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How do you heat your home cheaply and efficiently if you don't use gas? There are renewable options.

The post Explainer: What’s the cheapest way to heat my house if I get off gas? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Alarming toxic PFAS levels revealed in new report raise concerns that the chemicals are contaminating vegetables

Sewage sludge that wastewater treatment districts across America package and sell as home fertilizer contain alarming levels of toxic PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals”, a new report has revealed.

Sludge, which is lightly treated and marketed as “biosolids”, is used by consumers to fertilize home gardens, and the PFAS levels raise concerns that the chemicals are contaminating vegetables and harming those who eat them.

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China will set a 10% limit on daily price movements in its emissions trading scheme, while block trades will have to stay within 30% of on-screen prices, the chairman of the carbon exchange in Shanghai told local media on Friday.

Conditional commitments are promises to raise emissions reduction efforts, depending on what others do. It could be a big incentive for Australia. Katie Steele, Associate Professor in Philosophy, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

One of the Victorian towns hardest hit by the catastrophic Black Summer of 2019/2020 has been fitted with a grid-connected community battery storage system.

The post Community battery finally installed in bushfire-prone Mallacoota appeared first on RenewEconomy.

DNV, an independent expert in assurance and risk management, has issued a report entitled ‘Technology Review Of Two Single-Axis Tracking System: Agile-1P and Vanguard-2P ‘ which are trackers made by Trina Tracker.

The post DNV finds that TrinaTracker is compatible with large format modules appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Bugs Matter app will collect data on worrying population crash of creatures essential to life on Earth

A new app that tracks bug splats on car number plates will enable UK citizen scientists to help shed light on the worrying decline of insects.

Older drivers will remember scrubbing large numbers of splatted insects from windscreens after journeys in past decades. But a 2019 study that analysed car registration plates after trips in Kent found a 50% fall in splatted bugs compared with 2004.

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Battery storage investment looks good, but new wind and solar projects are stalled. CEC’s Kane Thornton explains why. Plus: The Callide explosion.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: A new wind and solar investment drought appeared first on RenewEconomy.

While debate builds around whether big batteries could have saved the day in Queensland on Tuesday, the benefits of having a home battery during a coal plant explosion are obvious.

The post What blackout? Home batteries power through Queensland coal plant calamity appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Victoria's upper house has passed Labor's controversial EV road user charge into law. Here's how it works, and what happens if you don't pay.

The post “Pay up or lose your rego”: Victoria’s EV road tax passed into law appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Infigen tells state regulators it hopes to energise its 270MW Port Augusta wind-solar hybrid project in September, and start full operation early next year.

The post Massive Port Augusta wind-solar hybrid project to be energised within months appeared first on RenewEconomy.

We test drive the new Kia Niro, talks to Nissan’s Ben Warren on progress on vehicle-to-grid, and to Solar Victoria’s Stan Krpan on the state’s EV subsidy.

The post The Driven Podcast: New Niro, Leaf’s V2G, and Victoria’s EV subsidy appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Joe Biden gets it, so why isn’t the Australian government rushing to save the weekend by embracing electric Utes?

The post Video: The Ute that “hauls ass and tows like a beast” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Researchers say use of holograms could be key to solving a common problem with solar cell design, boosting output by as much as five per cent.

The post Why adding holograms to solar cells could led to massive performance boost appeared first on RenewEconomy.

South Australia takes big step towards flexible solar exports after a successful virtual power plant trial that increased household output.

The post Flexible rooftop solar exports could be a reality next year after trial success appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Indonesia is shifting slowly towards increasing levels of climate action, with a new plan to cancel new coal and retire existing coal gradually.

The post Indonesia bans new coal plants and pivots to renewables and carbon markets appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Woodside may build 50MW solar farm to help power LNG facility, and could double in size if ammonia producer Perdeman also signs up for solar.

The post Woodside and Perdeman may build 100MW solar farm in W.A. north appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A new poll finds that Australians are ready to take serious climate action - including banning new coal mines across Australia.

The post Australia is ready for a change on climate – which party will take the first step? appeared first on RenewEconomy.