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50 Years Of Carbon Capture And Storage (CCS)

Carbon Capture And Storage (CCS) report

You’d think after 50 years of doing something, you’d be pretty good at it. But when it comes to carbon capture and storage, the results are generally abysmal.

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Wholesale Electricity Price Crises Continue — More Hefty Hikes Likely

Electricity price rises in Australia

Australia’s wholesale electricity price crisis is in its fifth month.  This ongoing disaster began in April and really took off in May, June, and July.  It continued through August, but the crisis wasn’t as crisisy as the previous three months.

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Haystacks Solar Garden Offer Launch Is Go

Haystacks Solar Garden

After 5 years in the pipeline, the first large-scale solar garden project in Australia is finally ready to launch its offer.

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Singleton Council Celebrates Solar Pledge Fulfilment

Solar power in Singleton LGA

New South Wales’ Singleton Council seems pretty pleased with progress on its Cities Power Partnership pledges.

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NSW Street-Side Power Pole EV Charging Trial Announced

Street-side power pole EV charging

50 sites across nine local government areas in NSW are to have EV chargers mounted on power poles to service electric car owners who don’t have off-street parking.

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Townsville Residents Back More Renewables

Townsville - renewable energy

Polling of hundreds of Townsville residents shows a healthy appetite for making the region a centre for renewables-powered industry and manufacturing.

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Cost Of Solar – Australia Vs. UK And USA

Solar power system cost - Australia vs UK vs USA

As UK households and businesses grapple with skyrocketing energy prices and increasingly seek out solar panels, they probably look upon Australia with a degree of envy.

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Here’s Why EV Batteries Are Cheaper & More Reliable Than Home Batteries

EV vs home batteries

EV Battery Packs Have It Easy Compared To Home Batteries  It has been two weeks since I laid down the heavy news that out of the 26 home batteries given a whirl by the Canberra Battery Test Centre, only two worked as they should without suffering a fault or excessive capacity deterioration.  This sad news […]

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7-Star NatHERS Rating For (Most) New Homes From Late 2023

Nathers 7-star energy rating

Solar panels will become an even more common inclusion on new Australian homes from next year as a result of the re-jiggered National Construction Code (NCC).

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Chinese Solar Panel Makers Posting Big Numbers

Longi and Jinko Solar results

Two of China’s solar panel manufacturing heavyweights, JinkoSolar and Longi, have revealed recent module shipment figures – and they are eye-popping.

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