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UK-based nature platform provider Natcap will seek to accelerate product development and commercialise its technologies after successfully closing a £2.5 million seed round.

If there’s an unprecedented heatwave outside, do you turn up the aircon and pretend unwelcome change isn’t happening? If so, you’re not alone Hannah Della Bosca, PhD Candidate and Research Assistant at Sydney Environment Institute, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The race to develop New Zealand's first true utility-scale solar farm is on, with FRV Australia and Genesis Energy hitting go on a 52MW project on the South Island.

The post FRV gets cracking on huge pipeline of big solar in land of long white cloud appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Rapid decline stumps researchers, who theorise traffic collisions, climate crisis, cane toads and inbreeding could play a role

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Numbers of spotted-tail quolls in north Queensland have dwindled to critically endangered levels, new research into the threatened marsupials suggests.

Over two years, scientists monitored populations of the north Queensland subspecies of the spotted-tail quoll, Dasyurus maculatus gracilis, which lives in cool regions at high elevation.

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South Australia demand met by rooftop and utility scale solar for six hours straight.

The post Graph of the Day: Solar covers all of South Australia demand for six hours straight appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Team of high profile energy experts selected to guide reboot of Victoria's State Electricity Commission as a publicly owned renewable energy utility.

The post Zibelman, Finkel join expert panel to advise Victoria on controversial public utility appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Indonesian government recently partnered with a local mining company to plant 30,000 mangrove seedlings and releasing 20,000 clams in North Sumatra, as the government earmarked the region as an ideal area for mangrove restoration.

If Australia proceeds with plans to modernise its grid without considering superconductors, it will be a huge missed opportunity.

The post A tenth of all electricity is lost in the grid. Superconducting cables can help appeared first on RenewEconomy.

California policymakers and lawmakers must provide greater certainty on their authority to implement the state’s WCI-linked cap-and-trade programme after 2030 in order to hit the state’s ambitious GHG reduction targets, a watchdog report said Friday.

RGGI Allowance (RGA) values rose slightly for the second consecutive week even as transacted volume cratered, with market experts pointing to elevated 2022 CO2 output as one of multiple possible drivers.

California’s WCI-linked cap-and-trade programme reduced air pollution disparities between disadvantaged and other communities in a recent study covering 5% of the state’s reported emissions, potentially allaying concerns that market-based programmes present an equity-efficiency trade off, according to the findings of a new study.

US biofuel credit (RIN) values receded over the past week to levels not seen since December, as traders pointed to the lasting impact of a court ruling on Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) compliance waivers and strong potential credit generation numbers in January.

The EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) will help increase scrap recycling in steel production, according to a recently-published study, which noted that framing the border policy as a key ingredient to the circular economy has several benefits.

Negotiations to finalise the EU’s revised renewable energy directive (RED) were left in tatters on Monday as senior parliamentarians reacted angrily to the cancellation of the latest round of talks over a row about green hydrogen. 

As we modernise Australia’s power grid, we should look to superconducting cables to save energy, cut emissions and future-proof the system Ian Mackinnon, Professor and Director, Centre for Clean Energy Technologies and Practices, Queensland University of Technology Richard Taylor, Principal research fellow Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

5B lands biggest project yet, as tech provider for PV component of 95MW microgrid to power one of world's largest battery metals mines at up to 100% renewables.

The post Low-cost solar ‘maverick’ 5B wins biggest contract to help power massive lithium mine appeared first on RenewEconomy.

David Nixon defied judge’s instruction not to cite climate crisis as motivation for causing public nuisance

A supporter of the Insulate Britain climate protest campaign faces a prison sentence after he was convicted for contempt of court for telling a jury his actions were motivated by the climate crisis.

David Nixon was one of four defendants found guilty at Inner London crown court on Monday for causing a public nuisance by blocking the junction of Bishopsgate and Wormwood St in the City of London on 25 October 2021.

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The slump in standardised nature-based offsets continued last week following the claims of widespread over-crediting in the REDD+ avoided deforestation sector, but there were signs that sought-after over-the-counter (OTC) credits may have found a floor.

Coal is set to be pushed out of Poland's power mix by 2032 due to the falling cost of renewables and increasing carbon prices, analysts said in a report published on Monday that suggests Warsaw's current phaseout timelines will be undermined by market forces.