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FIRE! … the tiny triggers that can send lithium-ion batteries up in flames

Risk of fire in a lithium-ion battery can begin at the molecular level within a single cell, but there are other contributing causes.
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Staff WriterAugust 3, 2021, 3:56 pmAugust 3, 2021

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

Any interval, any DER, any tariff design … billing software aims for Netflix Vs Blockbuster replay

A software billing service hopes to engage energy retailers who want to entice customers with dynamic, flexible offerings.
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Staff WriterAugust 2, 2021, 4:47 pmAugust 2, 2021

Commercial, Efficiency, For Consumers, For Installers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar

The sunlight that powers solar panels also damages them … but ‘gallium doping’ is providing a solution

The process of manufacturing gallium-doped solar panels was under a patent until last year. It’s only now that this method has started to pick up steam.
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Staff WriterAugust 2, 2021, 11:38 amAugust 2, 2021

Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, Funding, Renewables

ARENA boosts Future Fuels Fund with $24m towards 403 EV charging stations across Australia

Charging stations will be built across eight geographic regions covering 14 of Australia’s most populous cities.
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Staff WriterJuly 30, 2021, 10:50 amJuly 30, 2021

Australia, Comment, Commercial, For Consumers, Funding, Policy, PPAs, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, State Policy, Storage, Transmission, Wind, Wind Projects

Investment risk in renewables … seeking value in a frothy green market

Clean energy is growing in the grid but there is still plenty of risk for big investors.
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Staff WriterJuly 30, 2021, 9:37 amAugust 4, 2021

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

Obey your master … how algorithms can steer a neighbourhood battery

Research shows that if energy professionals and customers agree on what they expect a community battery to do, engineers can write performance algorithms to suit those objectives.
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Staff WriterJuly 23, 2021, 2:40 pmJuly 23, 2021

Commercial, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, For Installers, Hydrogen, Ocean Power, PPAs, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage, VPPs, Waste-to-energy, Wind

To the limit … ANU lab open for extreme (or mundane) DER testing

Dull or extraordinary grid conditions can be conjured to stress test clean energy equipment at the ANU’s laboratory dedicated to distributed energy resources.
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Staff WriterJuly 22, 2021, 4:41 pmJuly 22, 2021

Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, Renewables, VPPs

How open energy data can promote sustainability

To take sustainability targets seriously governments and businesses must access and understand the reams of data that are often freely available to them, writes Paul Leahy.
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Staff WriterJuly 22, 2021, 12:38 pmJuly 28, 2021

Commercial, Company Updates, For Consumers, For Installers, Funding, Interviews, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage

Autonomous Energy looks for a clean start after mixing with Bill Papas

A leading C&I solar company is focused on business as usual having found itself briefly under the ownership of an alleged fraudster.
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Staff WriterJuly 21, 2021, 1:36 pmAugust 13, 2021

Australia, Commercial, For Consumers, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects

Light touch … adapting C&I solar for rooftops that can’t take the strain

Solar installers who try to cut corners by avoiding stringent structural assessments risk the reputation of the entire industry – and can miss out on proving themselves in the tough C&I sector.
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Staff WriterJuly 20, 2021, 4:12 pmJuly 21, 2021

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