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Australia's electricity market design is old and no longer fit for purpose, and it's holding back the clean energy transition.

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Rooftop solar on a Covid-coaster, the last of the one-for-one tariffs, and Tindo Solar’s Glenn Morelli on battery storage boom and plans to expand module factory.

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There aren't enough international and domestic laws to address how the interests of humans and the needs of wildlife overlap. Katie Woolaston, Lawyer, Queensland University of Technology Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Australian researchers have developed new method of identifying solar cell faults, that could accelerate the commercialisation of next-gen solar modules.

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A high renewables grid is essential for Australia to meet its share of climate goals, and help reductions in other sectors. But it needs to happen fast.

The post Why Australia needs to aim for at least 75% renewables by 2030 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

US coal production through the first quarter of 2020 fell to its lowest level since 1981, with production estimates suggesting only 151 million tonnes of coal were produced.

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Landmark quarter for Great Britain, with renewables providing 45% of all electricity generation and beating out total fossil fuel generation.

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Electric car maker Tesla to raise pricing for Model 3, Model S and Model X in Australia as local currency drops amid Coronavirus crisis.

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Siemens to help fossil fuel generator Uniper decarbonise through development of green hydrogen projects.

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A plant charity is predicting a boost for wild flowers because some councils have stopped mowing.

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The Canadian environment ministry proposed Wednesday to delay the 2019 reporting and compliance deadlines for the federal ‘backstop’ output-based pricing system (OBPS), potentially giving large stationary emitters more time to procure offsets or surplus credits.

California regulator ARB does not intend to alter its current cap-and-trade auction schedule or compliance deadlines as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping across the US, an agency spokesperson told Carbon Pulse Wednesday.

California issued no new offsets or reduced any invalidation periods this week for the first time in nearly two years, according to data published by regulator ARB on Wednesday.

New Mexico and Nevada are maintaining schedules to outline potential climate change and CO2 pricing strategies by later this year even as the COVID-19 pandemic presents logistical challenges for the Southwest US states.

This year's twin crises have left Australians reeling. The concept of 'rupture' can help us understand what's happening. Sarah Milne, Senior Lecturer, Resources, Environment and Development, Australian National University Carolyn Hendriks, Associate Professor, Public Policy and Governance, Australian National University Sango Mahanty, Associate professor, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Estonia’s finance minister has formally called for his country leave the EU carbon market in order to reduce power prices amid the coronavirus outbreak, though any efforts are likely to be in vain.

The Congressional Research Service (CRS) Resources, Science and Industry Division is seeking an Analyst in Environmental Policy.  The analyst will conduct analyses that inform congressional deliberations on environmental policy and/or science issues related to climate change. 

EU member states’ push for stricter measures for European industry emissions and support for a higher 2030 target will face a big test in the following months as the 27-nation bloc is coping with the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis, a report by Refinitiv released on Wednesday finds. 

Nearly half of the world’s coal power plants will run at a loss this year even as carbon prices have a negligible effect in many countries outside the EU, a report published Wednesday found.