A Queensland-based startup is combining recycled laptop batteries and waste products including old cooking oil tins to create solar-powered kits that provide off-grid electricity access in remote communities.
Powerwells,
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Labor States keep the National Energy Guarantee in play but withhold agreement
The Labor States have kept the National Energy Guarantee (NEG) alive but withheld the in-principle support the federal government had originally hoped to extract from Friday’s meeting of the COAG Energy
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AEMO’s ‘cohesive’ energy plan falls short because it omits two key economic facts
The Integrated System Plan, unveiled this week by the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO), has been billed as a cohesive energy plan for Australia. In reality, it falls seriously short.
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Everyday Australians investing in renewables
New research from UTS Institute of Sustainable Futures (ISF) and superannuation funds manager Future Super has found that 7.7% of Australia’s retirement savings could fund 100% renewable power by 2030.
According
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Higher energy prices are here to stay – here’s what we can do about it
The good news is that after two years of big rises, wholesale electricity prices have fallen somewhat since mid-2017. The bad news is that prices are still much higher than they have been for most of the
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Australia must embrace transformation for a sustainable future
Last Friday, the Australian government released its first report on our progress towards meeting the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
These 17 goals are a call to action to ensure
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Solar rolls out for Northern Territory off-grid communities
Remote communities from the Tiwi Islands to the South Australian border are set to be connected to solar power as construction begins on the next phase of the $59 million Solar Energy Transformation Program
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Across the rooftops of Australia
ARENA has recently announced funding for a feasibility study that could allow the third of Australians, who rent, live in apartments or live in low income housing to access the benefits of rooftop solar.
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QLD lights the way for large-scale solar projects
Queensland is leading the national charge towards a record year for the large-scale solar industry, Clean Energy Council chief executive Kane Thornton told a sold-out audience at the 2018 Large-scale Solar
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Charging ahead in the Sunshine State
Electric vehicles (EV’s) offer a range of social, economic and environmental benefits but one of the key barriers to electric vehicle (EV) uptake has been a lack of public charging infrastructure which
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