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Government attempts to reduce environmental protections in planning bill could breach international law, says KC

Envirotec Magazine

The governments flagship Planning and Infrastructure Bill could be in breach of international law, according to new legal advice from a leading KC. This Bill represents a significant change in how the Government aims to approach the planning system, and in the relationship between development and nature recovery.

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Victoria government opens the third round of its neighbourhood BESS initiative in Australia

Energy Storage News

The Victoria government has launched the third round of its 100 Neighbourhood Batteries Program, allocating AU$6.6 The technology has garnered significant attention from industry leaders and government agencies. Image: Jemena. million (US$4.34 A total of AU$42 million is available for relevant projects under the programme.

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Indonesia government agency ‘to coordinate US$1 billion off-grid solar-plus-storage investment’

Energy Storage News

Most Popular Zinc battery storage player Eos Energy receives US$22.7

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Rooftop solar is being held back by lack of government-backed price for selling surplus energy

Envirotec Magazine

The ongoing lack of a government-backed guaranteed price for selling back surplus clean power to the UK energy grid is discouraging businesses, property firms and commercial landlords from installing solar PV systems at their properties and holding back the expansion of solar across the country. Image credit: Longevity power.

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How Digital Transformation will Bend the Curve of the Linear Economy Toward the Circular

Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute

What will be needed from governments at all levels globally in terms of carrots and sticks? What will be needed on the corporate policy and governance side to drive this? In this session, you will take away a better understanding of these questions: How does this happen? This is a panel discussion you won't want to miss!

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The future of aqueous batteries: From hydrogen bonds to high performance

TechXplore

Pan Feng from the School of Advanced Materials, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School has uncovered key mechanisms that govern how protons are stored and transported in aqueous batteries. A research team led by Prof.

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Clean Energy Canada responds to reports that the federal government is considering updating its EV Availability Standard

Clean Energy Canada

TORONTO — Clean Energy Canada executive director Rachel Doran and director of public affairs Joanna Kyriazis drafted the following response to reports that the federal government is considering updating its Electric Vehicle Availability Standard. The federal government has multiple policy tools at its disposal to help achieve this goal.