NZ puts hard cap on emissions for first time to strengthen its trading scheme
NZ moves to strengthen its Emissions Trading Scheme, introducing emissions caps for the first time, but agriculture remains exempt.
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Even with rooftop solar boom, households are paying dearly for what lies beneath
Australians have led the world in solar installations on their rooftops, but lag way behind in terms of what they do under the roof. And it's costing them dearly.
ABC’s QandA: Old fossils versus smart advocates of clean energy transition
Two old fossils put the case for dirty, old, and incumbent technologies. Three smart women argued environmental, economic and engineering case for a clean energy transition.
Renewables jobs could boom to 44,000 by 2025, but only with the right policy support
CEC report finds enormous employment opportunity from renewable energy in Australia but warns failure to address policy barriers could see jobs head in opposite direction.
Gaslighting Australia: How gas industry is driving up emissions
Analysis of emissions data shows that using gas as a transition fuel is dangerous in a world badly missing its climate targets.
How a new mega battery will help Hawaii say goodbye to its last coal generator
American utility-scale energy storage developer Plus Power is to build a 185MW/565MWh battery storage facility in Hawaii that will have as its primary role to ensure that the AES coal plant – the last- remaining coal-fired generation in Hawaii – will end operations in September, 2022.
AEMO pushes for minimum standards for solar, battery storage and EVs
AEMO seeks powers to impose minimum standards for rooftop solar, battery storage and EVs in an effort to create a single, nationally consistent set of rules.
Graph of the Day: Germany reaches 56% renewables for 2020
Renewable energy accounts for 56 per cent of Germany's electricity supply in first five months of 2020.
Graph of the Day: Germany reaches 56% renewables for 2020
Renewable energy accounts for 56 per cent of Germany's electricity supply in first five months of 2020.
Solar hole-in-one: Abandoned Japanese golf course reborn as 100MW PV plant
A consortium of Japanese companies has transformed an abandoned golf course in Kyushu, Japan’s third-largest and south-western-most island, into a 100MW solar farm.