With solar module prices ‘well down’ in 2024 it could yet be a record year for installations, Sunwiz says
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Household solar installations sank by 14% in June as the broader cost-of-living squeeze curbed demand even as panel prices dropped, according to energy consultancy Sunwiz.
In June, small-scale solar installations totalled almost 250 megawatts in capacity, in line with the same month in 2023. New rooftop installations exceeded 1.5 gigawatts in the first half of 2024, up 6% on the same period last year, Sunwiz said.
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07/02/2024 - 02:26
07/01/2024 - 19:42
Sweltering conditions and power shutoffs may overlap with errant fireworks or badly tended campfires
A brutal and long-lasting heatwave is threatening to wreak havoc across California this week, as sweltering conditions, power shutoffs and a severe uptick in wildfire risks coincide with 4th of July celebrations.
The dangerous weather event is expected to stretch for days with little reprieve. Starting Wednesday, parts of the state will be subject to “extreme” levels of heat risk – reaching the highest level on the National Weather Service’s index – that will last until Sunday or longer. In some areas, life-threatening triple-digit temperatures could linger for longer than a week.
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07/01/2024 - 15:23
Ralph Gonsalves of St Vincent and the Grenadines calls Cop ‘largely a talk shop’ and beseeches west to honor commitments
The prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) has decried a lack of political will in western Europe and the US to tackle global climate crisis as Hurricane Beryl has made landfall as an “extremely dangerous” category 4 storm.
Speaking from his residence in SVG on Monday, Ralph Gonsalves described the unfolding catastrophe as the “monster” storm ripped off rooftops, including that of the 204-year-old St George’s Anglican cathedral in the country’s capital, Kingstown.
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07/01/2024 - 15:08
Exclusive: shadow energy security secretary promises to fill ‘vacuum’ left by Rishi Sunak’s U-turn on net zero
Labour will promise to take the lead on global efforts to tackle the climate crisis, filling a “vacuum of leadership” on the world stage and proving Rishi Sunak’s U-turn on net zero has been a “historic mistake”, Ed Miliband has said.
The shadow energy security and net zero secretary said the UK needed to change course and was “off track”.
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07/01/2024 - 12:18
A team of researchers have identified unexpected ways coral reef fish living in the warmest waters on earth, in the Arabian Gulf, have adapted to survive extreme temperatures.
07/01/2024 - 12:17
Scientists discovered the oldest fossil grapes in the Western Hemisphere, which help show how after the death of the dinosaurs, grapes spread across the world.
07/01/2024 - 10:00
Most rats, like most people, try to distinguish themselves
“You must go to the rats,” the Great Owl tells Mrs Frisby in the Rats of Nimh.
Mrs Frisby, a mouse, needs help: her son is sick and she has to move out of her house at the edge of a field, because the field will soon be ploughed.
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07/01/2024 - 09:00
Hit show’s British host Graham Hancock has been criticized for promoting fringe beliefs about advanced lost civilization
Controversial British writer Graham Hancock has abandoned plans to film a new season of his hit Netflix show Ancient Apocalypse in the US following an outcry from Indigenous groups over his depiction of their history and culture.
Hancock is a former journalist who has been criticized by experts for his promotion of fringe beliefs in the show which presents theories about an advanced lost civilization active during the last ice age.
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07/01/2024 - 08:25
Agency rejected FOI request about potential conflicts of financial and business interests held by regional directors
The Environment Agency is refusing to provide campaigners with details of potential conflicts of interests with water companies held by its directors across England.
The refusal to provide the information comes after the head of the agency, Philip Duffy, admitted that freedom of information requests have been buried by the regulator because the truth about the environment in England is “embarrassing”.
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07/01/2024 - 02:56
Rain expected to ease but no respite from cold nights in New South Wales and Victoria until well into July, with just 1C forecast for Melbourne on Wednesday
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Many Australians will be weathering cold winter nights well into July before rising daytime temperatures bring averages up, after parts of the country’s east coast faced their coldest start to the season in decades.
Melbourne is forecast to record its coldest day yet this year on Wednesday, with residents expected to wake up to a brisk 1C morning, followed by a string of sub-4C overnight temperatures.
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