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Northvolt and Finland's Stora Enso to develop sustainable batteries using wood based products from Nordic forests to keep the supply chain local.

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A UK-headquartered global investment manager is establishing a Singapore-based subsidiary that plans to run a series of funds investing in nature-based carbon offset projects across Southeast Asia.

Campaigners warn of damage as concessions now cover over a quarter of land on both sides of border

Environmentalists on the island of Ireland say they fear a “new carve-up of the island” over coming decades, with mining concessions now covering more than a quarter of all land on both sides of the border.

More than 25% of the total land area of Northern Ireland is covered by mining concessions, according to government statistics, while the figure for the Irish republic has in the past couple of years been even higher at 27%. The prospecting licences covering these areas grant mining companies permission to survey and assess sites, as well as carry out exploratory work that includes digging tunnels, pits, taking rock samples and carrying out chemical analyses.

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A Chinese fisherman caught using illegal fishing methods has been let off the hook after agreeing to buy 1,000 carbon credits from a fishery in Fujian province, extending the reach of this emerging practice, which so far has centred around forestry offsets.

His latest climate defeat has affirmed what we’ve long feared: that he just isn’t the man for the moment

On Friday, 15 July, Joe Biden acknowledged the death of his signature climate bill, conceding defeat in a war he never truly seemed willing to wage. He did it from a hastily prepared briefing room in Jeddah, where he had spent the previous day shilling for increased Saudi oil production.

It was painful to watch. The fossil fuel oligarchs had him right where they wanted him: his climate ambitions foiled, his rhetoric defanged, his hat in his hand. For their part, they had never been under any illusions that they were waging a war. Over the course of his presidency, they had deployed every weapon at their disposal to protect their profit margins from the public’s desire for a dignified life on a habitable planet.

Daniel Sherrell is the author of Warmth: Coming of Age at the End of Our World (Penguin Books) and a climate activist

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China is likely to experience tight power supply later this year as local coal companies have been squeezed by surging coal costs, according to the the China Electricity Council (CEC), urging the government to ease conditions for coal-fired power generators.

Independent advice received from the previous Australian government warned that rule changes to Carbon Abatement Contracts (CACs) could effectively kill off future investment in carbon farming projects and cause market confidence to crater, according to newly released documents.

The Australian government has released a new mandate for its peak renewable energy body to focus on electrification and energy efficiency technologies, scrapping the former government’s focus on soil carbon, blue hydrogen, and CCS.

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‘Everything we thought we knew may not actually be true,’ says fish biologist in response to finding

Researchers have made a surprising discovery about the dining habits of whale sharks, handing the largest fish in the sea another world title.

It turns out the ocean giants routinely enjoy a seaweed salad alongside hefty helpings of krill, meaning they have officially dethroned the Kodiak bear as the world’s biggest omnivore.

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Surprise bid for renewables and storage developer Genex by Scott Farquhar and wife Kim Jackson tells two interesting stories about Australia's green energy transition.

The post Australia’s three richest men are spending their billions on green energy transition appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Sweden records its second wind farm accident in one week, while US media is obsessed with a nacelle fire in Texas, courtesy of a lightning strike.

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DNV has joined forces with two energy companies and a Norwegian-based technology research firm to establish the world’s first pilot project to develop nature-based carbon capture involving seaweed cultivation, the classification society has announced.

This role is a key contributor to Shell’s global carbon market analysis with a focus on offering comprehensive and regular fundamental analysis and forecasting of the Australian and New Zealand carbon markets.

Seen from above, parts of our cities now have very little green space, and we’re losing the green corridors that enable wildlife to move between the remaining urban habitats. Gregory Moore, Senior Research Associate, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

BlueFloat’s Carlos Martin discusses his group's 5GW of Australian projects. Plus: Genex bid, climate bill, and Clean Energy Week.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Can offshore wind float in Australia? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Monash University will conduct a study into how energy markets can better support and reward the roll-out of large-scale storage technologies.

The post ARENA backs study to unlock value stacks of grid-scale energy storage appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Albanese government should take lessons from existing climate laws to ensure it follows best practice. We can't afford to get this wrong.

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Two solar farms reveal they pocketed average revenue of nearly $200/MWh in the June quarter, thanks to the surge in wholesale prices propelled by fossil fuels.

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A senior analyst has left analysis firm CaliforniaCarbon.info to join a Canadian-headquartered startup focused on aviation’s participation in the voluntary and compliance carbon markets.