designed and implemented carefully, according to a recent report published by a Washington DC-based non-profit.

The government says its budget to support a renewable energy auction will rise 50%.

The new budget comes after the previous government failed to award a single new offshore wind contract in 2023

The Labour government will make record amounts of funding available to clean energy developers after it increased the value of its summer subsidy auction by 50%, to £1.5bn.

The addition, compared with figures previously announced, means the total budget is seven times the amount available at last year’s auction, the government said.

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A new report from the Climate Council identifies ways to cut methane greenhouse emissions, almost two years after Australia signed a global pledge to reduce them. Lesley Hughes, Professor Emerita, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Fluctuations in the path of storms over the Australian continent can influence the conditions delivered by an El Niño or La Niña. Carly Tozer, Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO James Risbey, Researcher, Oceans and Atmosphere, CSIRO Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Most European airlines and aviation groups are convinced that an exemption from mandatory reporting of greenhouse gases for international flights can smooth the implementation of the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), although others are asking for stricter controls, just a few months before draft EU rules come into force.

Firm says it is now re-adjusting to a realistic end date and blames difficulties in procuring new planes and sustainable jet fuel

Air New Zealand has become the first major airline to drop its 2030 goal to cut carbon emissions.

The company has blamed difficulties in procuring new planes and sustainable jet fuel.

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Germany is preparing a second CCUS-focused bidding round as part of its ‘climate contracts’ funding programme for energy-intensive industries. 

Microsoft has purchased 80,000 carbon removals from a forest management project in California, it was announced on Tuesday. 

Houses in the UK could be built faster, and with more solar panels installed, if direct current (DC) microgrids were used to alleviate pressure points on the electricity network where the supply-demand crunch is particularly acute, say experts working to promote the benefits of DC technology.

Carbon Capture Scotland has partnered with a Toronto-based company to launch a digital monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) system for the tracking of CO2 from biogenic carbon removal projects, the two announced on Tuesday.