Feed aggregator

Federal energy minister hoses down concerns about Sun Cable's massive solar export plans, describing its move into administration as "a change of corporate structure."

The post Bowen “upbeat and excited” about Sun Cable, despite billionaire bust-up appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Ranging from 12 to 22 centimetres, these tiny octopus are extremely venomous and found all over Australia. Here’s what to do if you see someone get bitten. Zoe Doubleday, Marine Ecologist and ARC Future Fellow, University of South Australia Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

French energy giant EDF puts down roots in the Australian renewable energy market, with the establishment of a local headquarters and team in Melbourne.

The post French energy giant EDF sets up Australian base in Melbourne appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Big names, big dollars and big green plans are coming to WA's Pilbara region, with seven projects allocated prize industrial land by the state government.

The post Iron ore, oil and steel giants line up to develop $70bn of green industrial projects in Pilbara appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A daily summary of our news plus bite-sized updates from around the world.

Australia’s only solar panel manufacturer launches $11m production and innovation facility in Adelaide, marking new milestone for domestic PV supply chain.

The post Australia’s only solar manufacturer launches $11m production and innovation facility appeared first on RenewEconomy.

South Australia’s capital named as host of 2024 International Renewable Energy Conference, one of the biggest events on the global clean energy calendar.

The post South Australia’s time to shine, with Adelaide to host international renewables conference appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Senior Officer, Climate will lead the day-to-day management of GGGI Lao PDR’s Climate Unit.

The Senior Officer, Water and Sanitation will lead the day-to-day management of GGGI Lao PDR’s Water Unit.

California regulator ARB began the year by issuing more compliance offsets than during the final two weeks of 2022, while entities voluntarily retired a large batch of credits over the previous three months, state data published Wednesday showed.

Steep Washington Carbon Allowance (WCA) prices should abate as the state commences quarterly auctions and moves towards linking with the California-Quebec scheme, while fuel suppliers are reportedly gouging customers by justifying compliance with the carbon market and Clean Fuel Standard (CFS), Department of Ecology (ECY) officials told a legislative committee on Wednesday.

Australian technology that mimics the capillary action of trees and plants promises to deliver green hydrogen at the scale needed to replace fossil fuels.

The post How a bio-inspired breakthrough could unlock economically viable green hydrogen appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Ratcliffe-on-Soar to be kept viable until late 2024 after ministers make request prompted by energy crisis

A Nottinghamshire coal-burning power plant will stay open for two years beyond its planned closure date after a call from ministers prompted by the UK’s energy crisis.

Ratcliffe-on-Soar had initially been pencilled in to shut in 2022, but last year said it would have an initial extension until 31 March 2023.

Continue reading...

An imbalance in emissions obligations in the EU's second carbon market and fears about manufactures' ability to sell their products abroad were the focus of stakeholder criticism at an event on Wednesday taking stock of last month's legislator agreements on the bloc's carbon market-related reform bills.

California should consider numerous changes to its cap-and-trade programme that would ratchet down annual allowance supply to hit the state’s GHG reduction targets, and also study how no-trading zones could benefit air quality in disadvantaged communities, according to a watchdog report published Tuesday.

A carbon removals marketplace has agreed a partnership with the First Movers Coalition, adding to the companies providing member firms access to carbon removals to help them fulfil their buying mandates.

Study suggests the thousands of dams clogged with sediment pose a threat to water supplies

Thousands of the world’s large dams are so clogged with sediment that they risk losing more than a quarter of their storage capacity by 2050, UN researchers have concluded, warning of the threat to water security.

A new study from the UN University’s Institute for Water, Environment and Health found that, by mid-century, dams and reservoirs will lose about 1.65tr cubic metres of water storage capacity to sediment.

Continue reading...

Globally, the air is getting hotter and drier, which means flash droughts and risky fire conditions are developing faster and more frequently. Albert Van Dijk, Professor, Water and Landscape Dynamics, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Molly Sampson found an Otodus megalodon shark species tooth at a beach near her home in Maryland while hunting for fossils

For Christmas, nine-year-old Molly Sampson and her sister Natalie, 17, asked their parents for one thing: insulated waders, to “go shark’s-tooth hunting like professionals”, said Molly’s mother, Alicia Sampson.

When the waders arrived from Santa, Molly told the Guardian, she declared that she would be looking “for a Meg”, or megalodon tooth, and ventured to Maryland’s Calvert Beach to hunt fossils on Christmas Day with Natalie and their father, Bruce Sampson.

Continue reading...

A leading climate platform and carbon credit provider announced a partnership on Wednesday which will broaden the scope and volume of carbon removal credits available to its customers.