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The US pilot broke the sound barrier in 1947, helping to pave the way for America's space programme.

Clean Energy Regulator report shows record 4349MW of large-scale renewables – or 374 new renewable energy power stations – added in 2019-2020 financial year.

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Victorian government announces new energy efficiency targets for households and businesses, set to cut energy use, costs and emissions.

The post Victoria sets new energy efficiency targets to cut energy use by 7 pct by 2025 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

CWP Renewables' 170MW Crudine Ridge wind farm has started sending small amounts of renewable energy to the grid in New South Wales.

The post Crudine Ridge wind farm starts sending power to the grid in NSW appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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.

The post South Australia gives new interconnector more money, to keep momentum of wind and solar boom appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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.

The post CEFC backs new $700m equity fund seeking only carbon neutral company investments appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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.

The post A bright future for solar in Australia and APAC appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The possibility of a future powered significantly by clean hydrogen takes a small step closer.

A new high-powered telescope has discovered inexplicable ghostly circles in the sky.

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”.

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Australian Wind Alliance re-brands as RE-Alliance, a trusted, independent organisation that sits between regional communities and the renewable energy industry.

The post RE-Alliance: A new brand for the next chapter of the Australian Wind Alliance appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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TradeFlow Capital Management will offset the emissions from the movement of goods under its commodity trading business, the Singapore-based hedge fund announced Monday.

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.

The post Analysis: When might the world exceed 1.5°C and 2°C of global warming? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Ultra-fast charging network provider Evie Networks drops time-based charging, but lifts the kWh charge at its network of charging stations.

The post Evie Networks cuts time-based EV charging, calls for energy tariff reform appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Two Massachusetts generators are holding short positions in the state’s Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA) programme, with recent prices averaging $7.00 in the thinly-traded market, according to a market oversight report.

The EU could freely allocate EUAs for shipping if the sector is brought into the bloc’s cap-and-trade system, which could prevent carbon leakage and ensure predictability, a senior MEP from the assembly's transport committee (TRAN) said on Monday.

EUAs slipped back below €30 on Monday as a weekend Brexit trade deal failed to materialise, though observers are still bullish on carbon due to the upcoming auction drought.

The TSVCM rightly calls for science-based target setting in tandem with robust carbon offsetting, clear claims guidance for credible communications and broad public support, and long-term corporate commitments and futures contracts to de-risk project development. Yet having sat in Taskforce discussions and observed several emerging instruments that seek to operationalise the forthcoming ‘blueprint,’ Gold Standard's Owen Hewlett spots several concerns about the quality of what is meant to scale.

Dominion Energy anticipates its Virginia-based emissions will declined by more than 10% over the post-2020 period as it joins the RGGI cap-and-trade scheme, and that allowance prices will near $10 by 2030, according to a public filing.