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Q CELLS newest Q.PEAK DUO-G5 panels are set to make history as they power the homes of South Australia's first multi-site, battery-powered residential development as part of the South Australia home battery scheme launched in October 2018.

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New South Wales waves through 60MW Narrabri South Solar Farm being developed by Canadian Solar in the state's north.

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A Washington DC bill has committed the US capital to source 100 per cent of its electricity from renewable energy by 2032 – marking the most ambitious renewable energy policy in the country.

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New data shows for the first time Australia's distributed rooftop solar PV responding to help keep the power system secure.

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Federal Labor has unveiled a $1bn dollar plan to “supercharge” Australia’s renewable-based hydrogen industry, firing a first shot in what is bound to be a fierce energy policy battle in the lead up to this year’s federal election.

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A warming climate shifts the distribution of the krill species eaten by whales and other predators.

A British man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for his involvement in a £2.4 million scam that saw him and his accomplices sell illiquid and overpriced carbon credits to 130 vulnerable investors.

Ecologists say Adani’s plan for endangered bird’s conservation area amounts to ‘a plan to manage a cow paddock’

About 2,000 hectares of proposed habitat offsets for the endangered black-throated finch were removed from Adani’s conservation plans last year, mostly on land earmarked for the nearby China Stone coalmine.

The Indian mining company also intends to allow cattle to graze on the remaining conservation areas surrounding its Carmichael mine.

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Broadcaster David Attenborough challenged business leaders at the World Economic Forum to "move beyond guilt and blame" and focus on the practicalities of preventing climate change from reaching catastrophic levels.

“If people can truly understand what is at stake, I believe they will give permission for business and governments to get on with the practical solutions," he told delegates at the summit in Davos, Switzerland.

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The Climate Change Ambassador is responsible for leading international climate change negotiations on behalf of the New Zealand Government.

European carbon prices weakened on Monday as the prospect of a rapid end to this week’s cold snap weighed on sentiment.

Fires and logging changes forest soil structure for at least 30-80+ years, affecting everything from regrowth to carbon storage. Elle Bowd, PhD scholar, Australian National University David Lindenmayer, Professor, The Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

National Parks Conservation Association is looking for a senior clean air and climate analyst for its Washington DC office.

The World Bank Group is looking for a senior climate change specialist for its Washington DC office.

ICF is looking for an entry-level consultant for its commercial energy division with an emphasis on the power, gas, emissions, renewable energy, efficiency and distributed resources sectors.

Program holding crazy ants at bay in world’s oldest continuing rainforest suffers from lack of government funding commitment

Funding to keep a voracious invasive ant from establishing super colonies in Australia’s wet tropics world heritage area has less than six months of funding left, risking its future, Guardian Australia has been told.

The wet tropics management authority (WTMA), which manages the vast world heritage area in north Queensland, is asking state and federal governments for a $6m a year package for the next seven years – enough, the authority says, for it to finish the job of eradicating the yellow crazy ant.

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STX is looking for a sales trader for its New York office to kick off its operations in the American market.

Greece has set a Wednesday deadline for bidders to participate in the sale of its 40% stake in state-controlled utility PPC’s big-emitting lignite facilities, as recently-agreed EU rules give a boost to the stake’s value despite high carbon prices.