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Crudine Ridge wind farm starts sending power to the grid in NSW
CWP Renewables' 170MW Crudine Ridge wind farm has started sending small amounts of renewable energy to the grid in New South Wales.
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South Australia gives new interconnector more money, to keep momentum of wind and solar boom
South Australia gives more money to early works for Project Energy Connect, to maintain momentum for what it says will be $4 billion investment boom.
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CEFC backs new $700m equity fund seeking only carbon neutral company investments
CEFC and Aware Super become cornerstone investors in a new $700m fund that will require companies to set and meet carbon neutral targets within 10 years.
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A bright future for solar in Australia and APAC
The Australian solar market continues to grow and is becoming increasingly important throughout the region; Mr Luke Lu, Vice President of LONGi Solar global, shares his insight into the future of solar in Australia and APAC.
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Hydrogen power: Firms join forces in bid to lower costs
Astronomy: 'Odd radio circles' in the sky a ‘genuine mystery’
Morrison yet to be granted speaking slot at climate summit he vowed to attend
Australian PM last week insisted he would address forum to ‘correct mistruths’ about Coalition’s action on emissions
Scott Morrison does not yet have a speaker’s spot at a global climate ambition summit this weekend despite telling parliament last week he intended to use an appearance at the event to “correct mistruths” about his government’s heavily criticised record on emissions reduction.
A government spokesman on Monday night said Australia had been invited to take part in the 12 December summit “both personally by [British] prime minister Boris Johnson during a phone call with prime minister Morrison, and again in writing by the leaders of hosting nations: the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Chile and also the United Nations”.
Continue reading...RE-Alliance: A new brand for the next chapter of the Australian Wind Alliance
Australian Wind Alliance re-brands as RE-Alliance, a trusted, independent organisation that sits between regional communities and the renewable energy industry.
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CP Daily: Monday December 7, 2020
Singapore hedge fund TradeFlow to offset emissions from commodity trading business
Analysis: When might the world exceed 1.5°C and 2°C of global warming?
The world will likely exceed 1.5°C warming between 2026 and 2042 if emissions are not rapidly reduced, and 2°C threshold could be exceeded by 2034.
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Evie Networks cuts time-based EV charging, calls for energy tariff reform
Ultra-fast charging network provider Evie Networks drops time-based charging, but lifts the kWh charge at its network of charging stations.
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Two utilities hold deficit in Massachusetts emissions programme, data shows
Free EU carbon allowances an option for shipping -lead MEP
EU Market: EUAs slip back below €30 as Brexit talks drag on
COMMENT: Scaling the voluntary carbon markets without sacrificing quality
Dominion Energy estimates RGGI allowance prices surge in late post-2020 period
VicForests allowed to resume logging despite risk of ‘irreversible damage’ in fire-hit Gippsland
Letters sent to the forestry agency advised logging in bushfire-affected areas should apply the ‘precautionary principle’ to consider threatened species
Victoria’s publicly-owned forestry agency has been allowed to restart logging in bushfire-ravaged east Gippsland despite a warning from a regulator there was a risk of “serious and irreversible damage” to the state’s biodiversity.
Documents released under freedom of information laws show the state’s conservation regulator twice wrote to VicForests during and after last summer’s catastrophic bushfires advising it should apply the “precautionary principle” when logging in the area.
Continue reading...Environment Agency faces questions over works on protected river
Local wildlife trust says work has devastated Herefordshire river but landowner says EA asked him to do it
Environment agency officials were under pressure on Monday to explain exactly what consent they gave to carry out extensive work on the banks of a protected river in England.
Officials from the EA, Natural England and the Forestry Commission moved in last week to stop the work along the River Lugg outside Kingsland, near Leominster in Herefordshire.
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