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Students marched at 47 sites around the nation to call for action to halt global heating

Thousands of students across Australia walked out of classrooms to take part in the School Strike 4 Climate on Friday, calling for greater action on global heating.

Defying pouring rain in Sydney, strikers chanted for climate justice, condemning the gas, coal and fossil fuel industries, and the Morrison government’s recent decision to fund a $600m gas-fired power plant.

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Changes to inverter standards will require new solar inverters to play a much more active role in the broader grid. So what does this mean for consumers?

The post Explainer: Solar inverters have a new, important role to play – are you affected? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

AEMC seeks to calm fears over proposed solar export charges, but not everyone is convinced it will leave solar owners better off.

The post AEMC says rooftop solar export charge “optional” in bid to calm fears appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Andrew Dickson from CWP explains why Australia’s biggest wind and solar project - 26GW - will likely focus on green ammonia. Plus: Taylor’s fossil fuel frenzy.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Why green ammonia could be Australia’s next big export appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Green energy arm of Andrew Forrest's Fortescue Metals signs MOU with Japanese engineering firm for green ammonia project in Tasmania.

The post Fortescue in talks to export green ammonia from Tasmania to Japan appeared first on RenewEconomy.

UNSW's Martin Green says the average Australian solar household will soon be installing "tens of kilowatts" on their rooftops, as costs continue to fall.

The post Australia’s “father of PV” says your next rooftop solar system might be tens of kilowatts appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Biden test drives the new Ford electric ute and tests its acceleration, and announces new EV policies. Meanwhile, in Australia ...

The post “This sucker’s quick:” Biden test-drives electric Ford ute, fleshes out EV plan appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Impact completes Brigalow solar farm in Queensland but is now focusing on helping other project developers get over the line on finance.

The post Impact completes Brigalow solar farm, now looking at project financing appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Telstra gets ready to challenge big utilities with new low carbon energy offer to its 13 million telco and internet customers.

The post Telstra gets ready to challenge big utilities with low carbon energy offer appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australian petroleum company Ampol will pilot carbon neutral offerings and build carbon trading capability as well as spend a minimum A$100 million ($78 mln) on “future energy” projects over the next five years.

Ampol wants us to believe it can transform itself into a low emissions fuel company – a big ask for a company that does nothing much other than sell oil.

The post Don’t bet on Ampol pulling off a zero carbon switch appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Aluminium producer gets funding to trial new technology that uses solar power rather than fossil fuels to turn bauxite into alumina.

The post Alcoa to trial new alumina process that uses renewables instead of fossil fuels appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Submarines controlled by artificial intelligence are being designed to take on military missions.

An environmental group has asked the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) to reject utility Dominion Energy’s proposal to recover RGGI allowance costs due to the lack of a least-cost analysis or a prudent procurement strategy, according to documents filed this week.

Regulated entities in the Northeast US RGGI cap-and-trade programme shed carbon permit holdings after the March auction settled far below the secondary market allowance price at the time, a report published Thursday showed.

California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices rose to near all-time highs this week amid a flurry of speculative activity before the Q2 WCI auction, while RGGI allowances also rose on the secondary market on relatively thin demand.

Queensland government partly funds grid upgrade it says will support Kaban wind and battery hub snubbed at last minute by federal Coalition.

The post Queensland steps in to back wind and battery plant vetoed by Keith Pitt appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Why is Australia's government trying to transform clean energy agencies into fossil funding bodies? It marks a major global power shift.

The post How Australia’s government is trying to create fossil funding agencies appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The NSW government has secured an extremely toxic bait to try to end the mouse plague. But there are safer alternatives. Robert Davis, Senior Lecturer in Wildlife Ecology, Edith Cowan University Bill Bateman, Associate professor, Curtin University Damian Lettoof, PhD Candidate, Curtin University Maggie J. Watson, Lecturer in Ornithology, Ecology, Conservation and Parasitology, Charles Sturt University Michael Lohr, Adjunct Lecturer, Edith Cowan University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.