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From wildflower retreats and Novid rooms to locking yourself in a disabled toilet, hospital staff reveal where they go when they need a moment’s peace

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It is no coincidence that ever more extreme politics has come at a time of ever more extreme weather

A disrupted climate and diminished natural world are widening the dividing lines of ideological debate. Left unchecked, this will undermine democracy.

That may not be the first thing on the minds of British voters as they go to the polls on Thursday. It is probably also a minority view in the rest of Europe or the US, where people are too much in the thick of a polycrisis to consider anything outside politics and economics as usual. But from a distance, in my case from the Amazon rainforest, there is a very different explanation for the tremors being witnessed in the old world and the new.

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Although distributed energy resources are expected to be able to play in the new very fast frequency control market, it wasn't easy hooking them in.

The post Household batteries are now being marshalled to deliver very fast response to grid security issues appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The AFR and other right wing media still describe AEMO forecasts as blackout warnings to argue against wind and solar. But in nuclear dominated Ontario, the shortfall forecasts are even more dramatic.

The post Right wing media serves up more nonsense about blackout warnings and nuclear appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A government-backed carbon exchange in Taiwan is likely to see the first transaction of domestically issued emissions reductions by late September or early October, according to local media reports.

Europe’s tallest active volcano roared as it spewed lava from one of its largest craters.

The Shanghai government will auction off 1 million carbon allowances under its emissions trading scheme at the end of this month to ensure regulated emitters can acquire enough permits for compliance purposes.

Small renewable energy systems are replacing dirty diesel generators in remote communities. This study of 20 Australian microgrid feasibility projects reveals widespread benefits. Simon Wright, Senior Research Fellow, Energy & Circularity, Gulbali Institute, Charles Sturt University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Australia's main grid is heading to 50 per cent renewables in two years, and batteries are moving from a sideshow to centre stage as cell prices plunge.

The post As wind and solar ramp up, batteries are about to take centre stage as cell prices plunge appeared first on RenewEconomy.

False claims about weather manipulation and geoengineering have been spreading online. What are the facts?

False claims about weather manipulation and geoengineering have been spreading online. What are the facts?

Forest carbon projects are becoming increasingly vulnerable to climate-related disasters including large-scale fires, according to a new analysis from an offset ratings agency.

An Oregon-based investor and his associated firms have been ordered by a US judge to pay over $120 million in restitution and disgorgement for operating a Ponzi scheme and committing fraud related to digital asset investments and a carbon offset programme, a federal court ruled on Wednesday.

Tesla has smashed its records for battery storage deliveries in a single quarter, more than double its previous best and double analyst estimates.

The post “A show stealer:” Tesla doubles storage deliveries as batteries take centre stage in grid transition appeared first on RenewEconomy.

How endangered species are smuggled out of Africa and what is being done to prevent it.

Scientists are collecting eggs from rhinos in zoos in a bid to boost the gene pool of wild rhinos.

Scientists are collecting eggs from rhinos in zoos in a bid to boost the gene pool of wild rhinos.

Maine-headquartered Running Tide, the now-shuttered ocean carbon removal project developer, saw only a handful of early buyers and investors patient enough to see through the company’s delivery of voluntary carbon credits, as critics slate and executives defend its efforts to scale up.

Engineer appointed to design transmission line that will link Pilbara iron ore mines to one of world's biggest renewable energy hubs.

The post Engineer named for new transmission line from massive renewable hub to Pilbara iron ore mines appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Oregon's Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) released Wednesday a series of draft updates to the state's Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy Use in Technologies (OR-GREET) model used to assess carbon intensity (CI) for the Oregon Clean Fuels Program (OCFP), ahead of a workshop next week to discuss proposed programme changes.