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Australia Approves world's 'Largest' Solar Hub

Australia on Wednesday approved plans for a massive solar and battery farm that would export energy to Singapore, a project dubbed the "largest solar precinct in the world".

International Business Times

NZ’s electricity market is a mess. Rolling out rooftop solar would change the game

Wholesale prices in the New Zealand electricity market have soared over recent weeks, climbing as high as NZ$1,000 per megawatt hour. North Island pulp and paper plants have temporarily closed down because of the spike in costs.

The Conversation

Australia could save thousands of bats a year with simple tweak to wind turbines, study says

Raising the wind speed at which turbines start spinning could prevent tens of thousands of bat deaths each year, researchers find

The Guardian - AU

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If It Looks Like Elder Financial Abuse, It May Be Just That

Here's the story of an older man, his much younger wife, her massage therapist and a solar panel salesman. Knowing the red flags for financial abuse is key.

Kiplinger

Starmer highlights green measures on Welsh visit and attacks Tories’ ‘incoherent’ energy policies – as it happened

PM pushes plans to make Britain an ‘energy superpower’ and makes first official visit with new Welsh first minister, Eluned Morgan

The Guardian - UK

Federal government grants first floating offshore wind power research lease to Maine

The federal government has issued the nation’s first floating offshore wind research lease to the state of Maine, comprising about 23 square miles in federal waters

The Independent UK

Solar above, batteries below: here’s how warehouses and shopping centres could produce 25% of Australia’s power

Imagine if Australian cities became major producers of clean energy, rather than relying on far-flung solar and wind farms.

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Labour face calls for 'urgent action' after 'alarming' energy price cap projection

THE UK Government is facing calls to take “immediate action” after projections said the energy price cap could be set to rise to more than…

The National (Scotland)

Energy bills could rise to average of £1,714 a year in Great Britain from October

Cornwall Insight analysts predict quarterly price cap through to end of December will increase by 9%

The Guardian - UK

John Swinney 'sent' Angus Robertson to meeting with Israeli diplomat

JOHN Swinney asked Angus Robertson to attend a highly criticised meeting with a senior Israeli diplomat, according to reports ...

The National (Scotland)

Energy experts give verdict on 'super highway' between Scotland and England

THE problem with a new energy "super highway" flowing south out of Scotland "isn’t that it’s going to England", experts have…

The National (Scotland)

Chair of Nuclear for Australia denies that calling CO2 ‘plant food’ means he is a climate denier

Dr Adi Paterson’s statements are apparently at odds with the group’s official position, which says nuclear is needed to tackle the climate crisis

The Guardian - AU

China adds new clean power equivalent to UK’s entire electricity output

Data shows continued surge in wind and solar power amid hopes Chinese greenhouse gas emissions may have peaked

The Guardian - UK

U.S. Energy Secretary Calls For More Nuclear Reactors

Energy Secretary Granholm advocates for more nuclear reactors in the U.S. despite challenges. Vogtle project highlights potential and pitfalls of nuclear p...

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The Guardian - UK

Danish wind power giant Ørsted delays major US offshore project

News follows scrapping of two other Atlantic windfarms and axing of hundreds of jobs as costs surge

The Conversation

If we want more solar and wind farms, we need to get locals on board by ensuring they all benefit too

The race is on to transition to clean energy. Solar and wind farm developers are inundating regional communities in the hope they will host generation and transmission infrastructure. This extra capacity is needed to achieve the federal government target of 82% renewables in Australia by 2030.

AAP

Clean energy economy 'needs skills training rebalance'

Post-secondary education needs rebalancing to meet the economy's changing needs, warns the chief of Australia's jobs and skills agency.

The National (Scotland)

Scots being 'ripped off' over plans to transport Scottish electricity to England

SCOTS are being “ripped off” by new plans for a multi-billion “super highway” to transport renewable energy generated in Scotland to…

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The Guardian - UK

Electricity ‘superhighway’ between Scotland and England to go ahead

£3.4bn subsea cable will transmit renewable electricity from Scottish windfarms to 2m homes in England

The National (Scotland)

Electric 'super highway' between Scotland and England given green light

OFGEM has approved a £3.4 billion electricity “super highway” between Scotland and England...

The Independent UK

5 expert tips to make your home more energy efficient

From installing solar panels to getting techy, investing now will save money in the long-term. By Sam Wylie-Harris.

The Conversation

NZ is running out of gas – literally. That’s good for the climate, but it’s bad news for the economy

The coalition government recently announced its plan to reverse a ban on new oil and gas exploration to deal with an energy security challenge brought on by rapidly declining natural gas reserves.

AAP

'Clock is ticking': regions need a say in clean energy

Regional communities need better engagement on the clean energy transition to drive change, as fear and misinformation 'run riot', a new report shows.

The Conversation

New solar farms can benefit nature – here’s how

If you were told solar farms could take up to 0.3% of the total land area in the UK by 2035, would you take up a banner and march to parliament in protest? It’s hard to imagine anyone feeling troubled by such a perceptibly small figure.

The Guardian - UK

Labour go-ahead for march of the pylons promises to spark conflict

A scheme transporting Scotland’s green power to England is likely to be controversial despite lengthy consultations

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