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Enviromental groups slam Vales Point for sharp increases in particulate pollution, that may put NSW residents health at risk.

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RES buys heavily contested 100MW Springdale solar project in NSW from Renew Estate.

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Before you stock the pantry with chocolate this Easter, think twice about whether it's ethically produced. Stephanie Perkiss, Senior Lecturer, University of Wollongong Cristiana Bernardi, Lecturer in Accounting, The Open University John Dumay, Associate Professor - Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance, Macquarie University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Photon takes equity stake in Australia's RayGen and claims its unique solar plus storage technology is the "holy grail" for renewables.

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Australian renewable energy jobs surged to a new record in 2018-19, employing 26,850 workers, but clouds loom on the horizon.

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New IRENA report shows renewable energy capacity additions accounted for nearly three-quarters of all new power expansion in 2019, adding 176GW of generating capacity.

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GM and Honda will jointly develop two next-generation electric vehicles using GM's proprietary Ultium batteries and accompanying EV platform.

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New Zealand electric power transmission operator Transpower says the country could add 6.5GW of solar on its path to 100% renewables.

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REPDO has announced the shortlisted bidders for the second round of the country’s National Renewable Energy Program, which included a lowest bid of 2.7c/kWh.

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Neoen teams up with Mondo Power to propose a Victoria big battery that will be four times the size of its Tesla big battery in South Australia.

The post Neoen, Mondo plan massive 600MW Victoria big battery near Geelong appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Electricity prices on Australia's main grid have plunged on both the spot and the futures market. Is that good news or bad?

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A trading and risk management analyst at London-based consultancy Redshaw Advisors has left the firm to join Oxford-headquartered offset project developer Climate Care.

The Climate Change Program Evaluation Branch is seeking a manager to lead the Market Monitoring Section, which oversees the California Cap-and-Trade Program and plays an integral role in the continued development and evaluation of the emissions market.

Two Northeast US power sector carbon programmes may see higher future bank adjustments due to the effect of widespread ‘shelter-in-place’ orders to stem the COVID-19 outbreak, regulatory sources said.

A federal judge agreed on Monday to move a pre-trial conference for the US federal government’s Constitutional challenge to the California-Quebec ETS linkage as the Department of Justice (DOJ) considers an amendment to its complaint.

Climate change: Use crisis to turn aviation green, say campaigners

The 23-year-old man sustained life-threatening injuries to his hand, leg and elbow on Monday

A man has died after he was bitten by a shark in waters off the Great Barrier Reef.

Queensland police said the 23-year-old was in the water with a group of friends off North West Island and he sustained life-threatening injuries to his leg, hand and elbow as he was swimming back to their charter vessel.

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US biofuel credits (RINs) surged nearly 15% Monday on reported strong demand from obligated parties despite several uncertainties hanging over the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) market.

The findings will help determine the age of whale sharks, protecting the endangered animals into the future. Mark Meekan, Senior Principal Research Scientist, Australian Institute of Marine Science Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.