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The company behind the world’s biggest solar and battery storage project has named tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes as its new chair.

The post Cannon-Brookes to chair Sun Cable, lead world’s biggest solar and battery project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Clean Energy Investor Group says Energy Security Board's slow progress on electricity network transmission access reform is choking investment in renewables.

The post Investor group slams ESB as too slow on transmission access reform appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Iberdrola reveals early findings of investigation into a wind turbine collapse that caused the temporary shut down of the 89MW Walkaway wind farm.

The post WA wind turbine collapse linked to a crack in the steel tower appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New York-based crypto climate firm Flowcarbon will make its GNT token and other carbon credits available for trading on the recently launched Senken platform.

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Scientists, economists and activists met in September to discuss a challenge central to solving climate change: how can the world rid itself of fossil fuels? Here's what it found.

The post Is the world on track to move past coal, oil and gas production? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A private equity firm has purchased a majority state in a French nature-based solutions project developer.

Under the direct supervision of the Team Lead administratively for UNFCCC-IGES Regional Collaboration Centre  for Asia and the Pacific based in Bangkok (RCC Bangkok), and in close collaboration and direction from substantive teams in Bonn, the expert(s) will support Parties within  Asia and the Pacific on the implementation of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.

Conservationists say they expected this year's warm summer to be a much better one for butterflies.

Heat energy is being captured from people dancing to help a Glasgow venue reduce its carbon emissions.

More than 100 licences are expected to be granted for new fossil fuel exploration in the North Sea.

Six large-scale solar farms, four of them with big batteries, have been named as the winners in the Victorian government's second renewable energy auction.

The post Six big solar farms and 600MWh of big batteries awarded in Victoria renewables auction appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The seventh instalment of Carbon Forward - the premier annual carbon markets conference - is back next week, and it's stacked with a first class line-up of speakers ready to discuss the risks and opportunities across the rapidly evolving global climate policy landscape.

IRENA's Michael Taylor on wind and solar costs and grid integration. Plus: AGL and the price of energy.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Cost and scale of renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The large-scale energy storage promise of ultra-high energy density zinc-air batteries is looking up, after a breakthrough from researchers in China.

The post Zinc-air batteries get dramatic boost from low-cost metal breakthrough appeared first on RenewEconomy.

FFI is moving to final stages of planning and finance for the conversion of Incitec Pivot's Brisbane commercial-scale ammonia plant to run on renewable hydrogen.

The post Fortescue makes big progress on “world first” green ammonia plant appeared first on RenewEconomy.

CCAs are projected to rise to the first allowance price containment reserve (APCR) trigger by 2027, while RGAs are forecast to prompt a cost containment reserve (CCR) trigger price by 2024, according a report issued Thursday by a London-based analytics firm.

California Carbon Allowance (CCA) and RGGI Allowance (RGA) prices rallied alongside broader markets over the last week after nearly two months of declining price action.

A Brazilian bank has voluntarily cancelled the largest ever batch of carbon credits issued under the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).

EUAs inched up on Thursday following a strong auction but failed to match the previous session's move above €70, as traders fretted about the potential for the EU to advance more carbon sales to help pay for the REPowerEU's initiative.