Britain’s Swansea University has purchased a bunch of batteries from Australian energy storage manufacturer Redflow. [Read more…]
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Renewable Energy And Storage As An Essential Service
Australia’s response to COVID-19 needs to clearly recognise the essential nature of renewable energy and energy storage says the Clean Energy Council. [Read more…]
Sydney’s Sutherland Shire Council’s Carbon Neutrality Motion
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The issue of carbon neutrality was on the agenda for last night’s Sutherland Shire Council meeting. [Read more…]
A View From The UK: Consumer-Friendly Services Vital To Reach Net-Zero
The UK is moving much faster than Australia towards net zero emissions. What can we learn from the Poms?
I’m often wary when I hear someone say “regulation is getting in the way of innovation”, because it’s so often led to disastrous deregulation of things that matter – public safety, building regulation, product safety and the like. [Read more…]
One Kilowatt Of Solar Makes Electric Cars Greener Than Hybrids
Electric cars beat hybrids on emissions thanks to additional rooftop solar power
Pop Quiz: Which results in greater CO2 per kilometre? An all electric car (EV) or a fuel efficient hybrid?
Answer: An electric car charged from the Australian grid will result in around twice the emissions per kilometre driven. [Read more…]
New South Wales’ Net Zero Plan Stage 1 Unveiled
The NSW Government says its economy will see $11.6 billion of private investment and thousands of new jobs under Stage 1 of its plan to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. [Read more…]
More Solar Powered Lighting For Moreland
Victoria’s Moreland City Council will be making greater use of solar powered lighting to improve night-time safety near several sports facilities. [Read more…]
Dumaresq Solar Farm Project Progress
If you haven’t heard of the Dumaresq Solar Farm project in New South Wales yet, it’s probably because little has been written about it. [Read more…]
Build It And They Will Come: Transmission Key To 100% Renewable Energy
ANU’s Professor Andrew Blakers says we need to build out transmission lines urgently.
If you wanted to block the expansion of renewable energy, a good place to start is to put bureaucratic roadblocks in the way of new, long distance electricity transmission infrastructure.
Discussing his participation in last week’s 100% renewable energy workshop at ANU, the university’s Professor Andrew Blakers told SolarQuotes transmission is the biggest short-term problem facing renewables in Australia. [Read more…]
SMA Says Their Inverter’s ShadeFix Software Reduces Effects Of Shade
SMA’s ShadeFix doesn’t fix shade but reduces some of its secondary effects.
A couple of weeks go a reader asked me to write about ShadeFix. ShadeFix is the software German manufacturer SMA include in their solar inverters. This request made me feel a bit stupid because I had no idea what ShadeFix was. [Read more…]
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