A deal between Canberra and South Australia that would allow more renewables into the NEM would also open the floodgates for gas.
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Keep your cool … Exergenics searches for $40m in supermarket savings
A Melbourne energy efficiency software company is attracting international recognition while slowly proving the possibilities of its service to larger and larger Australian clients.
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Action on climate change starts with a plan for net-zero emissions: CEC
Australia must make a firm commitment to decarbonise its energy system to get in line with the ambitions of major global economies.
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The power police … community storage comes to calm the market
Behind-the-meter storage might be an efficient way to make the most of a household PV system but far larger batteries are needed at network scale if room is to be made for more solar. The age of community batteries has begun, writes Jeremy Chunn.
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Study to assess role of rooftop PV and batteries in times of catastrophe
How useful can Australia’s vast army of distributed energy resources be when the grid suffers a shock? A new study aims to find out.
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Solar exports solutions on tap … sell it to your staff or trade it for beer
As the problem of exported solar gets mainstream attention, solutions will become ever more inventive.
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CEC clean energy report profiles a year of determined growth
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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