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It is Day 12 at COP29 in Baku - the final scheduled day in Baku. New texts on climate finance and Article 6, as well as other streams, are expected to drop from midday, though the state of play on the NCQG is that the goal appears to be in disarray. This in turn is threatening a previously-expected deal on carbon markets. Buckle up! In our daily running blog, Carbon Pulse will report relevant or useful updates throughout the day. Timestamps are in local time (GMT+4).

AER says bidding behaviour of some electricity market participants - peaking plants and big batteries - during high-price events might not be in the best interests of consumers.

The post Bad for consumers: Regulator pings generators and batteries for multiple “rebids” in high priced events appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Gas lobby hoorays the proposed South Australia capacity scheme that would include existing gas generators, but renewables industry laments a backward step, and lack of demand side action.

The post Gas lobby hoorays South Australia capacity payment plan as clean energy industry fears backward step appeared first on RenewEconomy.

California Carbon Allowances (CCA) futures and options activity on ICE ramped to record levels into the last quarterly permit sale of 2024 earlier this week, with sentiment recast lower after ARB delayed cap-and-trade updates to the new year, while lack of liquidity clouds hints of momentum in Washington Carbon Allowances (WCA).

Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies that enhance nature-based CO2 absorption should be harnessed to unlock cheaper decarbonisation pathways in the US, a new report said.

News Australia's only wind turbine tower manufacturer has decided to pack it in has been packaged by the Murdoch media and Coalition as a renewables embarrassment for Labor. History tells a different story.

The post Australia’s only wind turbine tower maker to close shop, prompts Coalition to ignore its own history appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A Toronto-based carbon credit project financier has named a commodities trading “expert” and activist investor as its new CEO.

The rules of Australia's main electricity grid are constantly changing. Should they be completely rewritten? AEMC commissioner Tim Jordan discusses the state of play. Plus: News of the week.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Changing the rules of the energy game appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia has just joined a new coalition at the UN climate talks, one that rules out new coal power in our energy system and promises to encourage others to do the same in the run up to next year’s critical mitigation summit in Brazil. This is a critical step in our country’s energy future, and […]

The post Dealer lecturing addicts? Australia backs coal power ban but continues to sell the stuff appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Zeppelins could have an advantage over road transport for wind and solar projects. It's an intriguing vision, but it comes with some big unanswered questions as well.

The post “Wild idea:” Could zeppelins really be used to air-ship huge wind turbine parts? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The return of Trump demands extreme watchfulness. But effective vigilance also requires energy and strength, mental and emotional recharge and balance

A long walk in the mountains last weekend brought sudden perspective to just how heavily the shoutiness and anger was weighing.

Suddenly there was only birdsong, the rustling tree canopies, the gentle burbling of the Snowy River and the wind whispering through the trunks of ancient ghost gums. This was anything but a quiet quietness. But it was the sound of a serenity that only nature can gift – a noise of extreme unplugged-ness if you like.

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A bipartisan US senate bill introduced on Thursday would establish a new tax credit to support the CO2 removal (CDR) industry beyond applications of the existing 45Q tax credit.

Construction begins on the biggest battery in the ACT, as plans also emerge for an even bigger battery at Hazelwood, near the shuttered coal fired power station.

The post Construction begins at giant battery in ACT, as plans unveiled for even bigger battery at Hazelwood appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Oregon’s Environmental Quality Commission (EQC) on Thursday unanimously approved the proposed Climate Protection Program (CPP), effectively reinstating the GHG reduction scheme after it was invalidated last year.

There has been a “real change” in UK energy policy under the new Labour government, the director of a UK renewables advocacy told an industry conference on Monday.

Like big, tall trees in old-growth forests, older animals are irreplaceable. Pulling them out leaves the ecosystem less resilient to future shocks. It’s time for ‘longevity conservation’ measures. Keller Kopf, Senior Lecturer in Ecology, Charles Darwin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

An 11-kilometre long tornado scar was discovered on the Nullarbor Plain. Without the power of technology, it would have gone unnoticed. Matej Lipar, Adjunct Research Fellow, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Rich country budgets are stretched amid inflation, Covid and Ukraine war, Mary Robinson tells Cop29

Poor countries may have to compromise on demands for cash to tackle global heating, a former UN climate envoy has said, as UN talks entered their final hours in deadlock.

In comments that are likely to disappoint poorer countries at the Cop29 summit, Mary Robinson, the former president of Ireland and twice a UN climate envoy, said rich country budgets were stretched amid inflation, Covid and conflicts including Russia’s war in Ukraine.

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Researchers identify collision hotspots around world but reveal almost all these lack preventive measures

Collisions between whales and ships can prove fatal for the marine mammals, but researchers say expanding mitigation measures to just 2.6% of the ocean’s surface would reduce the chance of such strikes in all risk hotspots.

While experts say many whale-ship collisions go unobserved and unreported, making it difficult to put a figure on the scale of the problem, some estimates suggest tens of thousands of the animals are killed each year.

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