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Sydney-based Gelion announces intention to build “world’s best battery” after buying up hundreds of lithium sulfur and silicon anode patents.

The post Australia’s Gelion says it secures chemistry to make “world’s best battery” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Germany will use auctions to ensure new gas power plants are built, used only as back-up, and converted to hydrogen “as soon as possible."

The post Germany to build 25GW of “hydrogen ready” gas plants to back up wind and solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Matt Kean strikes back at NSW Labor, pointing to data showing the state outstripping the rest of the country in new renewable and storage projects.

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Seaweed is in the spotlight for so many reasons. It all sounds too good to be true. So can this wonder weed live up to expectations and fulfill its promise to save us from ourselves? Catriona Macleod, Associate professor, University of Tasmania Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

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Arena-backed trial will see energy retailers offer innovative incentives to customers to enable access to their existing rooftop solar systems.

The post “Making dumb solar smart:” Push to bring old rooftop PV into new world of flexible exports appeared first on RenewEconomy.

French oil giant targets 30GW of wind and solar projects for green hydrogen production in Australia.

The post French oil giant targets 30GW of wind and solar for green hydrogen projects in Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.

California Carbon Allowances (CCAs) shrugged off an early-week sell-off after Washington state’s inaugural cap-and-trade sale cleared near $50, which in turn spurred Washington Carbon Allowance (WCA) values to begin trading above the scheme’s lowest allowance reserve price trigger on the secondary market.

Against the shadow of Fukushima, the latest pro-nuclear push in Australia is ill-judged, insensitive and wholly inappropriate.

The post On anniversary of the Fukushima disaster, Australia must stand firm against nuclear appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The US government may approve the Alaska drilling site soon - but its opponents are going viral.

With some of Australia's oldest wind farms occupying some of the best sites, "repowering" – replacing old turbines with new – is an important consideration. But how is it done?

The post Explainer: What do you do with an old wind farm? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Ergon Energy awards contracts for the installation of battery storage systems across six different sites on its solar soaked grid.

The post Evo Power wins contract for “solar soaking” utility batteries across network appeared first on RenewEconomy.

There is simply no way around it. Avoiding the worst of climate change means stopping the extraction and burning of fossil fuels.

The post A tonne of fossil carbon isn’t equal to a tonne of new trees: Why offsets can’t save us appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Offset registry Climate Action Reserve (CAR) on Wednesday released its methodology to issue credits for future emissions reductions that will occur through activities that prevent wildfires erupting across the American West.

Labor must resist the false promise of carbon offsets in its safeguard mechanism. The only thing that matters is actually cutting emissions Wesley Morgan, Research Fellow, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A new legal order in the high seas must prevent marine riches from being monopolised or privatised

In his 1968 essay The Tragedy of the Commons, the ecologist Garrett Hardin argued that resources which do not clearly belong to anyone are likely to be overexploited, since protecting them is in no one person’s interest. That tragedy is unfolding on the high seas – the two-thirds of the ocean that lies beyond coastal states’ national jurisdiction. This is a commons, where fishing and mining have been opened to all. The result is serious damage to a vital resource that covers almost half the planet’s surface. The high seas are not entirely lawless. Yet only a tiny fraction of these waters are protected from exploitation, despite harbouring the world’s marine wilderness and its unique biodiversity.

Beneath the waves lies a rich prize. Many scientists think the high seas harbour novel disease-fighting chemistry that might lead to new drugs. Until this month, there was no mechanism to prevent nations or companies monopolising the world’s marine genetic resources. One study in 2018 pointed out that BASF, which calls itself “the largest chemical producer in the world”, owned nearly half of the 13,000 patents derived from marine organisms. Mining exploration licences in the Pacific alone span an area almost as wide as the US. If deep sea extraction were permitted to go ahead, many warn, it would lead to biodiversity loss on an enormous scale.

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Shell, fresh from last year's bumper fossil fuel profits, on Thursday outlined fears about how increasing scrutiny of its oil and gas operations in regard to climate change could seriously damage its business.

The European Commission on Thursday set out plans to extend the relaxation of state aid rules and simplifying processes for member states to support key green sectors, aiming to rid the bloc of costly red tape in an increasingly heated global clean technology race. 

Germany's economy ministry (BMWK) will consider imposing Contracts for Difference (CfDs) to promote renewable energies, as part of a new industrial plan presented on Thursday.

The EU’s energy commissioner Kadri Simson announced Thursday that member states will be asked to prolong the current 15% voluntary gas demand reduction goal for another year amid ongoing supply concerns.