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2018 was a record-smashing year for solar farms. So where did all of that grid-scale solar power go in?

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Australian arm of global oil major firms plans to build 120MW solar farm in Queensland, and says its partly owned Sonnen has sold 3,000 battery units in Australia.

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Redflow ZBM2 zinc-bromine flow batteries are now storing solar energy to provide a reliable power supply for a remote village in mountainous northern Thailand that has long lacked electricity.

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Ecosystems can collapse suddenly and totally. Frozen zoos are trying to create archives of genetic material to prevent total extinctions. Nicola Marie Rivers, PhD Candidate, Monash University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Downer becomes latest contractor to confirm losses from building solar farms, as insiders point to major issues about connection agreements and processes.

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Gilbert + Tobin is Australia’s second carbon neutral certified law firm

Floth Sustainable Building Consultants have certified their office space carbon neutral

Frasers Property has another carbon neutral certified building

The 100MW Kathu solar park, with five hours of storage, joins a South African plagued by blackouts and the failure of newly added and expensive coal units.

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The UK’s 1.2 GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm could step in to fill the gap left open by the country’s failing nuclear industry.

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Scientists release rare footage of the secretive giant pangolin to highlight the scaly mammal's plight.

One small town has become a dumping ground for the world's waste and it's causing a stink.

The winning pictures in this year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award.

When a Malaysian town was inundated with foreign plastic waste, a group of villagers decided to fight back.

Yvo de Boer values his solitude and his garden – both of which he neglected while serving as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) from mid-2006 to mid-2010.

Emissions-intensive, trade-exposed (EITE) industries are seeking greater free allowance allocations than currently proposed under Oregon’s possible cap-and-trade programme, while the agricultural sector is advocating for more cost protections and less onerous offset restrictions, according to written comments.

Proposal for new transmission link from South Australia to NSW signals decline of coal and gas and replacement by cheaper wind, solar and storage.

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The Ontario environment ministry on Tuesday released draft regulations for its climate plan for large emitters, aligning with the federal government’s mandate through a rising carbon price and possible credit trading.

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) will phase out three natural gas-fired power plants by the end of the next decade as the city works toward its 100% renewable energy goal, city officials announced Tuesday.