The failure of standards to keep pace with changing backsheet materials has made it harder for retailers and distributors to ensure backsheet durability, writes the CEC’s Sandy Pulsford.
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The brain that’s turned UoQ’s 2.2MWh Tesla Powerpack battery into a private piggybank
A battery is only as smart as the brain that commands it, and the University of Queensland has connected its 2.2MWh Tesla to a cunning bit of software.
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Dark times for big solar
Are the clouds gathering over solar? EcoGeneration asked a panel of experts for their views on the outlook for this much beleaguered but highly trusted source of clean energy.
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Australia’s grid can take 75% renewables by 2025: GlobalData
Despite covid-19, Australia’s grid is strong enough to accommodate up to 75% renewables by 2025, says GlobalData analysis.
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Great balls of hail … the invisible PV peril
Destructive weather events always arrive from out of nowhere, and usually the damage is immediately obvious. But that's not always the case for hailstorms, writes Dr Michelle McCann.
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Western Australia, the state that stands behind stand-alone systems
Western Australia is leading the way when it comes to replacing expensive networks with stand-alone systems that rely on solar and battery storage. EcoGeneration speaks to Western Power SPS project manager Margot Hammond about managing a mighty transition.
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RayGen focuses its energies on vast storage potential
A new form of storage is preparing to prove itself with a 50MWh trial in Victoria – followed, it hopes, by a 1GWh monster project.
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CEC report looks back on 2019 … a record year for renewables
Although 2020 is looking to be a tough year for the renewable energy sector, no thanks to the global covid-19 pandemic, the Clean Energy Council’s annual round-up of data for the industry has shown that 2019 was a standout.
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How do PV module performance ratios perform?
The convenience of using performance ratios as benchmarks can put project proponents in a blind spot, writes Michelle McCann.
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Covid-19 infects global renewables outlook … zero growth in 2020, 10% fall in 2021: Rystad
As populations around the world deal with the psychological and economic effects of the covid-19 epidemic the transition to renewable energy is expected to slow to a halt.
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