Australia wants energy security. Clever and experienced renewables workers want job security. This sounds like a job for the nation’s clean energy recruitment superheroes.
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Renewables funding roundtable: Certainty is power
Australia’s transition from coal to clean energy won’t happen without investor support, but the risks are growing. EcoGeneration asked a panel of experts about the possible tremors ahead.
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Stand-alone power systems tower over powerlines
The future of electricity is being reinvented in Western Australia, writes Jeremy Wray of CPS National, who is working with Horizon Power to replace 54km of transmission with stand-alone power systems.
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Solar critics fail to see the full picture
A recent story on the ABC’s 7.30 program gave an incomplete take on the Australian solar industry, writes Clean Energy Council technical support leader James Patterson.
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What voltage tells us about the solar revolution
Solar is a dynamic energy solution trying to make its way in a grid designed for one-way traffic, writes Jonathon Dore. Yes, there are a few teething issues – but solutions can be found.
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Battery storage on trial … the good, the flat and the gone-out-of-business
The ARENA-funded ITP Battery Trial is pitting a long list of storage technologies against the elements. Which ones will make it and which will fizzle out? The ITP Renewables team sent this update from its Canberra laboratory.
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It’s time to lasso some cowboys, for solar’s sake
For Australia to keep leading the world in adoption of solar the industry needs to focus on stringent quality control, writes Patrick Matweew, and that means lassoing a few cowboys.
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The sun will always shine on Tassie, says ex-army Launceston solar installer
Nathan Allen of High Yield Solar talks about the role of PV in the hydro state.
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Regional jobs and communities the big winners from court of appeal decision on solar
The Queensland Court of Appeal has upheld a Supreme Court ruling striking out a state government regulation that only electricians handle and mount solar panels.
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Sunny solution for an age-old problem
Solar generation and a lighting-led efficiency drive have helped owners cut costs the right way at hundreds of aged care homes.
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