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The Shanghai government will auction off 2.8 million carbon allowances under the local emissions trading scheme a the end of this month to ensure regulated emitters can meet their compliance requirements.

Norwegians are putting their natural environment (and weekend activities) ahead of tourism’s economic benefits

In Norway, nature is something of a national obsession. Norwegian children are taught that “there is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing”, and Norwegian babies are packed into thermals and overalls and taken on day trips to the woods. Cross-country skiing, hunting for wild mushrooms or cloudberries, or huffing and puffing up a mountain are standard weekend activities.

The recent decision to scrap a campaign that aimed to attract more foreign tourists to the country’s rural landscapes was a stark reminder of this: rather than encouraging tourists and the income they provide, many Norwegians would prefer to protect their natural environment.

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In move to address plunging grid demand in the middle of the day, market operator may force big batteries to discharge and stand by on empty as alternative to switching off rooftop solar.

The post Not enough demand: Big batteries may be told to stand by on empty to avoid rooftop solar switch-off appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The world is on track to miss the clean energy targets agreed at COP28 without stronger and more urgent action, according to a new report.

The last coal-fired power station in the UK will close within days, nearly 143 years after the world’s first coal-fired power station began operating in nearby London.

The post Last coal power station in UK prepares to close appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Senior CSIRO scientist Michael Ambrose recently completed Australia’s most comprehensive study on the ‘leakiness’ of recently built homes. Here's what he found.

The post SwitchedOn Podcast: Air tight homes can reduce energy costs up to 20% appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New Senate committee to focus on roles and transparency of energy market regulators and grid operator, with AEMO's ISP expected to be a major focus.

The post New Senate committee to focus on transparency and accountability of energy regulators and operator appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Entities covered under Australia’s Safeguard Mechanism have continued to hoard carbon credits to meet their expected compliance demand as unit issuance grows, albeit not as fast as the Clean Energy Regulator (CER) previously expected.

A global non-profit think tank that assesses leadership in corporate climate policy engagement has found that 23 out of 40 top performers are headquartered in Europe.

Dutton accused of not understanding the energy system by federal energy minister Chris Bowen, while former state energy minister Matt Kean also says nuclear not a suitable companion to renewables.

The post Dutton’s baseload nuclear plan shows he does not understand energy systems, Bowen says appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Latest quarterly report from the Clean Energy Regulator reveals a promising uptick in large-scale wind and solar investment and unstoppable momentum in the rooftop PV market.

The post Australia on track to add 7GW of new wind and solar this year, as investment bounces back appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Brisbane-based iron flow battery manufacturer Energy Storage Industries has secured investment worth $65 million to build Australia’s first manufacturing plant for grid-scale batteries.

The post Queensland backs iron flow battery technology for Australia’s first grid scale manufacturing facility appeared first on RenewEconomy.

With more than 200 wastewater ponds, New Zealand has an untapped opportunity to install floating solar panels to increase renewable generation and to reduce algal growth in the ponds at the same time. Faith Jeremiah, Lecturer in Business Management (Entrepreneurship and Innovation), Lincoln University, New Zealand Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Quebec's pension fund on Monday unveiled a new investment platform alongside a US-based landscape investment manager after acquiring a minority stake in the firm.

The winning images in this year’s Bird Photographer of the Year competition have been selected from 23,000 entries from around the world. The overall winner Patricia Homonylo’s image showed birds killed by colliding with windows

• Wildlife photographer of the year 2024 – preview

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RGGI allowance (RGA) prices plummeted 12.4% Monday upon the release of a long-awaited programme review update from market administrator RGGI Inc., which provided modelling of an additional regional cap trajectory scenario and detailed potential expanding of the Cost Containment Reserve (CCR).

In an effort to bolster scale beyond pilot projects, US and Singaporean architects of transition crediting mechanisms vouched for the nascent market’s ability to meet eventual compliance demand during Climate Week NYC on Monday.

Latin American and Caribbean governments differed on UN climate conference flashpoints on Sunday in New York, less than two months from COP29 in Baku this November.

A global tech giant has bought 15,000 CO2 removal credits (CDR) in a second purchase agreement from a London-headquartered enhanced rock weathering (ERW) firm, per an announcement on Tuesday.

Institutional investors are wary of financing “science projects” and losing their shirts in a nascent voluntary carbon market (VCM) that has already undergone several transformations, and where the make-or-break risks are still high, experts said during Climate Week New York City on Monday.