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Celebrations as Coalition policy bollards swept away, but what does this really mean for the solar industry?

The post Solar Insiders Podcast: What the election result means for solar industry appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A Victoria parliamentary report says Victoria has sufficient resources to go 100 per cent renewables, and the government is being urged to do this by 2030.

The post Victoria urged to aim for 100 pct renewables by 2030 after parliamentary report appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Incoming energy minister Chris Bowen says electricity price increases are the legacy of Morrison's energy policy failures.

The post Morrison’s “legacy” is higher power prices: Bowen pins price spike on Coalition appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The European Commission’s plan to bring roughly 200-250 million EUAs out of the Market Stability Reserve (MSR) and auction them to raise €20 billion to fund the bloc’s shift away from Russian energy has jolted the EU ETS, igniting “trust” concerns by market participants who liken the move to Brussels raising the EU's climate cookie jar.

Work is underway on a potential 400MWh big battery energy storage system being built alongside biggest solar PV project in Australia.

The post Work begins on big battery adjoining Australia’s biggest solar project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Queensland - home to most of the LNP climate deniers and technology troglodytes - is paying the very high price of fossil fuel dependence.

The post How expensive coal and gas blew up the Queensland electricity market appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The first use of Asparigopsis – a type of seaweed endemic to Australia – to reduce methane emissions in livestock could occur in a matter of months, however it may be some time before farmers can begin generating Australian Carbon Credits Units (ACCUs) for it.

DNA from ancient eastern moa bones is unlocking the secrets of their survival during the last ice age, and providing lessons for today’s threatened species. Nic Rawlence, Senior Lecturer in Ancient DNA, University of Otago Alexander Verry, Postdoctoral Researcher, Université de Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier Kieren Mitchell, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Zoology, University of Otago Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

MPs say the amount of demolition and rebuilding must be reduced as it adds to the emissions driving climate change.

Carbon offset project originator and portfolio management firm Viridios Capital has filled three senior positions for the Asia-Pacific region.

Barnaby Joyce ponders ditching net zero, while Matt Canavan’s claim the climate goal is ‘a failed agenda’ globally dismissed as ‘laughably untrue’

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The Coalition is picking through the entrails, scouring the wreckage and sifting through whatever other analogies we might have missed as it works out how it lost the election.

In postmortem interviews, the Liberals and Nationals are debating what they should do differently on the core issue of the climate crisis after a wave of seats to pro-climate Greens, independents and a Labor party with bolder climate targets.

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Scientists warn that 24 of Britain's butterfly species are in danger of dying out.

*PREMIUM LISTING – Calyx Global is looking for a person to lead, manage and grow its GHG ratings for technologies. With a large volume of credits already being traded, and new technologies on the horizon particularly to capture and store carbon, Calyx expects this to be a growing portfolio of ratings.

Electricity prices in some parts of Australia will increase by as much as 14.1 per cent, as surging coal and gas costs push prices higher.

The post Households slugged as Australia’s coal addiction sends electricity prices soaring appeared first on RenewEconomy.

*PREMIUM LISTING – Calyx Global is looking for a person to lead and manage its SDG ratings. This is an important role for the company, as it speaks to half of its mission—improving the impact of markets for people living in and around project areas.

*PREMIUM LISTING – Gold Standard is seeking a Government Relations Manager, to lead Gold Standard’s work and relationships with governments across the world.

Offshore wind farms no longer require subsidies, so German authorities are now looking at their carbon footprint to rank them in capacity auctions.

The post Offshore wind auctions to favour projects with lowest carbon footprint as costs plunge appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The UK government has levied more than £27 million in new environmental fines, with the bulk related to compliance breaches under the EU ETS.

California regulator ARB distributed the smallest number of compliance offsets this week since spring 2020, while traders reported credits tagged with in-state benefits were seeing increasingly higher values than out-of-state units.  

Transgrid revives renewable micro-grid proposal for Broken Hill, dumping diesel option in favour of compressed air storage. But it will depend on a grant.

The post Broken Hill renewable micro-grid revived after Transgrid finds a way to dump diesel appeared first on RenewEconomy.