Methane Tracker 2023
'Interactive database of country and regional estimates for methane emissions and abatement options' (International Energy Agency, Paris) >
Alumina: steam recycling technology
'A steam recycling technology offers a promising option to reduce emissions from Australia’s alumina refineries.' (ArenaWire - Australian Renewable Energy Agency, Canberra) >
Subsidising Foreign Coal and Gas
Article by Richard Denniss - executive director of the Australia Institute. (Article in The Guardian newspaper) >
Biodiversity Loss
Concerns about biodiversity loss caused by factors such as mining and land clearing.- Curtailing the collapse of the living world. 'addressing biodiversity loss, which weakens and destabilizes all of Earth’s ecological and biogeochemical systems, including its climate system, has only one option—to reverse biodiversity loss' (Editorial in Sciences Advances journal) >
Fossil Fuel Subsidies
'If we want to reduce greenhouse gas emissions we should not pay people to burn fossil fuels.' (Our World in Data, Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford) >
Smaller, Lighter Batteries
Engineers solve a mystery on the path to smaller, lighter batteries. 'A discovery by MIT researchers could finally unlock the door to the design of a new kind of rechargeable lithium battery that is more lightweight, compact, and safer than current versions' (MIT News, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) >
Methane Risks
Massive gas expansion risks overtaking positive climate policies. 'The goldrush for gas continues and is counterproductive to the Paris Agreement' (Climate Action Tracker, Germany) >
Un-Pleasant Reality
'Either coal is dead, or we are. Does that seem a bit dramatic? Just look at facts.' Article by Paul Maguire. (EcoNetwork, Port Stephens - near Newcastle NSW) >
Global Coal Plant Tracker
'...information on coal-fired power units from around the world generating 30 megawatts and above.' (Global Energy Monitor, San Francisco) >
Power-to-Gas Technologies in an Electric Steel Mill
Provision of Demand-Side Flexibility through the Integration of Power-to-Gas Technologies in an Electric Steel Mill. 'EAF steelmaking based on renewable electricity allows for low-CO2 steel production. However, the increased integration of volatile renewable energies into the energy system requires the provision of flexibility options.' (Energy Network Technology, Department of Environmental and Energy Process Engineering, Montanuniversität Leoben, A-8700 Leoben, Austria) >