Energy Minister Angus Taylor has confirmed that Australia is on its way to hit nearly 50% renewables share by 2030…With no mention of the widely-reported massive drop in renewable energy investment, Taylor hailed 2019 as a new record year for renewables in Australia.
New solar farms are often suffering from the remoteness of their location from the grid, as well as unpredictability in generation
A leading think tank has called on the Morrison government to extend the funding of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), as the agency edges towards faces a funding cliff that may see Australian funding for clean tech renewable energy research and development dry up.
The CEO of US-based clean energy company NextEra Energy says wind and solar projects co-located with battery storage – so-called “near-firm renewables” – will be cheaper to operate than most fossil fuel-powered plants by 2025.
“Tesla was brilliant. In a disaster, both power and petrol are rapidly unavailable. When power is restored, fuel is hard to come by,” Thorpe said, recounting the experience in Facebook group “
Electric Vehicles for Australia”.
Once the battery is connected to the grid, it will power up at Bohle Plains on Townsville’s northern outskirts, providing valuable back-up power supply to the local community.
The state government has now made available the $100 million home battery scheme to new homes, and will allow 12 months – rather than the standard 6 months – for the battery to be installed to take into account the longer lead times of home construction.
As Australia’s reservoirs and catchments form a crust and the plastic used to transport bottled drinking supplies proliferates in the environment faster than bubbles in a bath … an Arizona-based company is using solar energy to process water from the troposphere — a constantly renewing airborne reservoir — and provide perfect drinking water at a tap close to people’s parched lips. Glass optional.
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