Charging network Evie says ride-hailing services can provide clues as to how Australia can make the switch to electric vehicles.
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Inside a battery’s brain … writing the software that is doctor and cop to large storage assets
Batteries that are 100% risk-free have yet to be designed, but the CSIRO is working on it.
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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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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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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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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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Follow the sun … how tracking stacks up in utility-scale PV
Tracking has taken off with developers of solar plants but there is a lot to know about this simple technology.
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Things will get worse before they get better … how curtailment and restrictive MLFs will precede the dawn of renewable energy zones
Grid constraints are symptoms of an energy system in transition, say analysts. A balancing act of new supply and transmission will see bumps along the way.
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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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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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