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NT’s Power And Water Rolling Out More Solar-Ready Smart Meters

NT smart meter rollout

Many Northern Territory residents will soon have snazzy new smart electricity meters appearing in their meter boxes. [Read more…]

Arafura Looks To Renewables To Power NT Rare Earths Project

Arafura Rare Earths Nolans Project

Arafura Rare Earths Limited has chosen a greenhouse gas emissions reduction pathway for its mining project in the Northern Territory. [Read more…]

NT’s First Lithium Export Readying To Set Sail

Northern Territory's first lithium export

The first lithium product from Core Lithium’s Finniss mine in the Northern Territory should soon be making its way into EV and other batteries. [Read more…]

Darwin’s “Big Battery” Project Progresses

Darwin's Channel Island Power Station

Darwin’s Channel Island Power Station | Image source: Territory Generation

An important construction milestone has been reached for the Northern Territory’s Darwin-Katherine Battery Energy Storage System (DK BESS) project. [Read more…]

Australian Renewable Energy Storage Target Push Continues

Renewable Energy Storage Target (REST)

Australia’s Climate Council says $42 billion of private investment and around 100,000 jobs in renewable energy could be created through the implementation of a Renewable Energy Storage Target (REST). [Read more…]

I’ve Calculated CO2 Emissions From Solar Farm Land Clearing: It’s Bugger All.

Australian solar farms and land clearing

The best place for solar panels is on your roof. Despite this, over one-third of our solar electricity comes from large-scale solar farms. Their construction can involve land clearing that releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.  

These emissions aren’t good, but they are trivial next to those from fossil fuel generation. [Read more…]

NT’s First Operational Lithium Mine Opened

Core's Finniss lithium mine - Northern Territory

The first lithium mine in production in the Northern Territory and Australia’s only lithium mine outside WA was officially opened yesterday. [Read more…]

NT’s First Virtual Power Plant Trial Commences

Alice Springs Solar Connect VPP

A Virtual Power Plant initiative kicked off in Alice Springs yesterday – the Solar Connect VPP. [Read more…]

Hybrid Power Station For Liontown’s WA Lithium Project

Liontown hybrid power station project

Lithium from Liontown’s Kathleen Valley project in Western Australia will be helping to power electric cars – but what will be powering the mine? [Read more…]

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. [Read more…]

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