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Solar power becoming standard even in UK’s soggy summer dlvr.it/T9nTPK
Solar power becoming standard even in UK’s soggy summer

Solar power becoming standard even in UK’s soggy summer

Previously the idea was to sell electricity back to the grid, now the object is to power all of a household’s needs

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Australia news live: cost to taxpayers of Assange’s freedom flight revealed; urgent health warning for offshore detainees dlvr.it/T9n4ff
CrowdStrike has ‘issued a fix’ to Windows outage – as it happened

CrowdStrike has ‘issued a fix’ to Windows outage – as it happened

This blog is now closed.

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Labour must ramp up renewable energy to meet 2030 climate vows, says watchdog dlvr.it/T9l2hx

Labour must ramp up renewable energy to meet 2030 climate vows, says watchdog

CCC says delays and reverses under Rishi Sunak have left UK drastically off track from Paris commitments

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Thames Water owner to liquidate solar energy subsidiary amid debt crisis dlvr.it/T9Zxt5
Thames Water owner to liquidate solar energy subsidiary amid debt crisis

Thames Water owner to liquidate solar energy subsidiary amid debt crisis

Exclusive: solar developer Trinzic to voluntarily shut down as holding company seeks to recoup more than £25m

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Renewable energy brings a new set of challenges dlvr.it/T9YGd4
Renewable energy brings a new set of challenges

Renewable energy brings a new set of challenges

The government’s net zero ambitions will be expensive and will require infrastructure improvements that carry a political cost

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Mexico’s love affair with Pemex: will its bid to save the fallen oil giant block the shift to clean energy? dlvr.it/T9VNJ3

Mexico’s love affair with Pemex: will its bid to save the fallen oil giant block the shift to clean...

Once providing half of Mexico’s revenue, the debt-laden state oil firm has been in decline for years. But government efforts to revive it in pursuit of energy self-sufficiency is stalling the drive...

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China building twice as much wind and solar power as rest of world – report dlvr.it/T9RNBK
China building two-thirds of world’s wind and solar projects

China building two-thirds of world’s wind and solar projects

Country on track reach 1,200GW of installed wind and solar capacity by end of 2024 – six years ahead of Beijing’s target

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BP predicts global oil demand will peak in 2025, bringing to end rising emissions dlvr.it/T9QlDL
BP predicts global oil demand will peak in 2025, bringing to end rising emissions

BP predicts global oil demand will peak in 2025, bringing to end rising emissions

Report says peak will bring to end to rising emissions as wind and solar capacity surges, but gas forecasts likely to cause concern

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Power of good: how solar sponge tariffs can be a win for your pocket and the planet | Peter Mares dlvr.it/T9NnnG
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‘Every step of the way, no one cared’: Queensland pensioner says solar farm next door has left her unable to sell her property dlvr.it/T9Hfx2
‘Every step of the way, no one cared’: Queensland pensioner says solar farm next door has left her...

‘Every step of the way, no one cared’: Queensland pensioner says solar farm next door has left her...

Neighbours to Kingaroy renewable energy project say vouchers for pub meals and a massage only compensation given for construction noise

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Solar installations fall as Australian households hit by cost-of-living squeeze dlvr.it/T92zy6
Solar installations fall as Australian households hit by cost-of-living squeeze

Solar installations fall as Australian households hit by cost-of-living squeeze

With solar module prices ‘well down’ in 2024 it could yet be a record year for installations, Sunwiz says

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Extravagant maker of schemes: unpicking Barnaby Joyce’s anti-renewables campaign | Gabrielle Chan dlvr.it/T91mXp
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Fossil fuel use reaches global record despite clean energy growth dlvr.it/T8WPpm
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Farmers who graze sheep under solar panels say it improves productivity. So why don’t we do it more? dlvr.it/T8BDKt
Farmers who graze sheep under solar panels say it improves productivity. So why don’t we do it more?

Farmers who graze sheep under solar panels say it improves productivity. So why don’t we do it more?

Allowing livestock to graze under renewable developments gives farmers a separate income stream, but solar developers have been slow to catch on

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‘It’s just too big’: division over plans for UK’s biggest solar farm dlvr.it/T7yvW5
‘It’s just too big’: division over plans for UK’s biggest solar farm

‘It’s just too big’: division over plans for UK’s biggest solar farm

Solar projects such as Botley West in Oxfordshire are latest net zero schemes bogged down by local disputes

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Investment in clean energy likely to be double figure for fossil fuels in 2024, IEA says dlvr.it/T7vKCN
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Make accreditation mandatory for low-carbon heating installers, says Which? dlvr.it/T7XWlW

Make accreditation mandatory for low-carbon heating installers, says Which?

Widening government-run scheme would counter mistrust among householders, says consumer group

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Thinking of getting a solar battery? Consider these things first dlvr.it/T7LqrX
Thinking of getting a solar battery? Consider these things first | Doosie Morris

Thinking of getting a solar battery? Consider these things first | Doosie Morris

Many Australians are undecided about how to use the excess power generated by their rooftop panels. Here’s what you should know

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One Big Chart: how does the cost of nuclear power compare to renewables? dlvr.it/T7JJZ0
One Big Chart: how does the cost of nuclear power compare to renewables?

One Big Chart: how does the cost of nuclear power compare to renewables?

Peter Dutton has suggested Australia should build large-scale nuclear reactors, but CSIRO’s GenCost report shows the price compared to solar and wind

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In one of the US’s hottest deserts, utilities push gas rather than solar dlvr.it/T7HT6h
In one of the US’s hottest deserts, utilities push gas rather than solar

In one of the US’s hottest deserts, utilities push gas rather than solar

In Fort Mohave, Arizona, even Republican voters are fighting gas power plants as utilities try to lock in fossil fuels

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