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Spain approves push for 100% renewables, bans all new fossil fuel projects
Spain approves ambitious plan to reach net zero emissions “no later than 2050," including 100% renewable target and a ban on all new fossil fuel projects.
Angus Taylor Australian Federal Government CleanTech Bites Climate Governments People
Australia won’t budge on 2030 climate targets, keeps mum on longer term intentions
Morrison government won't be revisiting its 2030 emissions reduction target and we're unlikely to see any commitments to future targets any time soon.
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Risen joins bid to deliver solar and battery storage for bushfire victims
Risen Energy joins 5B, Tesla, Enphase, and software billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes in bid to power bushfire-affected communities with stand-alone solar and storage.
Australian Federal Government Climate Coal Governments
Coalition’s Technology Investment Roadmap: Poor policy in practice
Picking winners and playing favourites has always been poor policy, but the technology roadmap shows us that this is what the Morrison government intends to do.
Australian Federal Government CleanTech Bites Climate Coal Governments
Gas lobby seizes Covid moment, and declares war on Australia’s future
Gas industry tries to throw a live grenade into Australia's economic bunker. But it is the sheer range and scale of proposed government subsidies that beggars belief.
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Denmark plans massive “energy islands” to deliver 4GW of green fuel to economy
Denmark plans to be first country to begin make paradigm shift from individual offshore wind farms to massive energy island hubs.
AEMO Angus Taylor Australian Federal Government CleanTech Bites Climate Coal Governments Institutions People Renewables Solar Wind
Taylor puts gas and CCS at centre of technology roadmap, coal and nuclear not excluded
Taylor's discussion paper on technology roadmap puts focus on gas and CCS, and appears a desperate attempt to find technology winners that are not wind, solar and storage.
Climate Coal Coronavirus Governments Markets Renewables
How to change the colour of Australia’s Coronavirus climate recovery
In the panic and anxiety of those early days of the pandemic, fossil fuel advocates were calmly and openly forming a plan to capture the process of economic recovery.
Australian Federal Government Climate Governments Markets
Coalition’s ‘grey’ baseline and credit scheme could pay companies to increase emissions
The proposed mechanism could result in the perverse outcome of paying high emitting businesses to invest in projects which increase absolute emissions.
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Global emissions plunge as working-from-home slashes transport emissions
Dramatic fall in vehicle emissions due to Covid-19 pandemic provides a glimpse at the long-term opportunities to cut emissions.
