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Sydney’s 14 wastewater treatment plants could be modified to also accept food waste, research shows. The ‘anaerobic digestion’ process would produce energy as well as nutrients for reuse. Melita Jazbec, Research Principal at the Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology, Sydney, University of Technology Sydney Andrea Turner, Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney Ben Madden, Senior Research Consultant at the Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The zinc-bromine flow batteries of Redflow and the iron flow batteries of Energy Storage Industries tapped for testing on Queensland's grid.

The post Queensland signs deals for two flow battery projects and long duration storage appeared first on RenewEconomy.

One-stop shops are seen as one method to help households navigate the process of electrifying their homes.

The post SwitchedOn Australia Podcast: A ‘one stop shop’ for electrification appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Republic of Congo and an Italian company have signed an $88 million agreement to develop a carbon forestry project in the country, they announced Monday.

Talk to those paid to protect us, and you hear the frustration of experts cynically denied resources they need by Westminster

“Air pollution is the largest environmental risk to public health.” So says the government’s stark guidance on its own official website. It warns that “between 28,000 and 36,000 deaths every year” are due to “human-made air pollution”, and yes, that’s official. London is one of the cities with the worst air, with its poorest people living in the most air-polluted zones in the country. But now the role played by ultra-low emission zones (Ulez) in the byelection in the west London seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip risks poisoning green politics.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has so far gone furthest, putting squalid political posturing as the motorists’ friend before clean air, but there’s no morally acceptable excuse for any party to retreat on this. As a young child who suffered repeated bronchitis attacks, I remember the dramatic effects of the 1956 Clean Air Act, banning domestic burning of coal, which stopped pea-souper smogs so thick that you couldn’t see the bus arriving at the bus stop. After that legislation, there was no smog, and I never had bronchitis again.

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Climate editor Justin Rowlatt on the challenge of how to warm the UK's homes - but not the planet.

Tasmania’s King Island has boosted its renewable energy supply – and further slashed its use of diesel fuel – with the completion of a new 1.5MW solar farm.

The post World leading King Island microgrid adds 1.5MW solar farm to mix appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Brookfield looks to cut deal with India energy giant Reliance to manufacture wind, solar and batteries in Australia to help meet its $30 billion pipeline of renewable projects.

The post Brookfield may create Australian solar, battery and wind factories for huge project pipeline appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Independent profit-to-members super fund says the new acquisitions take its wind-energy portfolio to a total of five projects and 52MW.

The post Prime Super adds two new wind farms to investment portfolio appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The milestone also marks the first time Modvion’s wooden tower technology will be paired with a Vestas wind turbine and used in a commercial project.

The post World’s tallest wind turbine tower made of wood goes up in Sweden appeared first on RenewEconomy.

What’s going on with the weather in Australia? It’s partly the result of natural drivers of our weather – and partly due to global warming. Andrew King, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Chinese steel firms are making considerable investments in new coal-based steelmaking capacity, even though the sector continues to suffer from multiple issues including low profitability and overcapacity, a report has found.

Insiders say local content will come naturally as key manufacturing hubs hit capacity and projects need to derisk supply chains.

The post Offshore wind industry warns against local content quotas appeared first on RenewEconomy.

California Low Carbon Fuel Standard net credits exceeded the 1 million mark for the fourth straight quarter during the January-March period, though the total additions to the programme's surplus bank slowed for the second three-month stretch in a row, according to state data published Monday.

RGGI Allowance (RGA) values kept up recent momentum to new register new year-to-date highs this week amid the latest spike in California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices, while the first legal challenge to Virginia's planned cap-and-trade repeal regulation was announced Monday.

Prime minister unveils plan to authorise more than 100 new North Sea licences on visit to Scotland

Rishi Sunak has pledged to “max out” the UK’s oil and gas reserves as he revealed a new round of intensive North Sea drilling, which experts said could be catastrophic for the climate.

Unveiling a plan to authorise more than 100 new North Sea licences on a visit to north-east Scotland, the prime minister also indicated he would approve drilling at the UK’s largest untapped reserves in the Rosebank field, which hold 500m barrels of oil.

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Benchmark California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices on Monday traded at a record high for the third time in the past four sessions, as market participants pointed to the impact of state regulator ARB’s potential cap-and-trade allowance budget cuts and options volatility sellers raced to cover their deltas amid the rally.

Pervasive growth in retail consumers purchasing offsets to mitigate the environmental impact of their expenditures will drive voluntary carbon market growth to outsized proportions, a global consultancy outlined in its annual financial predictions on Monday.

The ban on gas connections to new homes in Victoria reflects global trends and will ultimately save households money and cut their emissions. Trivess Moore, Senior Lecturer, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University Alan Pears, Senior Industry Fellow, RMIT University Joe Hurley, Associate Professor, Sustainability and Urban Planning, RMIT University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Climate change is going to bring social change. Will it drive ever-faster efforts to stave off the worst – or trigger social upheavals making it harder for us to respond? Sonia Graham, DECRA Fellow, University of Wollongong Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.