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Infratec and NETcon sign contract to deliver on-grid solar power plants and battery storage systems on the Tongan islands of ‘Eua and Vava’u.

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For the first time, crude oil prices went negative. Don’t expect to be paid to fill up your car, but it could speed up the shift to low-carbon energy.

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Vestas set to cut 400 employees at Danish operations as wind turbine manufacturer braces for the Covid-19 economic fallout.

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2GW solar energy auction run by the Indian state-owned National Hydroelectric Power Corporation saw tariff bids 4.7% below the 2019 average.

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Energy Security Board unveils initial wish-list for a new market design that will help transition from centralised, fossil fuel based grid to a distributed and renewables-dominated grid.

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Australian research team says its "game-changing" semi-transparent solar cell technology could be used to transform windows into active power generators.

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Imports of lavender and rosemary will also be restricted from today to halt a deadly plant infection.

Owner of country's biggest solar farm takes financial hit because of near two-year delays in reaching full production, and is not flattering of Australia political and regulatory environment.

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The US EPA incorrectly interpreted the Clean Air Act by not allowing emissions trading to meet states' Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) obligations, a collection of mostly Democrat-led US jurisdictions and power sector entities contended in court filings Friday.

Over the next 50 years, the arid zone – containing the areas of true desert – is projected to expand well into the Murray-Darling Basin and almost entirely envelope the Lake Eyre Basin. Zacchary Larkin, Postdoctoral Researcher in Environmental Sciences, Macquarie University Stephen Tooth, Professor of Physical Geography, Aberystwyth University Timothy J. Ralph, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Sciences, Macquarie University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

California regulator ARB is working on a formal process to determine compliance offsets that provide a direct environmental benefit to the state (DEBs), but it is unclear when that application may be finalised, regulatory sources said.

Bushfires reduced numbers from 500 to 50 but newly discovered populations are cause for optimism, conservationists say

Hopes that Kangaroo Island’s unique mouse-like dunnart can be saved from extinction have been boosted after the tiny marsupial was captured on camera at a new location.

More than 90% of the threatened Kangaroo Island dunnart’s habitat was burned in bushfires in early January.

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He got trampled by elephants, swam in crocodile-infested waters and was painted by Francis Bacon – while making images revealing man’s plunder of the natural world

The American writer Bob Colacello once described the young Peter Beard, who has died aged 82, as “half-Tarzan, half-Byron”, neatly encapsulating the larger-than-life charisma of an artist whose reputation for adventure and excess often overshadowed his creative talent. As a 2007 Vanity Fair profile put it: “Whether he’s at a New York nightclub or deep in the African wilderness, world-famous photographer and artist Peter Beard is surrounded by drugs, debts, and beautiful women.”

Related: Peter Beard, photographer, wildlife advocate and socialite, dies at 82

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EU cohesion funding is an untapped funding source for cutting the bloc's emissions, according to a report released by green groups on Monday that found only one tenth of disbursed cash is allocated towards climate objectives. 

The 60 Starlink satellites launched by Elon Musk's SpaceX firm appear in a line crossing the night sky.

Thailand and British Columbia will miss UN body ICAO’s Monday deadline to resubmit their offset programme applications for eligibility under the CORSIA global aviation scheme, as they seek to make changes to their methodologies for future intakes.

The first known comet to visit us from another star system has an unusual make-up.

EUAs fell below €21 on Monday, continuing to fade following last week's dart to a one-month high as markets remained in thrall to coronavirus developments.

Research shows almost 80% of deaths across four countries were in most polluted regions

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High levels of air pollution may be “one of the most important contributors” to deaths from Covid-19, according to research.

The analysis shows that of the coronavirus deaths across 66 administrative regions in Italy, Spain, France and Germany, 78% of them occurred in just five regions, and these were the most polluted.

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