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As Shell announces a new Big Battery and demand-side smart energy project, BP says it has billions of dollars earmarked for investment in Australian decarbonisation.

The post From black gold to green: Oil majors dig in to Australian energy transition appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Western Australia calls for input on a target requiring electricity retailers to procure a fixed percentage of electricity fuelled by renewable hydrogen.

The post WA seeks input on renewable hydrogen target to help kickstart industry appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The project will take in 40 commercial and industrial sites across three states to harness an estimated 21.5MW of flexible demand capacity.

The post Shell mines for “negawatts” in $31m flexible energy demand project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Singapore and Thailand will work towards developing an agreement for bilateral cooperation on carbon credit trading under Article 6 guidelines to be finalised next year, the Singaporean ministry of trade and industry has announced.

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Ampyr Energy and Shell Energy Australia to develop, own and operate 500MW/1,000MWh battery energy storage system in NSW Central West Orana REZ.

The post Shell JV unveils plan for “one of the biggest” big batteries in NSW appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Half of the UK’s oldest weather stations set new records in the July heatwave.

Billions of phones will be hoarded in drawers and cupboards or thrown away rather than recycled, studies suggest.

Worsening droughts and flooding likely threaten the future of cotton farming – by far the most important crop in the basin. Milton Speer, Visiting Fellow, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney Joshua Hartigan, PhD Candidate, University of Technology Sydney Lance M Leslie, Professor, School of Mathematical And Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A senior German lawmaker said he’s “not convinced” that international offsets will ever make it back to the EU carbon market, but he highlighted a possible future role for carbon removals in the ETS.

Liz Truss, the new UK prime minister, isn’t a fan of solar farms. But new evidence suggests they can address more than one of the crises facing the world.

The post UK PM says solar farms are a “blight on the landscape.” Here’s how they benefit wildlife appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Climate change affects groups very differently. Here’s how Australians facing climate shifts now are responding. Naomi Joy Godden, VIce-Chancellor's Research Fellow, Centre for People, Place and Planet, Edith Cowan University Kavita Naidu, Researcher, Edith Cowan University Keely Boom, Industry/Professional Fellow, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The Smart Energy Council’s John Grimes shares his views on storage, the treatment of distributed energy, and the remaining policy bollards standing in the way of the switch to renewables.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Storage and the future of the grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

CEFC tips $30m into hybrid cattle grazing model targeting sustainable red meat production and tapping into growing demand for carbon credits.

The post CEFC backs “hybrid grazing” to cut emissions, deliver carbon credits. But what is it? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

RAC says one in seven drivers want EV as next car and one in three want hybrid model but cost of living crisis is delaying move

A record number of drivers want their next car to be electric, but the cost of living crisis is forcing many to delay making the switch to a more eco-friendly vehicle.

The RAC said a record 14% of drivers say their next car will be electric, up from 10% last year and just 3% in 2018. A further 29% said they intended to switch to a hybrid vehicle of some description, which combines petrol and electric power.

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California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices climbed for the second consecutive week on reported fund and compliance buying and as participants focused on upcoming Scoping Plan drivers, while RGGI Allowance (RGA) values largely followed their WCI counterparts towards a one-month peak.

Favourable policies in the EU and US have given a boost to the 2030 energy storage outlook of Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

The post Global energy storage market to grow 15-fold by 2030, says BNEF appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Nuclear advocates are energised by Thunberg's call for Germany to extend the life of its nuclear power fleet rather than reboot coal. They shouldn't be.

The post Is Greta Thunberg pro-nuclear, or anti-coal? Comments spark debate in Germany appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Ed Miliband criticises Liz Truss’s ‘anti-green-energy dogma’ after plans to ban solar projects revealed

Labour has criticised prime minister Liz Truss’s plan to ban solar power from most of England’s farmland and vowed to treble the renewable energy source in its first term.

Ed Miliband, the shadow climate secretary, will visit a solar farm on Friday. He is to lay out his opposition to plans by Truss and her environment secretary, Ranil Jayawardena, who the Guardian revealed earlier this week are hoping to ban solar from about 41% of the land area of England, or about 58% of agricultural land.

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EUA prices are set to rise steadily through 2030 after stalling in 2022, initially reflecting the impact of the EU's response to the energy crisis before adapting to the proposed reforms of the carbon market, according to a panel of analysts on Thursday.