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An emphatic election victory for the incumbent Labor government means Australia’s rapid shift to renewable energy will continue. Coal and gas will have a fast-declining role to play and nuclear energy will have none at all.

On 28 April, most of Spain and Portugal were plunged into chaos by a blackout. The blackouts left millions of people without power, with trains, traffic lights, ATMs, phone connections and internet access failing across the Iberian peninsula.

Verra, an international carbon credit verification body, announced a new certification methodology that allows emissions reductions from early coal plant shutdowns to be converted into carbon credits.

More details have emerged surrounding Spain’s massive blackout on April 28. According to an investigation, three separate power outages occurred before the widespread outage.

China’s dominance in clean energy now extends beyond solar photovoltaics. According to Japanese research firm Astamuse, Chinese companies have taken the global lead in low-carbon hydrogen-related patents, surpassing Japan.

The European Union should strive for a well-connected energy system designed in a way that allows different national strengths to complement each other, says Nikos Tsafos, deputy energy minister of Greece.

The geothermal energy sector is gaining fresh momentum in Asia, as Google recently signed its first geothermal power purchase agreement (PPA) in the region—with Taiwan—marking a major milestone for the region’s clean energy transition.

Australia's federal election has brought a stark contrast in energy policies between the two major political coalitions. The ruling Labor Party plans to ramp up investments in renewable energy—focusing on wind, solar, and battery storage—while the opposit

Hydrogen has long been hyped as the “Swiss army knife” of the energy transition, but today – despite billions in investment – it largely remains limited to niche industrial applications.

The lights are mostly back on in Spain, Portugal and southern France. Portugal’s grid operator REN was quoted as blaming the event on a rare phenomenon known as “induced atmospheric vibration”. But what is this vibration?