Bloomberg An isolated gold mine in Western Australia plans to become the first in the country to get its power from combined wind and solar generation on site, as projects increasingly look to co-locate the two technologies as a way to overcome intermittent renewable power. Stage one of the hybrid renewable project at Gold Fields Ltd’s Agnew mine, located nearly ...

Bloomberg Sweeping changes to Mexico’s clean energy regulations by president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s administration has sparked a legal backlash from the industry. In October, Mexico’s energy ministry said it would grant older, government-run projects the same energy certificates — known as CELs — as the new projects the certificates were designed to support. Now, clean energy companies representing 14 ...

Bloomberg The US Senate unanimously passed a bill aimed at supporting protesters in Hong Kong and warning China against a violent suppression of the demonstrations — drawing a rebuke from Beijing. China reiterated on Wednesday a threat to impose unspecified retaliation if the bill became law and urged the US to stop meddling in Hong Kong affairs. Separately, the city’s ...