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The coalition government’s decision to follow the Climate Change Commission’s advice on emissions trading scheme price settings and auction volumes has been broadly welcomed, participants told a conference Tuesday, but key issues relating to the scheme have yet to be resolved.

The Malaysian government is looking into implementing a carbon tax, particularly on big-emitting industries, and plans to attract green investments into the country, an official told a media conference Tuesday.

The biggest battery project in South Australia has been licensed and registered, paving the way for testing and commissioning.

The post South Australia’s biggest battery achieves key registration and licence approvals appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Appearance of dark crimson underwing causes excitement on land that would be bisected by road scheme

Beneath oak canopies, in an orchard full of hundred-year-old apple trees, excited exclamations rose from a group of moth enthusiasts last week.

The Cambridgeshire Moth Group had just trapped a dark crimson underwing, a species so rare that none of them had ever seen it before. Indeed, the colourful invertebrate is only usually ever found in the New Forest and is considered nationally scarce.

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Form Energy gets funds for groundbreaking 8.5 GWh iron-air battery, which will be capable of up to 100 hours of storage and will be the world's biggest battery.

The post Low-cost iron-air technology to feature in world’s biggest battery project in US appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Alex Wonhas, the former head of engineering and system design at AMEO, says a rethink of the way we use big batteries could help get the energy transition back on track.

The post “We need to think differently about storage:” How big batteries can ease the transmission burden appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New "headroom" study suggests nearly 2 GW of extra wind, solar and battery capacity can be hosted in Australia's first renewable energy zone.

The post NSW says an extra 2 GW of wind, solar and storage could be hosted in first renewable energy zone appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Nature can provide solutions to problems such as biodiversity loss and climate change. But the best nature-based solutions are resilient to disturbance such as fire or drought and future change. Rachel Standish, Associate Professor, School of Environmental and Conservation Sciences, Murdoch University Tina Parkhurst, Research Fellow, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

South Korea's national oil and gas company has decided to set up a carbon capture and storage (CCS) business, with plans to promote projects both at home and abroad, local media reported.

Melbourne-based industry fund has tipped more than $2 billion into renewables over the past two years, but the investments have all been in overseas markets, not in Australia.

The post One of our biggest asset managers is tipping billions into renewables – but not in Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Lack of liquidity and near-term weather were some of the main drivers of RGGI Allowances (RGA) in the secondary market this week that traders deliberated as prices held north of $27.

The opposition has still produced nothing to back up its widely disputed claim that Australia could have an operational nuclear industry before the 2040s

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Owner of the biggest wind farm in Western Australia says more than 1.7 GW of new capacity is planned across five different projects.

The post Owner of W.A.’s biggest wind farm eyes another 1.7 GW across five new projects appeared first on RenewEconomy.

With the release of the official Democratic platform on Sunday, both major US political parties have now made public they priorities regarding climate, energy, and the environment if they emerge victorious in the November presidential election, although both documents largely aligned with established party policy preferences.

Transmission giant expresses doubt about offshore wind, says big remote inland renewable zones away from population centres might be better idea.

The post Network giant says huge inland renewable zones might be better idea than floating offshore wind appeared first on RenewEconomy.

UK researchers hope swarms of up to 30 aircraft using AI could put out flames before they spread.

The Bolivian human rights agency has issued a statement in support of the vice presidency’s contest to a court decision that effectively legalised carbon trading in the country after a years-long prohibition.

US spacecraft company SpaceX launched a methane-detecting satellite on Friday that aims to track methane “super emitters” in partnership with a greenhouse gas-monitoring non-profit.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced Monday up to $127.5 million in federal funding to support the development of CO2 capture, removal, and conversion test centres for cement manufacturing facilities and power plants.

Numerous bills, including those that address CO2 removals (CDR) and the voluntary carbon market (VCM), have stalled in California’s legislature and do not appear likely to become law before the legislative session ends in August.