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The federal government will fund 20 microgrid projects, to boost strength of regional grids during natural disasters and increase renewables use.

The post Twenty micro-grid projects get funding, including communities hit by bushfires appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australian researchers achieve new efficiency milestones for next generation perovskite solar cells, turning to a common dietary supplement.

The post Australian researchers use dietary supplement to boost next-gen solar cells appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Two large-scale solar and battery storage projects proposed for Victoria’s Gippsland region underwritten by a “landmark joint venture.”

The post CEFC, Octopus join forces to deliver Gippsland solar and big battery projects appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Rooftop solar exports are subsidising others, and we should stop treating this technology as if they were big fossil fuel generators.

The post The “Solar Tax:” Are we having the wrong debate? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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As lion populations decline across much of Africa, could community-led conservation help reverse this trend?

Ministers from more than 50 countries will continue talks on key issues, including Article 6 international emissions trade, through to November’s COP26 UN climate summit, UK minister Alok Sharma said on Monday following an inconclusive two-day informal ministerial meeting in London.

A new joint venture is planning to launch a certification system for carbon removals, with the aim of addressing issues regarding transparency and trust that have affected the existing voluntary emissions reduction (VER) market.

Irish-based airline Ryanair revealed it has extensively covered its EU ETS buying requirements for the coming years, even as it raised its forecast for flight traffic in quarterly results on Monday.

Voluntary carbon market prices for nature- and non-nature-based credits rose once again this week, as project developers began shifting back to spot voluntary emissions reduction (VER) deals rather than forward contracts.

Alok Sharma ‘disappointed’ after ministers from more than 50 countries closed two-day meeting without full agreement

Governments around the world must agree to end the use of coal power to avoid the worst ravages of climate breakdown, the UK’s president of vital UN climate talks has said.

Ministers from more than 50 countries closed a two-day meeting in London on Monday without full agreement on phasing out coal, but with all countries agreeing to limit global heating to 1.5C, with fewer than 100 days to go before the Cop26 UN climate conference in Glasgow this November.

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Trading house Hartree Partners has struck a deal that could treble the REDD credits generated by established developer Wildlife Works within four years.

The billionaire offers to pay $2bn in Nasa costs to be reconsidered for a key Moon lander contract.

Last week the Bureau of Meteorology declared a negative Indian Ocean Dipole — a natural climate phenomenon set to bring wet weather. Let’s look at what you can expect, and the role of climate change. Nicky Wright, Research Fellow, University of Sydney Andréa S. Taschetto, Associate Professor, UNSW Andrew King, ARC DECRA fellow, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The first in-person climate meeting in 18 months sees tentative progress, but not enough.

Israel this weekend approved a plan to cut its mid-century greenhouse gas emissions by 85% below 2015 levels, but critics decried the strategy for missing key elements and for not going far enough.

Cities across the world are at risk of extreme rainfall overwhelming their streets

Higher natural gas prices are bringing coal-fired units online in the Northeast US RGGI cap-and-trade programme, while preliminary emissions data shows significant increases year-on-year over the second quarter as consumer behaviour returned to pre-pandemic levels.

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