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New Energy Solar is hoping to bankroll big solar buy up in US, and Australia and other markets, with $300m IPO.

Rooftop solar expected to provide more than 20% of local generation by 2025, ushering in transition to consumer focused grid in South Australia. Meanwhile, S.A. begins to benefit from renewables, with prices so far in 2017/18 lower than coal-dominated Victoria and NSW.

Beijing Jingneng Clean Energy adds Biala wind farm, approved for development in NSW Southern Tablelands, to growing Australian portfolio.

Garnaut says proposed National Energy Guarantee may fail on price reductions, emissions, and reliability, and may serve to simply reinforce the power of the big energy incumbents.

First phase of 1GW+ solar and battery storage hub in Gympie approved for development by local council.

PV and wind power systems generated 15 billion kWh of electricity in Germany in October, with renewables accounting for 44.1% of demand

At the Bonn climate talks that start today, Australia will cop some flak for its lack of reductions ambition, and action.

Defence department seeks 15.5MW of solar for Darwin barracks, RAAF base to cut energy costs and boost energy security. More are planned.

More than half of people in the UK can't name a famous woman in science - this week, BBC 100 Women aims to change that number.

A group of fewer than 800 orangutans in northern Sumatra has been recognised as a new species - and they are already under threat from deforestation. Colin Groves, Professor of Bioanthropology, Australian National University Anton Nurcayho, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The proposed NEG is already delivering big gains for the big three gentailers, as Adani emerges as major Queensland issue, and REC prices fall.

The Australian Energy Storage Conference and Exhibition (AES 2018) is heading to the nation’s clean-energy leader, Adelaide, in 2018. Registrations to exhibit and sponsor are now open.

More than 80 had been stuck and were moved to other Highland areas with no red squirrels.

New population naturally expanded since reintroduction to north-west Scotland in 2016

Red squirrels, a species previously lost from their native woodlands, have been successfully returned to the Highlands, early results of a reintroduction project show.

The new population has naturally expanded since they were reintroduced to north-west Scotland last year. The species had disappeared due to the reduction of forests to just isolated remnants, as well as disease and competition from the introduced non-native grey squirrel.

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Dog unearths Périgord black truffle successfully grown in Wales, the furthest north the delicacy has ever been found

An expensive Mediterranean black truffle has been cultivated in the UK for the first time, the farthest north that the species has been found.

Researchers believe the truffle, mostly found in northern Spain, southern France and northern Italy, was able to grow in Wales due to climate change.

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Rooftop solar - along with sunny weather and mild temperatures - push grid demand in South Australia to yet another record low.

The IPO is expected to be priced at between A$1.45 and A$1.55 per stapled security, which will raise between A$100 million and A$300 million for a projected market capitalisation of between A$387.4 million and A$587.4 million.

ASX-listed Redflow announced last month that it has started installing battery production equipment at its new factory in Thailand, putting it on track to commence initial operation by the end of this year.

Googong Foreshores Cultural and Geodiversity Area in the Canberra/Queanbeyan region has become our newest Commonwealth Heritage place, preserving and telling the story of our pastoral, Aboriginal, geological and natural history.

Globally it's thought that shark populations and diversity are in decline, as scientists start the first systematic survey of sharks and rays in the Indo-Pacific.