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by Staff Reporters on December 10, 2023 at 4:00 am

People movements at Iberdrola, WA govt, Jemena, NSW DCCEEW, Aula Energy, AMSL Aero, Eku Energy, AEC, Solar Citizens, North Harbour, 5B, ERAC, Sundrive. The post Grid Connections: Who’s going where in Australia’s energy transition appeared first on RenewEconomy. […]

by Jillian Ambrose on December 9, 2023 at 1:00 pm

The prospect of halving demand for coal is a goal worth striving for, but governments must stay the courseIn the past week almost 120 global leaders have pledged to triple the world’s renewable energy capacity before 2030 in a bold attempt to slash the global consumption of fossil fuels.As the second half of the Cop28 UN climate conference in Dubai unfolds in the week ahead, more countries may join the calls for a global target of 11 terawatts (TW) of renewable power by the end of the […]

by Giles Parkinson on December 9, 2023 at 6:08 am

Planning approval given for 2,000 MWh battery in Collie that could double in size and will be used to soak up solar and shift it to the evening peaks, replacing coal. The post Planning approval given for Australia’s biggest battery to soak up solar and replace coal appeared first on RenewEconomy. […]

by Ajit Niranjan on December 8, 2023 at 3:19 pm

New buildings must be zero-emission and have solar panels by 2030, and fossil fuel boilers to be banned by 2040New buildings in the EU must have no emissions from fossil fuels by 2030, and boilers that use those sources will be banned by 2040 under a new deal on energy and homes.The rules, agreed between MEPs and member states but not yet formally adopted, set targets to make buildings waste less energy. Subsidies for standalone oil and gas boilers will stop by 2025. Continue reading... […]

by Diana DiGangi on December 8, 2023 at 2:48 pm

The third quarter of 2023 was the slowest quarter for wind energy capacity additions that the sector has seen since 2018, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. […]

by Nish Amarnath on December 8, 2023 at 2:11 pm

Passive cooling, higher energy efficiency and a quicker phasedown of climate-warming refrigerants could save $1 trillion by 2050, according to the report released during the COP28 climate talks in Dubai. […]

by Emma Penrod on December 8, 2023 at 2:00 pm

But the right circumstances could see blue hydrogen, derived from natural gas, sell for $1/kg by 2031, the report says. […]

by Ed Hirs on December 8, 2023 at 1:00 pm

Texas power market designers argue that short-term price spikes will encourage long-run investment, but why would power plant owners build more power plants just to make sure prices stay low? […]

by Robert Walton on December 8, 2023 at 12:28 pm

Increased insurance levels, securitization and the development of disaster funds are all ways IOUs can mitigate the risks, according to S&P Global Ratings. […]

by Kavya Balaraman on December 8, 2023 at 12:07 pm

“Without the needed transmission, it’s going to be a big setback on the [clean energy transition]," one expert said.&nbs […]

by Simon Yuen on December 8, 2023 at 12:03 pm

India's renewables capacity will increase to 170GW due to several reasons including the decline in solar PV cell and module prices. […]

by Jonathan Touriño Jacobo on December 8, 2023 at 11:56 am

The US solar industry has registered its best third quarter with 6.5GW of PV installed in Q3 2023, however residential started to show a slowdown in certain states. […]

by Will Norman on December 8, 2023 at 11:22 am

SolarPower Europe – the representative trade body for the European solar industry – has published its first Best Practice Guidelines document for the floating solar (FPV) market segment. […]

by JP Casey on December 8, 2023 at 10:51 am

Masdar plans to develop a number of new renewables projects in Africa, including 300MW of new solar capacity in Angola and Uganda. […]

by JP Casey on December 8, 2023 at 9:39 am

On 6 December, the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association released the latest transaction prices for solar-grade polysilicon. […]