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Tasmania government launches ROI for new renewables and storage and for businesses seeking renewable electrical loads.

The post Tasmania calls for new renewable generation – and load – as first REZ takes shape appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Federal energy minister Chris Bowen says more renewables and storage needed to solve current crisis and propping up coal is not the answer.

The post “The problem is not renewables:” Bowen puts Uhlmann back in his coal box appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A cold start to winter has the News Corp newspaper and Sky News telling ‘alarmists’ to chill, but what is really going on with snowfall?

It’s felt cold in parts of eastern Australia in recent weeks and with heavy snow falling over ski resorts, it has to mean this whole global heating thing is a dud, right?

Sydney’s The Daily Telegraph said an early start to the snow season had come “despite dire global warming predictions of vanishing snow” with a headline declaring “Alarmists given big chill”.

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As key talks end, rich and poor countries are at loggerheads on the divisive issue of loss and damage.

Nearly 140 graves, a skeleton with a spear point embedded in it, jewellery and weapons are among the finds.

How did we get here? What's likely to happen next? And what does it all mean for energy users?

The post Why Australia’s National Electricity Market was suspended – and what happens next appeared first on RenewEconomy.

This is a role within a new team at bp that provides detailed commercial and power market analysis to support our low carbon energy businesses, optimize our revenue streams and support the development of the low carbon pipeline.

This role will lead the growth of the NBS opportunities in the APAC region, by focusing on business development, serve as a capture lead or proposal developer for projects in the NBS sector, across private sector, not for profit and government sectors.

Saudi Aramco will invest in new renewables projects and blue ammonia production in an effort to slash its GHG output and achieve net zero emissions by 2050.

EU ETS-covered firms in the Netherlands may face greater carbon costs in the coming years as the Dutch government has announced a steeper cut to exemption rights for the policy.

California lawmakers on Tuesday released the updated text of a cap-and-trade market reform bill that would address allowance overallocation and supply vis-a-vis offset usage, while also requiring the publication of banking metrics after a similar bill failed this spring.

The Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) on Wednesday approved utility Dominion Energy’s request to suspend its existing rate case so as to recover RGGI allowance costs, ahead of Governor Glenn Youngkin’s (R) widely anticipated plans to severe the state’s RGGI linkage. 

Massachusetts’ power sector Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA) cap-and-trade system saw its current vintage allowance auction clear over $9 above the previous sale, while the programme’s first ever sale for future permits settled at less than half that price, according to results published Wednesday.

Japanese shipping company Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has completed a “carbon offset voyage” for the transportation of cars from Japan to the UK, the company said in a statement on Wednesday.

Vast Solar and thermal storage hopeful 1414 Degrees to join forces to try and finally deliver long awaited solar thermal project near Port Augusta.

The post Vast Solar and 1414 team up for new attempt at Port Augusta solar storage hub appeared first on RenewEconomy.

EPA administrator Michael Regan announces ‘aggressive action’ but new PFAS limits are advisory and critics call them ‘baby steps’

The US Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday announced new advisory limits for four kinds of PFAS “forever chemicals”, warning that the compounds, which most Americans are exposed to daily, are far more toxic than previously thought.

The dangerous chemicals are estimated to be contaminating drinking water for more than 200 million people, and the new limits could have significant financial consequences for PFAS polluters, including the US military and producers like 3M, DuPont and Chemours.

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With the greyhound racing season upon us, let’s take a closer look at how governments support the industry. Alexandra McEwan, Lecturer: Law, CQUniversity Australia Jayanath Ananda, Senior Lecturer in Economics Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Nova Scotia’s fifth cap-and-trade auction cleared almost 75% above the 2022 auction reserve price at a record high settlement, rebounding significantly from November’s undersubscribed sale, according to results published Wednesday.

New York state's power generators are joining labour unions and environmental groups in calling for a CO2 charge in the electricity market ahead of the final Scoping Plan publication, a coalition said in public comments released Wednesday.