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Fundamental to our proposal is the idea of net market benefit: Where rooftop solar exports create value greater than their costs, then costs can be recovered from all consumers.

The post How electricity market rule reforms could mean more sun for everyone appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The first turbine of Goldwind Australia's 312MW Moorabool wind farm has been connected to the Victorian transmission network and is generating electricity.

The post Massive Moorabool wind farm connected to the Victorian grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New analysis of Australia's Covid-19 economic response finds governments have funnelled four-times more financial support into fossil fuel sector than to clean energy.

The post Fossil fuels get four-times more Covid stimulus than renewables, report says appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A major US investment firm has bought a minority stake in Australia’s biggest developer of carbon offset projects, seeking to expand the firm’s activities and enter new markets.

Two NGOs have proposed a new rule change to ensure that all solar households have right to export, and that networks are making the appropriate investment to allow this.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Solar exports: More sun for everyone appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Iberdrola progresses its takeover of Infigen Energy, upping its ownership stake and waiving all outstanding conditions on its $864m offer.

The post Iberdrola bid for Infigen Energy firms as remaining conditions waived appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Increasing numbers of Australian drivers want their next car purchase to be electric but can't afford the few models on offer. There might be a better option.

The post Australia may soon enjoy bigger “grey market” for second hand EVs appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Households and businesses in the UK are producing 1.45 million tonnes of electrical waste a year.

Western Power installs W.A.’s 13th community battery, but in this case on the customer connection side as part of a unique five-year trial with the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River.

The post Tesla community battery installed in Margaret River in “unique” W.A. trial appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Across the world, failure of official advice to provide sustainable, healthy diets is shocking, say scientists

Official dietary advice across the world is harming both the environment and people’s health, according to scientists who have carried out the most comprehensive assessment of national dietary guidelines to date.

Food is responsible for a quarter of the emissions driving the climate crisis and millions of early deaths. The analysis assessed all available dietary guidelines, covering 85 countries and every region of the world. The researchers said governments’ failure to help people eat good diets was “shocking”.

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Colorado could achieve its new 2030 GHG reduction target and drive carbon abatement at a lower cost than sector-specific strategies by implementing an economy-wide cap-and-trade programme, according to a report published Tuesday.

An offset developer and verifier were aware of past regulatory non-compliance issues at a Wisconsin-based livestock project last summer, but those previous problems did not halt the progression of a new reporting period from the dairy digster under California's ETS, according to emails obtained by Carbon Pulse.

The heatwave would have been almost impossible without human-caused climate change, a study says.

The president hails the changes as "historic", but critics say they are designed to avoid scrutiny.

Do you want to help make the world a better place with your experience of climate justice advocacy at EU level?  We’re seeking a Head of Climate Advocacy based in Brussels to lead the advocacy of The Open Society European Policy Institute (OSEPI) in promoting climate justice objectives in the EU.

Human fingerprint on record temperatures ‘has rarely, if ever, been clearer’, says report

The record-breaking heatwave in the Siberian Arctic was made at least 600 times more likely by human-caused climate change, according to a study.

Between January and June, temperatures in the far north of Russia were more than 5C above average, causing permafrost to melt, buildings to collapse, and sparking an unusually early and intense start to the forest fires season. On 20 June, a monitoring station in Verkhoyansk registered a record high of 38C.

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Lawmakers on Wednesday introduced the legislation to establish a post-Brexit UK emissions trading scheme from Jan. 1, 2021.

A new proposal to tackle the problem of rooftop has presented itself. This time, it doesn't come from the regulators or the incumbent utilities, but by progressive consumer groups.

The post Solar exports: Should households pay for right to export more solar to the grid? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Protecting the continent’s remaining pristine wilderness areas is urgent, but achievable. Rachel Leihy, PhD candidate, Monash University Steven Chown, Professor of Biological Sciences, Monash University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.