Eric Reguly, the European Bureau Chief of The Globe & Mail, has a timely article that explains how China is deceiving Europe on climate and energy policy. Reguly argues that China’s continued reliance on cheap coal power gives it a decisive industrial advantage over Europe, where high electricity prices and strict climate policies are driving
Nicolás Maduro is chased out of office by a massive popular revolt but the Venezuelan military takes to the streets, turning its guns on the civilians who have brought him down.
A passenger airliner nearly collided mid-flight with a US military aircraft near the Venezuelan coast on Friday, the Associated Press and the New York Times have reported, citing radio communications and flight tracking data.
Asian share markets are having a rough start to the trading week as the combination of lower trading volumes heading into the end of the calendar year combined with a lot of movement expected around central bank meetings this week increase volatility across the complex. Yen is up against USD on strong data with a
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Australia’s thermal coal pipeline seems dangerously misaligned with market and climate realities in a landscape of shrinking demand, growing competition, escalating costs, climate risks and labour shortages.
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Two new big battery projects have been energised on Australia's main grid in the past few days, underlining the speed and scale of the storage rollout in Australia.
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Days after dumping its renewable energy targets and pledging billions of dollars in support of coal power generation, state launches rebate targeting solar for renters.
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, whose grandfather was a member of the Nazi Party, has compared Russian President Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler.
Australia's biggest wind farm has been commissioned on time, and may have found a blueprint for others to follow.
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A groundbreaking trial to test an innovative alternative to rooftop solar export tariffs will run for another year and with double the number of participants.
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Abundance defines the day as wind and solar curtailment hits new peaks, accounting for more than 90 per cent of one state's demand. More batteries then.
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It’s going to be a busy week for the Australian dollar which has been on a tear recently against a broadening weakness building in USD (now down over 3% in two weeks). With a slew of central bank decisions in the next few days and the long awaited, delayed and possibly massaged US non-farm payrolls
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The New South Wales government has given the planning green light to the $209 million Armidale battery energy storage system (BESS), which will boast capacity of 150 megawatts (MW)/437 megawatt-hours (MWh).
SEEK has released its November labour market data, which contains both positives and negatives. SEEK reported a 0.5% decline in job ads over the month of November. Job ads were also down 0.9% over the quarter and 1.9% year-on-year. However, the number of applications per job ad held stable at a historically high level. The
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After the horrendous events of December 14th, it didn’t take long before self-serving lies of people like Netanyahu surfaced.