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The solar component of Australia's largest wind and solar hybrid plant – to date – has started generating small amounts power.

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With federal Labor ruling out a ban on new fossil fuel projects, the Greens are likely to push for new Safeguard Mechanism Credits to be of high integrity.

The post Spotlight on integrity as consultation begins on Australia’s new emissions compliance market appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Scientists from Singapore have developed a low-cost “wind harvester” that can harness energy from wind as gentle as a light breeze.

The post Scientists develop “wind harvester” to generate power from a light breeze appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Scientists brought endangered species back from the brink by simply building more ponds.

Australia's Vast Solar is part of a US government-backed consortium trialing CSP technologies to combat industrial scale emissions in US factories.

The post Australian solar thermal technology wins US backing to cut industrial emissions appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A new generation of orchards born during lockdown is keeping old traditions alive.

A European conglomerate dived into the Australian market with plans to spend $100 million in the region setting up "one stop shops" in home electrification.

The post German start-up seizes home electrification opportunity in Australian takeover bid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New analysis shows the UK’s gas imports would be 13% lower if successive Conservative-led governments had not “cut the green crap” over the past decade.

The post UK’s gas imports would be 13 pct lower if it had not “cut the green crap” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Japan and Sri Lanka on Monday signed a Memorandum of Cooperation to bring the South Asian nation into the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM).

Here are some of the top images in the global photography competition which attracted more than 100,000 entries from 196 different countries and territories. The competition is divided into six categories: people and nature, landscape, water, wildlife, climate, and plants and fungi

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As we accelerate towards a green future, will batteries or fuel cells power the world? The short answer is, we’ll need both.

The post Musk’s battery packs vs Forrest’s green hydrogen: Battle for the future will need both appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Representatives from the three EU institutions agreed on two concessions for heavy industry under the EU ETS reform bill in resumed trilogue negotiations on Monday, but left most issues for later. 

Australia has a vast network of undersea cables and pipelines. Bolstering their security must be a priority. Claudio Bozzi, Lecturer in Law, Deakin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The Global Carbon Council (GCC) issued 235,000 carbon credits on Monday, more than doubling its tally so far, as the standards registry starts to work through a large pipeline of projects.

Petroleum company Ecopetrol on Monday announced it has sold carbon offset-backed crude oil to a US-based refiner, the first of several such shipments planned by the Colombian entity that omits Scope 3 output.

Use of toxins must be justified, but the sad reality is a similarly effective alternative to the lethal pesticide doesn’t exist

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We may not like it, but killing feral animals is an action we need to take if we truly care for Australia’s environment and wildlife.

As an island nation with a trove of unique wildlife that evolved in isolation, Australia is highly susceptible to invasive species.

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