Looking back on 2020, the Clean Energy Council describes an industry that refused to let a global pandemic stand in its way.
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Digging for solar in a coal mine … can underground pumped hydro fill the gap?
As energy storage is demanded on a vast scale, the possibilities of converting mines into pumped-hydro batteries are being investigated.
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Doing nothing is no way to plan for the end of inertia
As the grid moves inevitably towards heavy reliance on renewables and storage, the frequency-setting stability provided by spinning mass will have to be replaced by something smarter.
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AEMC opens door for solar export charges
The draft determination from the commission includes the recommendation that networks offer "two-way pricing to better manage poles and wires".
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Batteries included in 9% of new residential PV systems in 2020
About 31,000 batteries were added to the grid in 2020, with 9% of new household PV systems including storage.
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Solar retailer aims to sell the battery customer what the grid wants: system security
A solar sales company is hoping to lure more customers towards batteries by pushing the cause for smart connected systems.
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Large-scale solar hasn’t lost its shine: CEC forum panel
Is the utility-scale PV market under stress or growing into a new stage of maturity? The Clean Energy Council Large-scale Solar Forum included a panel session which looked at the past to predict the future.
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The ‘bioHub’ buildout that will put waste to work
It’s time to get serious about bioenergy, says an Australian company looking to rollout energy and resource recovery as a service.
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Regulated recovery and recycling aim to avoid a massive PV pile-up
The government may sound ambiguous about clean energy but it doesn’t want us to trash PV panels or wind blades, says a UniSA researcher working on an end-of-life stewardship program for clean energy gear.
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Against the odds, South Australia is a renewable energy powerhouse. How on Earth did they do it?
South Australia shows how good public policy can enable dramatic emissions reduction, even in a privately owned electricity system.
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