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Network data blackouts: Why community-led energy projects are so difficult to deliver in Australia
An eight-year struggle to build a community battery has led to a simple proposal: show communities how much electricity they’re already generating and using locally.“A very real risk of breaking:” Councils demand solar recycling as they face avalanche of panels into landfills
Councils fear the consequences of millions of tonnes of solar panels expected in next decade for landfills at breaking point.
Long in solar, short on storage: Zen Energy faces liquidation as administrators blame high risk strategy
Administrators to renewable energy company Zen Energy point to high risk strategy for company failure, and suggest low return to creditors in case of liquidation.
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Long in solar, short on storage: Zen Energy faces liquidation as administrators blame high risk strategy
Administrators to renewable energy company Zen Energy point to high risk strategy for company failure, and suggest low return to creditors in case of liquidation.
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Renewables and electrification help build farm resilience amidst the fuel and fertiliser crisis
The best renewable energy projects won’t be the ones that replace farming. They’ll be the ones that work with farming.A new oil refinery commissioned in the mid-2030s is just burning money that makes emissions
Isn’t there something better that we should be doing than ensuring we have full tanks of diesel and petrol? The reform task isn’t storing more oil — it’s exiting it.
Labor’s flagship renewable energy scheme has not worked: It’s time to replace the CIS with a CFD
The CIS has not worked. But the capacity it was designed to procure is needed more than ever, and the cost of delay rises every year. Oh, and about diesel …
Policy & Planning
“A very real risk of breaking:” Councils demand solar recycling as they face avalanche of panels into landfills
Councils fear the consequences of millions of tonnes of solar panels expected in next decade for landfills at breaking point.
“It’s time to switch it on:” How to unlock a commercial rooftop PV power station equal to 10 coal plants
Months-long grid connection delays and costs that up to six times higher than originally quoted are among a bevy of barriers stopping commercial and industrial sector from going solar, new report finds.
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