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Commercial, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, For Installers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage, VPPs

Battery basics and the wholesale energy connection

Australian energy storage company RedEarth wants to open up value in batteries by guiding its customers to where the revenue is to be found.
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Staff WriterSeptember 13, 2021, 4:37 pmSeptember 13, 2021

Comment, Commercial, Efficiency, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, Hydrogen, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Storage, VPPs, Wind

Electric shock or powerful awakening … CEC webinar on Australia’s energy future

Australia stands to benefit in so many ways from the energy transition, according to a panel discussion during a webinar hosted by the Clean Energy Council.
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Staff WriterSeptember 8, 2021, 4:51 pmSeptember 8, 2021

For Consumers, Hydrogen, Ocean Power, Renewables

Buoys plot to overthrow power regime

A wave-power device developed in a Melbourne university doubles output by turning two ways at once.
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Staff WriterSeptember 7, 2021, 12:50 pmSeptember 7, 2021

Comment, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, For Installers, Renewables, Solar, Storage

EV charging infrastructure is not just plug and play

It’s impossible to be too assured about the best mix of charging infrastructure when EVs make up just 1% of new car sales, writes Adrian Kinderis. Networks and financiers can expect a scrape here and there as they work out the mix that best suits drivers.
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Staff WriterSeptember 3, 2021, 11:27 amSeptember 3, 2021

For Consumers, Funding, Hydrogen, Policy, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Storage

As the world battles to slash carbon emissions, Australia considers paying dirty coal stations to stay open longer

The Energy Security Board has better options to consider for dispatchable generation than coal, write Tim Nelson and Joel Gilmore.
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Staff WriterAugust 27, 2021, 4:00 pmAugust 27, 2021

Commercial, Demand response, Efficiency, For Consumers, For Installers, Funding, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage, VPPs

Cling to power … Melbourne networks opt for ‘least-cost’ community batteries option to free up solar

The United Energy and Powercor networks are adding storage based on success of a trial of two pole-mounted batteries.
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Staff WriterAugust 26, 2021, 3:30 pmAugust 26, 2021

Company Updates, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, Funding, Renewables, Storage

EV network Jolt plans 5,000 chargers with $100m capital injection

The attention of a global giant in asset management indicates the transition to electric vehicles is underway.
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Staff WriterAugust 25, 2021, 4:15 pmAugust 25, 2021

Comment, Efficiency, For Consumers, Renewables, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind Projects

In the here and now: campaigning for clean energy change

The Clean Energy Council’s new national campaign is looking to tip the balance once and for all in favour of renewable energy, writes Clean Energy Council chief executive Kane Thornton.
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Staff WriterAugust 24, 2021, 11:48 amAugust 24, 2021