The CSIRO’s Centre for Hybrid Energy Systems is helping industry partners find the best mix of renewable energy generation and storage, and refining hydrogen and fuel cell technologies that may provide tomorrow’s baseload power.
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What is Australia’s biofuel future?
With growing interest in Australia in the production of liquid biofuels, bio-refining experts Geoff Bell, CEO of Australian company Microbiogen, and Ed de Jong, vice-president of development at Dutch renewable chemicals company Avantium, consider the drivers of biofuels production and what the future could look like.
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Biomass fires a Cape Byron Power turnaround
The ability to recognise the potential in renewable energy assets is one thing but delivering success takes a deeper knowhow and sector experience. The story of biomass-fired Cape Byron Power Station is just that.
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Energy Hack backs the bright sparks
Energy Hack 2016, a two-day brainstorming blitz that bunched together “hackers, hustlers and hipsters”, wound down on Sunday night having produced a few new solutions to the energy puzzle.
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How electric vehicles will disrupt the energy market
A transition to electric cars is inevitable, but where will the energy come from? Global advisory firm Advisian looks at the possible effects on the renewables sector, from residential solar to charging as an employee benefit.
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Tasmania test for tidal turbine
A tidal energy turbine has been installed in the Tamar estuary in Launceston, Tasmania, as part of a project to investigate and optimise the device’s performance.
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Energy Hack, your chance to reshape the power structure
The University of Melbourne is partnering with Powershop Australia to bring together a community of hackers, hustlers and hipsters — determined to harness the consumer and technology revolution in energy.
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Despite the bluster, wind is a mainstay: RES
Co-location of wind and solar is the way to go, says RES Australia, even if the electricity market far from perfect.
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Stacked perovskite/CIGS solar module achieves 17.8% efficiency
Scientists have fabricated a perovskite and copper indium gallium selenide solar module stack with a conversion efficiency of 17.8%.
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‘We’ve only just begun’ on commercial property energy efficiency: Menzel
The top end of town caught on to the benefits of energy efficiency pretty quickly, and now it’s time for the rest of the built environment to get with the program.
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