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Nigel Morris pulls apart a solar panel quotation experience that went from bad to worse to stupid.

The post Great Solar Business Podcast: How crap solar panel quotations will lose you sales appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The seagrass is roughly 4,500 years old and three times the size of Manhattan, researchers say.

Output from wind and large scale solar farms hit a new record on Tuesday afternoon, bringing temporary relief to soaring wholesale prices.

The post Wind and solar set new combined output record in Australia’s main grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Nationals have long promoted coal for regional development and politics. But new leader David Littleproud could seize the moment and refocus the regional party. Geoff Cockfield, Honorary Professor in Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development, University of Southern Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

New climate and energy minister Chris Bowen plays down expectations that Labor will ramp up emissions targets as urged by newly expanded cross bench.

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Construction of a new solar farm in Victoria has begun after developer Esco Pacific finds a buyer for the asset.

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We cannot allow climate change mitigation and adaptation to become another colonial process of dispossession and disempowerment. Bhiamie Williamson, Research Associate & PhD Candidate, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

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Origin warns of high coal costs and supply shortfalls that will likely limit the output of the country's biggest coal generator, as Australia's fossil fuel catastrophe escalates.

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Transgrid CEO Brett Redman says network upgrades can keep pace with energy transition, backs more generous compensation to landholders.

The post ‘Better to be early than late’: Redman says networks can keep pace, but may have to pay more appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Consumer have spent $25 billion on solar, batteries, EVs and efficiency, and will spend much more. We should learn how to make the most out of them.

The post Ten ways for states to fast-forward consumer investment in net zero appeared first on RenewEconomy.

With the folly of the gas-led recovery now behind us, it’s time for all Australian governments to draw a line under the blue hydrogen charade.

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These temperatures are well below average, even for the middle of winter. Andrew King, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Vice-chancellors ask both sides to work together to save the UK's role in a multi-billion-pound scheme.

Genetic testing has determined a single 4,500-year-old seagrass may have spread over 200 sq km of underwater seafloor – about 20,000 football fields

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About 4,500 years ago, a single seed – spawned from two different seagrass species – found itself nestled in a favourable spot somewhere in what is now known as Shark Bay, just off Australia’s west coast.

Left to its own devices and relatively undisturbed by human hands, scientists have discovered that seed has grown to what is now believed to be the biggest plant anywhere on Earth, covering about 200 sq km (77 sq miles, or about 20,000 rugby fields, or just over three times the size of Manhattan island).

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A German HVAC machinery manufacturer has teamed up with an insurance giant to invest in an afforestation project in Latin America to help neutralise the former’s carbon emissions.

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Traders believe the June RGGI auction will likely set a new record high settlement by clearing near current secondary market pricing levels, though they are less certain as to whether these bids will trigger additional permit volume from the Cost Containment Reserve (CCR).

Four global diversified funds from a Canadian wealth manager will see their partial portfolio emissions offset by the purchase and retirement of carbon credits from a voluntary emissions reduction (VER) investor, the companies announced Tuesday.