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NextEra Energy Resources will develop the largest co-located wind, solar, and energy storage project in the US, which will boast total capacity of 700 MW when it is completed in 2023.

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Suncorp becomes the latest insurance firm to abandon the thermal coal industry, setting itself the deadline to eliminate coal exposure by 2025.

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The public consultation period for assessment for export accreditation will be open from 26 July 2019 until 28 August 2019.

The public consultation period for assessment for export accreditation will be open from 26 July 2019 until 28 August 2019.

South Australia says second phase of Tesla virtual power plant going well, and it now looking at third phase which could deliver a 250MW VPP.

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How do Queensland's wind resources fit with the rest of Australia's? There's not much data out there yet, but what there is is encouraging.

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AEMC needs to make some changes if their demand response proposals is to get the right outcome, and pave way for a truly two-sided market.

The post Demand Response: We still haven’t found what we are looking for … appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Nearly two decades after it was first proposed, demand response is to finally become a part of Australia’s electricity market. Craig Memery, from PIAC explains. Plus: Queensland finally delivers.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Does demand response spell the end for dirty peakers? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

André Borschberg co-piloted the Solar Impulse plane that went round the world on solar power only. He says the future of flight is electric, from passenger plants to intra-city flying pods.

The post The Driven Podcast: From Solar Impulse to electric flight appeared first on RenewEconomy.

If this demand-response mechanism does what it is claimed to do, it could be a significant development for the electricity markets in southern and eastern Australia. But the actual proposal is eye-wateringly complex and there is reason to be circumspect.

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Why Trump is selling plastic straws at $15 a pack - and using them as a stick to beat liberals with.

California officials and several automakers announced an agreement Thursday on higher vehicle fuel economy standards than those proposed by the Trump Administration’s regulatory rollback, but it is still uncertain whether the new framework will ever be implemented.

Corals, mangroves and seagrass habitats have been affected by extreme weather events, and some may never recover. Russ Babcock, Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Anthony Richardson, Professor, The University of Queensland Beth Fulton, CSIRO Research Group Leader Ecosystem Modelling and Risk Assessment, CSIRO Eva Plaganyi, Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Rodrigo Bustamante, Research Group Leader , CSIRO Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices dropped amid lower demand on the secondary market as RGGI allowances (RGA) rose for the second consecutive week.

The European Commission is investigating the risk of the EU ETS and its emissions registry being used for money laundering, terrorist financing, and fraud.