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Neoen to more than double its average battery storage duration as it looks to more firming projects and a new 20GW capacity target for 2030.

The post Neoen to spend more on longer duration batteries as storage makes mark on the grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Portuguese utility EDP reported a 50% jump in EU ETS-covered fossil power generation in full-year results for 2022, published Wednesday, as extreme low hydro output in Spain and Portugal forced a ramp up in gas burn.

The committee steering Japan’s J-Credit programme has given the green light to a new methodology regarding the cultivation of paddy rice, a move reflecting the government's increased focus on the development of nature-based solutions and ambition to drive new supply ahead of the GX League launch.

With little rain forecast for spring and reservoirs still not refilled, drought could be worse than last year

The government risks sleepwalking into drought, experts have said, after England experienced an extremely dry February with very little rain forecast for spring.

Last year, most of England was plunged into drought conditions, with farmers struggling to plant and harvest crops, and hosepipe bans in action across the country. Water companies were preparing to take drastic action, including banning the filling of public swimming pools and cleaning non-domestic buildings.

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As this cold British winter recedes, every day brings change, and with it a reminder of the beauty and resilience of the natural world

This weekend, I sowed the first of my seeds of the season. Five varieties of tomato and two different kinds of aubergine. I’m not one for sowing seeds early, but tomatoes and aubergines need every day of the growing season in this country to offer up the best possible harvest. Last summer, the tomatoes were incredible: they thrived in that mind-bending heatwave. They more than made up for the year before when blight obliterated every plant before even one tomato had dared to ripen. No two years are ever the same in the veg patch.

Gardeners and growers are well versed in the nature of change. Understanding how the shifting seasons and weather patterns affect our plants enables us to determine when our interventions will be most timely. This year, gardeners at the Royal Horticultural Society, who have been studying buds across the country, are reportedly expecting a bumper blossom in spring. The combination of last year’s heat and light with the cold snap this February is expected to produce ideal conditions for flowering.

Claire Ratinon is an organic food grower and writer

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Pacific island country will put resolution to UN general assembly seeking opinion on international legal obligations that countries have to act on the crisis

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Australia will co-sponsor Vanuatu’s historic bid for the international court of justice to rule on the climate crisis, including the legal consequences for causing significant environmental harm.

The Pacific island country will soon put a resolution to the UN general assembly seeking an opinion on the international legal obligations that countries have to act on the climate crisis.

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Exclusive: company plans to sell carbon and biodiversity credits in endangered gorilla habitat and Congo basin rainforest as alternative to drilling for fossil fuels

A New York investment firm is to launch a $400m (£334m) bid for oil concessions in the Congo basin rainforest and Virunga national park with plans to turn them into conservation projects, the Guardian can reveal.

EQX Biome, a biodiversity fintech company, has sent an expression of interest to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) government for 27 oil exploration blocks put up for auction last July, some of which are in critical ecosystems.

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Patients in New Brunswick with array of symptoms ‘show signs of exposure to glyphosate’, says neurologist

A neurologist who believes his patients are suffering from a suspicious illness has pleaded with the Canadian government to carry out environmental testing he thinks will show the involvement of the herbicide glyphosate.

For more than two years, dozens of people in the Canadian province of New Brunswick have experienced a distressing array of neurological symptoms, initially prompting speculation that they had developed an unknown degenerative illness – and that figure is believed to be far higher than official reports.

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How do you know when the tide is turning on climate and renewables? When the fossil fuel scare campaign lurches back into gear.

The post AGL chair repeats “lights will go out” coal threat as gas lobby goes into overdrive appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Australian government has teamed up with the Minderoo Foundation to track threatened marine species through environmental DNA (eDNA) technology, an approach some are pushing to use as a foundation for countries to earn biodiversity credits through Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).

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A flickering black and white effect could further reduce bird collisions with offshore wind turbines.

The post Could zebra stripes steer birds clear of offshore wind turbines? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

ESB has not reacted well to its latest policy humiliation. Critics say it should be wound up.

The post Humiliated ESB reacts badly to its policy rejections, industry wants it shut down appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The common timber treatment CCA is made up of heavy metals copper, chromium and arsenic. They don’t decompose and leach into soil and water. Why does New Zealand still allow its use? Clemens Altaner, Associate Professor in Wood Science, University of Canterbury Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Verra has restored the registry account of the developer of a REDD+ project in Papua New Guinea after it had temporarily suspended it to investigate allegations aired by an Australian news programme.

The New Zealand government has committed NZ$9 million ($5.5 mln) in its upcoming budget to support research and development into cutting agricultural GHG emissions, as it expects to make a decision on how to fund its international crediting arrangements before the next election.

One of the biggest proponents of offshore wind projects in Australia fears a skills shortage as it competes for engineers and onshore workers.

The post Offshore wind giant hopes to avert skills crisis in training deal with Melbourne Uni appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New research provides insights into the evolution and ecology of Australian bees. The capricious masked bee employs female nest guards in a cooperative social structure. Meanwhile, fussy feeders abound. James B. Dorey, Adjunct Associate Professor, Flinders University Lucas Hearn, Researcher, Flinders University Mike Lee, Professor in Evolutionary Biology (jointly appointed with South Australian Museum), Flinders University Patricia S. Slattery, Postgraduate Student, Flinders University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Absence of long-term plan could deter investors or lead them to increase prices, says National Audit Office

Ministers’ efforts to tackle the energy bills crisis have left the UK at risk of missing a key target to source green power and are threatening the country’s net zero goal, the government spending watchdog has said.

The government said in 2021 it wanted all electricity to be generated from low-carbon sources by 2035, a pillar in the plan to reduce carbon emissions to net zero by 2050.

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California regulator ARB’s Board will vote on the state's forthcoming regulatory package to strengthen the WCI-linked carbon market by the end of 2024, with those changes potentially going into effect the following year, a government official told a watchdog meeting on Tuesday.