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Solar industry faces pressure from rising import prices, shipping costs and Covid. But flexible exports offer hope for a smarter future.

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Queensland coal port launches study into renewable hydrogen, eyeing new export opportunities, as state plans new Renewable Energy Zones.

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Australian-led research breakthrough raises fresh hopes that wave power can play a large-scale and commercially viable role in the global shift to renewables.

The post Australian “dual turbine” wave power breakthrough promises to double efficiency appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Will the boom in big battery storage proposals close the door to vehicle-to-grid technologies even before they get started?

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Germany’s revised climate targets mean its exit from coal generation will need to be completed by 2030, eight years earlier than currently planned.

The post Tighter climate targets spell end of German coal by 2030, government figures suggest appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australian clean energy innovator announces new fundraising round, as orders boom for its modular, rapid-deploying solar solution, called Maverick.

The post 5B seeks new funds as orders for its Maverick solar solution boom appeared first on RenewEconomy.

These phallic, burrowing invertebrates are certainly worth your time as integral and fascinating members — of Australia’s marine ecosystems. Daryl McPhee, Associate Professor of Environmental Science, Bond University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

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A US science institute is on the verge of achieving a longstanding goal in nuclear fusion research.

Andrew Forrest says green hydrogen market could be worth $16 trillion, and says fossil fuel hydrogen backed by Australian government is a "smokescreen".

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Commodity trading house Glencore has hired a veteran environmental products expert in London to help build its growing global carbon trading business, which includes new hires in Asia.

CEFC looking at opportunities in green hydrogen after a year of big grid and big battery investments, and as it looks for "harder to abate" sectors.

The post CEFC readies for big plunge into hydrogen after landmark battery and grid deals appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Quebec’s environment ministry (MELCC) is working to develop a draft later this year to expand the agency's existing livestock protocol, with the announcement coming amid a flurry of activity from the Canadian province on new and proposed compliance offset methodologies.

Not all Australian native species belong in all Australian environments. In fact, many Australian plant species have become pests in places far from their original homes. Could some be in your garden? Singarayer Florentine, Professor (Restoration Ecologist), Federation University Australia Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

US biofuel credit (RIN) values have remained rangebound over much of August on a lack of drivers and as market participants await the release of this year’s biofuel quotas under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).

Researchers capture some of the most detailed images ever seen of galaxies in deep space.

Finnish energy company Fortum is on track to meet its own climate targets after striking a deal to sell coal assets, the company said in results on Tuesday despite reporting a major rise in emissions.

California regulator ARB will ask for stakeholder feedback on Tuesday about whether to set a more ambitious 2030 carbon abatement goal during the 2022 Scoping Plan process, while also contemplating other mechanisms to drive emissions reductions in the Golden State.

Extreme weather events widen existing inequalities and traumatise victims while climate anxiety affects mental health

Medical students are demanding their schools include the climate crisis as a core component of the curriculum, as the intensifying climate emergency highlights the corresponding health crisis.

Hannah Chase, a final year medical student at Oxford said the sense of urgency hit home recently when a fellow student confessed they didn’t believe in climate change. “It just shows that we make such assumptions,” said Chase. “It’s needed, this education.”

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EUAs struggled to overcome their recent high in early Tuesday trading, while natural gas prices shrugged off early losses triggered by reports of increased flows of Russian gas into Europe.