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Neoen says five new big battery projects will help deliver more "baseload renewables" contracts, but is coy about details of latest tender win for a giant four hour battery in W.A.

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European carbon prices jumped sharply on Thursday morning, following a leap in natural gas prices, as speculative traders were said to be further reducing their short positions in carbon after Wednesday's Commitment of Traders data showed investment funds had trimmed their overall bearish bets for a third week in a row.

Rivers Trust is asking citizen scientists to record observations of local waterways on free app

People in Britain and Ireland are being asked to monitor their local rivers for pollution so a leading water charity can measure the scale of the sewage crisis.

The Rivers Trust is this week launching the Big River Watch, asking people to record observations of their local rivers on a free app. The results will be made available through an interactive dashboard, and will help the organisation, as well as individuals and communities who can all access the data, to take action to improve rivers.

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Compliance entities have continued to surrender large volumes of European carbon allowances in April despite the deadline moving to the end of September this year, with analysts attributing this to a case of 'old habits die hard' given the limited finanical benefit for giving up the permits in advance.

The world is far off track to keep warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels or the temperature needed to avoid catastrophic climate change, according to research released Thursday.

The tech arm of a South Korean conglomerate has launched verification services to help domestic emitters cope with tighter data disclosure requirements proposed by the EU, it announced Thursday.

Approximately 18% of shareholders at drinks giant PepsiCo voted in favour of a resolution to disclose its biodiversity impacts on Wednesday, Carbon Pulse has learned.

Verra and ART TREES have become the latest standard bodies to pass the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM)'s conditions for eligibility, but the first approval of methodologies for the Core Carbon Principles (CCPs) stamp has been delayed until June as experts grapple with fresh complexities.

The Australian government is developing two new savanna fire management (SFM) method proposals, including one that will propose to credit sequestration in living vegetation for the first time, a department spokesperson confirmed to Carbon Pulse.

It's hard to find anyone in the energy industry pleased with news the NSW government may pay to keep the country's biggest coal generator open for another four or five years.

The post Even rival coal generators don’t want long term extension to Eraring coal plant appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Use of enclosed combustors leaves regulators heavily reliant on oil and gas companies’ own flaring data

Oil and gas equipment intended to cut methane emissions is preventing scientists from accurately detecting greenhouse gases and pollutants, a satellite image investigation has revealed.

Energy companies operating in countries such as the US, UK, Germany and Norway appear to have installed technology that could stop researchers from identifying methane, carbon dioxide emissions and pollutants at industrial facilities involved in the disposal of unprofitable natural gas, known in the industry as flaring.

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Queensland households will score a $1000 energy bill discount under a $2.5bn state spend the government says will by covered by coal royalties.

The post Queensland announces $1,000 rebate on household energy bills, paid for by coal royalties appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Extending Eraring has not been adequately justified. Meanwhile, the cost could be significant and so could the extra damage to the environment.

The post Eraring extension could be a cost of living and pollution disaster – and not just from emissions appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The oil and gas and agriculture industries are consistently, and successfully, lobbying to weaken regulations to cut methane emissions worldwide, an NGO claims in research published on Thursday.

Victoria's energy minister says reports the state will delay its first offshore wind auction are "just wrong," with developers "chomping at the bit to go to that next stage."

The post “On track and on time:” D’Ambrosio insists Victoria’s first offshore wind auction will not be delayed appeared first on RenewEconomy.

WA government awards a $160 million for works at on the giant Collie battery, which will be one of biggest in the country.

The post Contract awarded for works on new 2,000 MWh battery in coal centre appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Coalition says its warning of blackouts and brownouts if Australia transitions to renewables is based on "engineering and economics." Seriously?

The post “Blackouts and brownouts:” The ideology behind Coalition’s dystopian take on renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A compliance update from the Clean Energy Regulator (CER) Thursday said it had begun gateway audits on several human-induced regeneration (HIR) carbon projects, as well as audits of a number of emissions reports under the NGER scheme.

The hype surrounding SMRs is way overblown. Here are five facts that the nuclear industry and its boosters don’t want the public to know.

The post Five things the “nuclear bros” don’t want you to know about small modular reactors appeared first on RenewEconomy.

California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) prices have continued on a downward spiral, with traders expecting further downside risk as the programme’s credit surplus bank build shows no signs of slowing.