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From ABC News (6/8/24)… California is harnessing solar power thanks to a big battery boom, providing a glimpse into Australia’s energy future It’s not just crystals getting charged in California. In the Golden State, famous for its clifftop mansions, wellness culture and iconic Hollywood hills,…
From The Conversation (18/6/24) … Big batteries are solving a longstanding problem with solar power in California. Can they do the same for Australia? When you graph electricity demand in power grids with lots of solar panels, it looks a bit like a duck, with…
From BBC News (5/6/24)… Australia wants to become a renewable energy superpower. Can it? Hidden among thick bushland in the outer suburbs of southern Sydney sits an expansive facility housing a technological breakthrough. It’s here that Australian company SunDrive Solar makes its “special sauce”:…
From The Conversation (4/6/24)… Should we worry about wasting renewable energy? Here’s why ‘spilling’ excess power is expected – and efficient In Australia’s electricity system, more and more energy from sunlight and wind is being “spilled” – or not converted to electricity. In the last year, the…
From ABC News (30/5/24)… Vanadium a key part of Future Made in Australia policy — if Senate can be convinced to back it The federal government is planning to pour billions of dollars into critical minerals in an effort to build up local production…
From Cosmos (23/5/24)… New way of making steel with electricity Massachusetts Institute of Technology spinout Boston Metal is commercializing a new method for making steel and other metals, to help clean up the emissions-intensive industry. Steel is one of the most useful materials on…
From The Conversation (21/5/24)… Will government investment make green hydrogen a reality in Australia In the budget last week, the government was keen to talk about its efforts to turn Australia into a renewable superpower under the umbrella of the Future Made in Australia policies. Future…
From Cosmos (15/5/25)… New stable grid-size battery to be developed in South Australia An Adelaide research team has received funding to develop next-generation grid-size batteries. The team is looking at an “all temperature aqueous zinc ion” approach, which they say will be safer and will…
From Cosmos (5/5/24)… Small reactors don’t add up as a viable energy source The nuclear industry has been offering so-called Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) as an alternative to large reactors as a possible solution to climate change. SMRs are defined as nuclear reactors with a power output…
From The Conversation (29/4/24)… No threat to farm land: just 1,200 square kilometres can fulfil Australia’s solar and wind energy needs As Australia’s rapid renewable energy rollout continues, so too does debate over land use. Nationals Leader David Littleproud, for example, claimed regional areas had reached…