Tosh Szatow, Author at Renew Economy

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Electric Vehicles

Tesla AI Day: What it means for cars, the grid, and for humanity
From electric car design and battery technology, through to computer chips, data processing and neural nets, Tesla has become a leader in each field.
Tosh Szatow

Aug 31, 2021

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Battery

How high-cost foreign debt sunk an Australian lithium mining asset
The failure of a lithium mining company highlights why it’s time Australia took a strategic interest via a Sovereign Wealth Fund for battery metal mining.
Tosh Szatow

Oct 28, 2020

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Electric Vehicles

Tesla’s “crazy” battery targets, environmental risk and Australia’s mine of opportunity
Battery metals could be for Australia in the 21st century, what oil and gas was to Norway in the 20th.
Tosh Szatow

Feb 3, 2020

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Storage

Can we dig it? Battery metals market may be worth twice coal exports
If Australia catches 25% of the battery metals market, it could double the mining revenue it currently gets from coal exports.
Tosh Szatow

Dec 11, 2019

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Renewables

Ageing infrastructure the symptom, not the cause, of creaking energy market
it is not ageing infrastructure holding Australia’s energy market back. It is ageing institutions that have failed to get a grid on technology change.
Tosh Szatow

Sep 20, 2019

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Coal

Our love affair with digging holes is only just getting started
Australia is the only country that you could throw a wall around and still have all the materials you need – cobalt and graphite and lithium – for battery storage.
Tosh Szatow

Jun 26, 2017

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If Tesla takes EV charging off-grid, we need to rethink energy
Given Tesla is saying almost all of its charging stations will go off-grid, is it time to revisit out assumptions about the energy market?
Tosh Szatow

Jun 14, 2017

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Commentary

We should be excited about Endeavour Energy’s shift to local networks
Endeavor Energy shift to local network ownership is the most sensible and exciting development we have seen for sometime in Australia’s energy market transition.
Tosh Szatow

Jun 2, 2017

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Renewable energy microgrids are the future
There is a big shift happening for homes, and whole communities, to look after their own energy needs. Microgrids are the future, but what matters most is how network companies respond.
Tosh Szatow

Sep 30, 2015

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4 reasons to beware the solar lease, and solar PPAs
On the surface, the solar lease is bright and shiny, guaranteed to make you smile and soften those pesky energy bills and emissions. But buyer beware..
Tosh Szatow

Feb 27, 2015

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2015: The year Australia’s energy market changes forever
Battery price falls and equity issues around grid defection will be among the main issues to impact the market this year.
Tosh Szatow

Jan 23, 2015

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Death spiral? Energy utilities should check out the food industry
How does a supermarket deal with the grow-your-own revolution? Not like Australia’s power utilities, or we would see another industry death spiral.
Tosh Szatow

Jul 31, 2014

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