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View from The Hill: Barnaby Joyce falls (sort of) into step for the 'net zero' march
NZ Market: NZUs stabilise after record run
CN Markets: China carbon price edges down, as ETS challenges remain
We have to insulate Britain, but M25 protests don't make the case for it | Gaby Hinsliff
No need to scream ‘Apocalypse!’ Showing we can make homes warmer and save cash is an easier way to bring people on board
If anything was going to make me well up in public, I never imagined it would be the joys of insulation. Loft lagging does not generally make the heart sing. People do not normally get choked up over cavity wall filling. But it turns out they probably should.
A few weeks ago someone showed me a film about a regeneration project to retrofit a social housing estate in Padiham, near Burnley, with green energy measures – and frankly, it would have melted a heart of stone.
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Energy Insiders Podcast: Sun Cable, Hornsdale, and social licence
We discuss Sun Cable expansion, Hornsdale's regulatory hit, and social licence for renewables and transmission lines with RE Alliance's Andrew Bray.
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Records smashed again on Australia’s grid as renewables share reaches 61.7 pct
As state energy ministers met to discuss the future of the grid, records tumbled again with renewables reaching a share of 61.7 per cent.
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Morrison and Joyce need to follow the trillions shifting to zero emissions
Regardless of whether Morrison and Joyce can come to a deal, investors are already shifting trillions of dollars in preparation for net zero.
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Robots for renewables: How wind and solar are powering another kind of boom
Renewable energy associated technologies like robots that crawl along turbine blades will drive the global robotics market to a value of $A15.8 billion by 2050, a new report has found.
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World’s largest floating wind farm begins supplying power to Scotland grid
The world’s largest floating offshore wind farm has begun producing and supplying power to the Scottish national grid.
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Going in early to help native fish
Treasurer warns of risk to Australia’s financial system from lack of climate action
Turnbull and Forrest push “green only” hydrogen, dismiss carbon capture
Former PM Turnbull and mining billionaire Andrew Forrest launch new body to advocate for green only hydrogen sector, both slamming CCS as a failure.
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It’s spring on the NEM, when daytime prices go negative and coal plants learn to dance
Pool prices are consistently below zero in the middle of the day, a strong signal for battery storage, and for coal generators to learn to dance.
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The ESB’s Energy Market Mechanism: are we asking the right question?
ESB solutions appear driven by fear of the "dunkelflaute" - wind and solar droughts. But we need to think differently about the modern grid.
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AGL gets approval for 50MW battery at Broken Hill to support wind and solar
AGL gets planning approval for a 50MW battery at Broken Hill, but its fate may still depend on network and storage choices by Transgrid.
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Covid: Cancer backlog could take a decade to clear
Stop knocking down buildings, say engineers
Sun Cable’s huge solar project in Northern Territory a step closer after support from Indonesia
Project backed by Andrew Forrest and Mike Cannon-Brookes to supply electricity to Singapore given go-ahead for subsea cable
A multi-billion dollar plan to supply electricity to Singapore from a giant solar farm in the Northern Territory has cleared a key regulatory hurdle after winning support from the Indonesian government for a subsea cable route through the archipelago.
The Sun Cable project, backed by billionaires Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest and Mike Cannon-Brookes and now expected to cost more than $30bn, also announced it was expanding its proposal by up to 40%, lifting its potential capacity from 14 gigawatts to between 17 and 20 gigawatts.
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