Around The Web

The Andrews Labor Government has announced $1.1 million worth of grants to support renewable energy projects in local communities across Victoria.

The post Boosting renewables and cutting energy costs appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A daily summary of our news plus bite-sized updates from around the world.

Santos kicks off ARENA-backed plans to shift all of its remote crude oil beam pumps to 100% solar and battery storage – a move that would save it 140 barrels of oil a day.

The post Santos to convert 56 crude oil pumps to 100% solar and battery storage appeared first on RenewEconomy.

People will have to pay a returnable deposit on bottles, cans and disposable cups in a new strategy.

The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) advanced a proposal Monday that would price carbon in its wholesale electricity market, but stakeholders continued to express reservations about how to set the level as the mechanism inched closer to a final vote.

has signed an agreement with the start-up FlexiDAO, selected through the open innovation programme I’MNOVATION, for the initial phases of the GREENCHAIN project.

The post Acciona will extend blockchain traceability to its renewable generation globally appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Three years after the Paris Agreement, negotiators have finally agreed (most of) the rules for its implementation. But there is still no way to compel countries to deepen their climate ambitions. Kate Dooley, Researcher, Australian German Climate and Energy College, University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Eric Rolls was a rare combination; farmer, poet, self-taught naturalist and historian. He also wrote Australia’s first true environmental history

Government strategy to make ‘polluter pay’, with penalties for difficult to recycle items

Retailers and producers of packaging will be forced to pay the full cost of collecting and recycling it under the government’s new waste strategy.

Supermarkets and other retailers could be charged penalties for putting difficult to recycle packaging – such as black plastic trays – on the market as part of the strategy, which aims to make the “polluter pay”. They would be charged lower fees for packaging that was easy to reuse or recycle.

Continue reading...

Concern about pace and cost of grid connections, and lack of clarity about the rules for connection, cited as biggest concern for wind and solar industry.

The post Grid connection biggest concern for wind, solar, and storage projects appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A Massachusetts commission recommended the northeast US adopt a transportation-focused ETS and a clean fuel standard, while New York Governor Andrew Cuomo called Monday for the decarbonisation of his state's electricity sector by 2040.

Owners of Vales Point coal generator sign up for 275MW Darlington solar farm in NSW, as a hedge against future emissions and a display of how coal and solar can "work together".

The post Vales Point coal plant owners sign deal with new 275MW solar farm appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Switzerland has announced the dates for its next two carbon allowance auctions, which could be the market's final sales before it links with the EU ETS.

The Finance and Administration Officer is expected to drive best practices across all finance and administrative management activities within the organization to maximize efficiency and growth.

The EU and New Zealand have agreed to strengthen their bilateral cooperation on emissions trading, their respective climate bosses announced on Monday.

New research found a system of labelling, similar to current five-star health ratings, could be an effective guide for shoppers to help them assess the carbon footprint of their food choices.

Did ex-tropical Cyclone Owen deliver drought-breaking rain to those Queenslanders who need it most?

The Canadian environment ministry will publish new draft regulations on the output-based pricing system (OBPS) for large emitters on Wednesday ahead of the schemes' Jan. 1 start date, according to sources.

New Jersey proposed an 18 million-short ton cap for its re-entry into RGGI in 2020 and will align its regulations with other post-2020 policies in the northeast US ETS, Governor Phil Murphy announced Monday, though some thought the allowance budget was not ambitious enough.

The European Commission on Monday adopted its annual report on the functioning of the EU ETS, which covered the market’s developments in 2017 as well as summarising measures proposed or agreed this year. Here are a few of Carbon Pulse’s main takeaways from the report.