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The sudden spike in warming in 2023 comes from a combination of factors. It's not a sign of total climate failure – but the emissions gap with current policies is still hellish.

The post In September we went past 1.5°C, in November we tipped over 2°C. What’s going on? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Neoen's huge Collie battery could be paid more than $100 million a year to help squash solar duck curve in world's biggest isolated grid, but state-owned battery will get paid much less.

The post The eye-watering payments being made to big batteries to squash huge solar duck appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Greater pressure should be placed in COP28 negotiations on countries to deliver fast and effective emissions reductions by phasing out fossil fuels and transitioning to low-carbon industry, seeing as a small number of high-emitting, high-income nations are overly reliant on land use to offset emissions in their climate pledges, according to a report published on Tuesday.

The Carbon Project Manager will join AGL’s growing in-house carbon project development team to advise and lead the development of carbon (Australian Carbon Credit Units / ACCU) projects throughout the project lifecycle across a range of current and future methodologies.

Daily global temperature records keep falling. It’s a sign we’re on a rapidly warming planet. Andrew King, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Gavin Collis from the CSIRO discusses the future of Australia's battery recycling industry.

The post SwitchedOn Podcast: Why batteries need an end of life plan appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australian oil and gas company Santos is partnering with Tokyo Gas to explore producing carbon neutral synthetic methane, or "e-methane", in Australia, the former announced Tuesday, as the state of South Australia passed legislation supporting its renewables and hydrogen industry.

CEIG warns proposed property fire levies could add millions of dollars a year in extra running costs to big solar, wind and battery projects in state with 95 per cent renewables target.

The post Huge fire levies could “really hurt” wind, solar and battery projects, investors warn appeared first on RenewEconomy.

One of Europe’s first projects to produce green hydrogen on a large scale in northern Germany has been scrapped due to high construction costs.

The post Investors scrap pioneering green hydrogen plant in Germany because of costs appeared first on RenewEconomy.

*PREMIUM LISTING – Nexus seeks a dynamic and driven Carbon Finance Project Manager (“Project Manager”) to manage and execute against a portfolio of carbon finance projects in Southeast Asia.

Construction has begun on a 1.1MW solar farm and 3MWh battery storage project that aims to take the Tiwi Islands to 50 per cent renewables.

The post 5B begins work on solar and battery project to get Tiwi Islands to 50 pct renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The world is already planning for a doubling of renewable power capacity by 2030, analysts said in a report published on Tuesday, adding that this should give confidence to governments that a global agreement to triple renewables this decade is achievable.

Governments shouldn't coast using fat wind and solar pipelines when they could achieve so much more, says a new report.

The post Want to fight climate change? Triple global renewables target to 11TW by 2030 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

NSW threads a path in and around Hunter Valley mines and wineries as it seeks to build a major new "backbone" for transporting wind and solar into major demand areas.

The post NSW seeks to thread a path for renewable “backbone” through Hunter Valley appeared first on RenewEconomy.

China is considered on track to reach its climate commitments for this decade, despite observers having mixed expectations on the country's coal consumption in the coming years, a report has found.

A South Carolina-based philanthropic endowment announced a request for proposals (RFP) on Monday as part of its new Impact Investing Program that seeks to deploy $5 million by 2024 to advance sustainable transformation of forests and forest-reliant communities.

Both a proponent and an opponent of carbon capture utilisation and sequestration (CCUS) agree that the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) will out-incetivise funding for Canadian technology, despite the expected C$20 billion ($14.6 bln) legislation on Tuesday enshrining a CCUS tax credit first announced in 2021.

California gasoline sales and emissions increased only slightly in August compared to the previous year, while diesel consumption and greenhouse gas output lagged 2022 levels by the smallest margins seen so far this year, according to state data published Monday.

Cannon-Brookes says AGL's targets for the green energy transition are hopelessly inadequate, and will reward senior executives with bonuses just for "standing still."

The post Cannon-Brookes calls on Australia’s biggest coal polluter to move a lot faster to green energy appeared first on RenewEconomy.