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A $1.4m floating solar plant – Australia's biggest yet – is being installed in Warrnambool as part of a government deal with state water corporations.

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BNEF questions economics and emissions savings of using green ammonia to co-fire Japanese coal plants, one of the big target markets for Australian companies.

The post Too expensive: BNEF questions use of Australian green ammonia in Japan coal generators appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Japan is seeking to enhance its role in the promotion and financing of low carbon projects in Asia, with a focus on kickstarting what officials term “transition technologies” that would nevertheless prolong the use of fossil fuel consumption if the emissions generated from that use, such as in power generation, are reduced or abated by those technologies.

On Mongolia’s coal highway to the Chinese border, truck driver Maikhuu dreams of a better life and financial security for her three children. However, the road from the mines to China is riddled with accidents, toxic pollution, poor hygiene and now,  amid the Covid crisis, drivers face days of quarantine on the border. Trapped in a hazardous industry, Maikhuu's journey reflects the human and environmental costs of Mongolia’s mining boom

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China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) said the legislation of the nation's emissions trading scheme is still awaiting further examination, though a lack of specific timeline has left observers questionting whether the carbon market will embedded in law before the end of the year.

For the first time, the conversion efficiency of four-terminal perovskite/silicon tandem devices with certified top cell has passed 30 per cent.

The post Researchers push tandem solar cells to record 30 pct efficiency appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Western Australian state government has announced the second funding round for a carbon farming programme to encourage more landholders to participate in the industry.

A South Korean investment bank says it will pull its funding from Santos’ Barossa gas project, unless the project commits to CCS or buys millions of Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) to offset the project’s emissions.

A Hong Kong-listed investment company has signed a carbon credits transaction agreement with a Singaporean trading company involving the purchase of 2 million voluntary carbon credits, it announced on Thursday.

The answer? By closing a highly polluting power station - and ramping up renewables. Tony Wood, Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

English housing providers get funds to upgrade energy efficiency and insulation of low income homes.

National Trust says dazzling display this year may be reversed if trees continue to face extreme summers

After a year of extreme weather, a “unique” show of golden browns and buttery yellows could light up the UK’s trees in the next few weeks, a conservation charity has predicted, while warning that the impact of the climate emergency could threaten the show in autumns to come.

The National Trust said that some stressed trees had shed leaves early during a “false autumn” because of the summer’s exceptional heat and dryness but said that it, nonetheless, believed a particularly vivid October and November could be on the way.

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The proposed hike of New Zealand’s Cost Containment Reserve price trigger is highly unlikely to cause NZU prices to follow suit, according to one submission to the government’s ETS review.

AGL Energy's plan to quit coal power generation a decade ahead of schedule means a much bigger and faster pivot to renewables. How will it work?

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David Littleproud and Matt Canavan have turned the scare rhetoric up to 11, but the energy market operator has already accounted for much of their criticisms

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Australia’s electricity networks are going through a revolution, with massive solar and wind farms, huge batteries and new hydro-electric plants pushing out coal and gas.

If necessity (read: the climate crisis) is the mother of invention, then getting our energy without burning fossil fuels is the only idea on the drawing board.

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ARENA launches grants program offering funds to companies in hard-to-abate sectors to integrate renewables and energy efficiency technologies.

The post Federal government tips $43m into decarbonising “hard to abate” sectors appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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A measure of success for food producers should be local, healthy, nutritious food that doesn’t cost the earth – literally

We are constantly being exposed to chemicals in our food, many of which are linked to health issues and have devastating effects on our environment. From endocrine disruptors to PFAS, plastics to pesticides, just how much of these do we wish to include in our everyday lives?

Globally, Australia is one of the heavier users of pesticides in food production, as Guardian Australia’s recent investigation into pesticides shows. This is partly because of Australia’s unique conditions and farming methods. But it’s also because Australia has less rigorous standards on pesticides than much of Europe or the US.

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Brazil and Colombia have recorded the highest number of deaths, a report finds.

Four dogs successfully identified samples of sweat or breath taken from a stressed person.