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Australia's biggest wind farm is also likely to have set a new benchmark on price as well, the first public tender to set a contract below $50/MWh.

The post Australia’s newest and biggest wind farm sets benchmark for lowest price appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australian emissions data goes missing as historical data and projections scrubbed from the environment department's website.

The post Environment department begins purging website of historical emissions data, projections appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Ratch follows up Infigen PPA with deal to sell 19.4% of power generated by 227MW Collector project in NSW Southern Tablelands to retail supermarket giant Aldi.

The post Ratch Australia signs up Aldi Foods in second PPA for Collector wind farm appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The AEMC's convoluted Cogati process is likely to prove a distraction to the real job, which is designing a transmission and control system for a largely decarbonised grid.

The post Nothing can stop Cogati as energy regulators fight for supremacy appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Volumes are soft in Australia but it’s a seasonally weak time of year anyway. Any decline in volumes is mostly commercial while household volumes will likely pick up.

The post Know your NEM: Electricity volumes and prices down, but not out appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Woodside Energy will defer until next year investment decisions on three major LNG projects in Western Australia, for which the company has said it expects to have to buy tens of millions of carbon offsets over the next few decades.

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AEMC signs off on new mandatory requirements for all NEM participants to provide frequency response services, despite concerns that it will disproportionately burden wind and solar projects.

The post AEMC makes frequency response mandatory for all generators, renewables to be hit with costs appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The newest branch of the US military, established by President Trump, goes into orbit for the first time.

If coronavirus can be transferred on to surfaces, safe food shopping presents challenges.

The green sea turtle is vulnerable to extinction as the climate warms, Australian scientists say.

The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

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UN aviation body ICAO will look to endorse a second round of programme applications for its global offset system CORSIA by the end of the year, with that decision potentially occurring after countries attempt to forge the rulebook of international emissions trading under the Paris Agreement at COP26, according to an updated timeline.

E3G is looking for an enthusiastic practitioner to lead E3G’s work on Europe-China climate diplomacy and cooperation in its London office.

Iberdrola is seeking a motivated person to join the Brussels-based team as EU Affairs Adviser.

AEMO report indicates delays to roll out of renewables could set back the grid's low-carbon transition and force it to lean more heavily on costly and polluting gas.

The post AEMO warns any further delays in renewables transition could hit gas supplies appeared first on RenewEconomy.

California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices cratered beneath the 2014 WCI floor price during the week before renewed speculative interest boosted values on the secondary market, while RGGI allowances (RGA) saw more modest week-on-week changes.

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