Browsing: Renewables, low emissions

• Woodside to invest US$5 billion in decarbonisation by 2030
  
• SA suspends scrutiny of satellite data for land clearing
  
• Australia's biggest battery now operational

• Coal company has track record of shoddy NGER reporting, Regulator says
  
• Federal Labor would sign more clean energy power purchase agreements
  
• Minister strips Independent Planning Commission of power to decide on coal mine

Grid connection woes haven't deterred proponents of new utility-scale solar and wind farms, but accreditations to earn renewable energy certificates have slowed, according to new data from the Clean Energy Regulator.

Traders are becoming more active in the carbon market, and government purchases of carbon credits will plunge just before 2030, according to a new report from the Clean Energy Regulator.

The ACCC has authorised a Macquarie Group subsidiary to coordinate the purchase of electricity from a new Victorian wind farm by a group of industrial and commercial customers.

• Pact secures offtake deals for output from plastic recycling plants
  
• Government advisors warn of ash dam and biodiversity risks from coal project
  
• Nestlé switches to 100% renewables

Qantas plans to reward customers who take action on sustainability, and the airline's carbon offsets partner predicts other business loyalty schemes are likely to do the same.

• Top NSW and Tasmanian environment executives to depart
  
• Offshore wind licensing bill clears Senate
  
• WA offers $117.5m to help secure two hydrogen hubs
  
• Don't take hydrogen success for granted, warns WA Chamber of Minerals and Energy

Viva Energy today pledged to achieve net-zero emissions in non-refining divisions by 2030, with the refinery to follow suit by 2050.

A Victorian government funding announcement has revealed Macquarie Group is behind a proposed new 1GW offshore wind farm off Victoria's Bass Coast.