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- Sky News Australia documentary The Real Cost of Net Zero fails to live up to its hubris, with viewers paying the price | Temperature Check 20 November 2024Chris Uhlmann says power costs are soaring while renewables are falling short, but do the pair have anything in common?Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhat is “The Real Cost of Net Zero” the political journalist Chris Uhlmann asked this week, after weeks […]Graham Readfearn
- Australia’s Future Fund to invest in housing, infrastructure and energy transition under new mandate 20 November 2024Sovereign wealth fund’s statement of expectations will be updated for the first time in 15 yearsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s $230bn sovereign wealth fund will be retooled to help build houses, improve infrastructure and combat global heating under a new investment […]Paul Karp Chief political correspondent
- Almost 120 countries vowed to triple renewables by 2030 – how is it going? 20 November 2024At Cop28 last year they also pledged to double energy efficiency in an effort to cut the world’s reliance on fossil fuelsAlmost 120 countries came together in Dubai last year at the Cop28 climate talks to pledge one of the most ambitious green energy targets in the history of the UN climate talks.The plan put […]Jillian Ambrose
- Victoria to build $370m state-owned solar farm and battery in state’s west 20 November 2024Jacinta Allan says project will be able to power more than 51,000 homes and include 119MW solar facility and 100MW two-hour batteryFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Victorian government will spend $370m to build a massive solar and battery farm able to […]Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondent
- Richard Flanagan wins Baillie Gifford prize and questions sponsor’s fossil fuel ties 19 November 2024Australian author says he will not accept £50,000 prize money until fund manager reduces its fossil fuel investmentsRichard Flanagan’s Question 7 has been named winner of the Baillie Gifford prize for nonfiction, making the Australian writer the first person to have won both this award and the Booker prize for fiction.However, in his acceptance speech, […]Lucy Knight and Ella Creamer
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- Work starts on New York’s first offshore wind project 15 February 2022South Fork Wind Farm is a 132 MW project to be located 19 miles southeast of Block Island, Rhode Island. The project is approved to install 12 or fewer wind turbines and will use Siemens-Gamesa’s 11 MW turbines. Kiewit Offshore Services will design and build the project’s substation.John Engel
- Ethanol isn’t as green as you might think, researchers say 15 February 2022The carbon intensity of corn ethanol supported by the U.S.'s Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) is likely at least 24% higher than gasoline, according to aJohn Engel
- ‘This is punitive’: Kansas Senate committee considers poison pill wind energy bills 15 February 2022Senators heard three hours of testimony from anti-wind sources and just one hour from proponents of renewable energyRenewable Energy World
- California PUC adopts plan to add 25.5GW of renewables by 2023 14 February 2022The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved plans to add around 25,500 MW of renewable energy resources and 15,000 MW of energy storage and demand response resources by 2032. The decision also adopted a 35 million metric ton (MMT) electric sector greenhouse gas emission (GHG) planning target. That goal, also to be achieved by 2032, is […]Renewable Energy World
- Duke Energy aims to double renewable energy capacity by 2030 14 February 2022The utility's five-year capital plan totals $63 billion, 80% of which will support investments in grid modernization and zero or lower-carbon emitting generation.John Engel