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James Sturch from SolarEdge joins Energy Insiders to discuss latest inverter standards, what they mean for the household and the grid, and why they are key to the energy transition.

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One of the UK's rarest fish is set to benefit from a conservation project to unlock the River Severn.

Updated report from Texas grid operator shows that wind played only a very minor role in massive blackouts that hit the state in February cold snap.

The post Texas grid operator confirms gas, not wind, the biggest culprit in blackouts appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Video footage posted on LinkedIn this week shows Lotus Energy's Melbourne solar panel recycling plant in action – is it Australia's first?

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An historical court ruling in Germany has translated into notably ambitious new targets. But does it have the tech, the will and the policy to get it done?

The post Germany forced by court ruling to set world-leading net zero targets: Can it reach them? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Speculators continued to fuel bullish pressure for California Carbon Allowances (CCAs) on the secondary market this week, as RGGI allowance (RGA) prices hit a two-month high with an uptick in compliance demand.

The 7ft-long female lake sturgeon was released by a Fish & Wildlife Service team after being weighed and measured

The US Fish and Wildlife Service received quite a big surprise last week, when they caught a giant fish, estimated to be more than 100 years old, in the Detroit River.

The 240-pound lake sturgeon was caught by a three-person crew on 22 April, just south of Detroit near Grosse Ile. The agency described the huge fish, which measured almost 7ft long, as “a real life river monster”.

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In the red corner is the octopus with eight muscular, hyper-flexible arms. In the blue corner is the bird with killer vision and two sharp claws for catching prey with incredible speed and precision. Zoe Doubleday, ARC Future Fellow and marine biologist, University of South Australia Erica Durante, PhD Candidate, University of South Australia Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Post-pandemic shifts in travel habits could undermine the logic behind many infrastructure projects.

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European utilities Enel and Uniper both reported a year-on-year rebound in power output for Q1 on Thursday, with last year’s generation levels disrupted by the start of the coronavirus crisis and dampened by warmer weather.

EUAs resumed their record-breaking run on Thursday, climbing back above €50 to extend the week's all-time high as bullish sentiment continued to hold sway.

Fossil fuels, cattle and rotting waste produce greenhouse gas responsible for 30% of global heating

Slashing methane emissions is vital to tackling the climate crisis and rapidly curbing the extreme weather already hitting people across the world today, according to a new UN report.

In 2020 there was a record rise in the amount of the powerful greenhouse gas emitted by the fossil fuel industry, cattle and rotting waste. Cutting it is the strongest action available to slow global heating in the near term, Inger Andersen, the UN’s environment chief, said.

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Steelmaker ArcelorMittal saw a substantial demand recovery in Q1, achieving the “strongest” quarterly results in a decade following the COVID-19 crisis, it said in financial results on Thursday that also unveiled new deals to reduce emissions at its European facilities.

Reducing methane emissions needs to play a much more important role in tackling global warming.

Sighting of two of UK’s resident orcas is ‘proof of the value of our coastal seas’, says expert

Two killer whales have been spotted off the Cornish coast.

Experts believe this is the first sighting of the UK’s only resident population of killer whales travelling this far south.

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Electrification of cars and home boilers best choice to fight the climate crisis, say scientists

Using hydrogen-based fuels for cars and home heating risks locking in a dependency on fossil fuels and failing to tackle the climate crisis, according to a new analysis.

Fuels produced from hydrogen can be used as straight replacements for oil and gas and can be low-carbon, if renewable electricity is used to produce these “e-fuels”. However, the research found that using the electricity directly to power cars and warm houses was far more efficient.

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Environmental markets platform IncubEx has hired a new director to further develop its European carbon and renewables certificates offerings.