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Peer Reviewed Study: Grid Connect Solar Helps Environment But Batteries Harm It

academic in ivory tower

Almost a year ago I wrote an article about how on-grid home battery storage does not help the environment but instead harms it by increasing greenhouse gas emissions and other types of pollution. I am raising this topic again, hoisting it above my head, and waving it around, because a scientific paper published in the […]

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Power-To-Gas Trial For Adelaide

Hydrogen energy storage trail

A power-to-gas trial using a new electrolyser will seek to produce cheap hydrogen from splitting water, with the hydrogen then injected into the gas grid.

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Australia’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Creep Up – Again

Australia greenhouse gas emissions

The latest Australian National Greenhouse Gas Inventory quarterly update reveals a reduction in electricity sector emissions, but an increase at a national level.

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Registration Period Opens For Queensland’s Renewables 400

Renewables 400

The Palaszczuk Government says its Renewables 400 initiative will support companies wanting to build large scale renewables and energy storage projects in the state through a reverse auction process.

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Victorian Hydrogen Refuelling Station Will Use Wind And Solar Power

Waste collection truck - hydrogen, solar, wind

Victoria’s Moreland City Council has received government funding for an ambitious project to transition its diesel-fuelled waste trucks to hydrogen extracted using wind and solar power.

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1,000 MW Queensland Solar Energy Project Approved

Equis Energy - Wandoan South Solar Project

The massive Wandoan South Solar Project, which could become the largest operating solar farm in Australia,  has been granted approval to proceed by Western Downs Regional Council.

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Tesla Completes First Solar Roofs, Hints Of SA Battery Project Progress

Tesla solar roof installation

Tesla has begun installing its Solar Roof product and the company seems to be making rapid progress on its South Australian battery project.

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Boggabilla Solar Farm Wins Praise

Boggabilla Solar Farm

Boggabilla, a small town in the far north of inland New South Wales, has been put on the map with a recently completed privately funded solar farm.

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Life After Coal – Lithgow City Council Contemplating Solar

Solar energy in Lithgow

If the Mayor of Lithgow in New South Wales has his way, solar panels could soon be installed on the Lithgow City Council building rooftop. It’s big news, as the city is in the heart of coal country.

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Building Upgrade Finance To Support Commercial Solar In SA

Commercial solar power - building upgrade finance

New regulations now in effect in South Australia could help boost the number of solar power systems installed on tenanted commercial buildings throughout the state.

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