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The new Warradarge wind farm north of Perth will be one of Australia’s best performing, with a capacity factor of around 50%. Bright Energy’s Tom Frood explains why, and we look at the latest network news.

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Australia's first utility-scale solar farm is now four times bigger after the addition of a second stage using bigger solar panels and tracking technologies.

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Small scale rooftop solar PV installations are heading towards 3GW in 2020, despite Covid-19, and we talk to April Crawford-Smith about Australia’s biggest solar garden.

The post Solar Insiders Podcast: Rooftop PV still booming, and Australia’s biggest solar garden appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The goggles could let handlers direct their dogs from a safe distance, the army says.

Green Mountain Power says its expanding network of energy storage systems - including Tesla Powerpacks and Powerwalls, has saved customers about $US3 million so far in 2020.

The post Tesla batteries help deliver $US3 million in savings to customers of US utility appeared first on RenewEconomy.

An Energy Queensland network trial focusing on accommodating more, and smarter commercial solar has quietly shown the way on how it may work for consumers.

The post How “flexible exports” could convince more big energy users to install rooftop solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Construction begins at Australia's biggest wind and solar hybrid projects in South Australia, another key step towards state Liberal government target of net 100% renewables.

The post Iberdrola begins construction of Australia’s biggest hybrid wind and solar farm appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices this week inched close to their highest levels since the COVID-19 outbreak as activity surged on the secondary market, while RGGI allowance (RGA) values rose slightly on thin volume.

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EUAs fell towards €26 on Thursday, receding further from the previous session's two-week high as traders cast doubts on the influence of MEPs' higher climate ambition and the ability of EU and UK negotiators to reach a Brexit trade agreement before next week's deadline.

California regulator ARB should reduce the invalidation period for offsets, allow regulated entities to trade compliance limits, and implement four new or revised protocols to incentivise additional credit usage in the state’s WCI-linked ETS, according to a report published Wednesday.

US artists, hunters and conservationists concerned stamps promote the idea that conservation always involves hunting

Each year, the country’s most talented wildlife artists submit their waterfowl-themed artwork to the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s (USFWS) annual contest to determine an image for the following year’s federal duck stamps. But this year’s entries look a little different.

In May, the USFWS announced a new, permanent theme for the stamps, which help fund wetland conservation: waterfowl hunting. That’s why this year’s submissions featured imagery of birds along with dispensed shotgun shells, duck calls lost among tall reeds, and hunters with rifles aimed at blue skies, as Audubon magazine first reported.

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Canada’s GHG reduction target may require a CO2 price of almost C$300 ($226) per tonne under the country’s ‘backstop’ fossil fuel levy and output-based pricing system (OBPS) if no additional climate policies are implemented, a government report said Thursday.

The world’s biggest steelmaker ArcelorMittal has decided to permanently close its blast furnace in Krakow, Poland, blaming the coronavirus-induced demand hit, cheaper imports, and higher costs for power and carbon.

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A major public green spending programme combined with steadily rising carbon prices would help the world achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 at a moderate cost and with longer-term benefits outweighing those, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Thursday.