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New renewables pilot seeks to generate power, and financial returns, for First Nations communities

Remote First Nations renewable energy projects are a complicated sell to investors, but a new government pilot will help bring two to financial close.
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Fertiliser from thin air? How farmers can make their own fertiliser from air, water and on-site renewables

Australian technology company PlasmaLeap is using renewable electricity to turn atmospheric nitrogen into fertiliser, offering farmers a potential alternative to volatile global supply chains.
Why solar didn’t work for this dairy farmer, until he added a battery and put it on wheels

Why solar didn’t work for this dairy farmer, until he added a battery and put it on wheels

High hot water use, an unreliable grid, and milking in the dark were all challenges to this dairy farm’s energy transition. But so was the fact that conventional rooftop solar didn’t fit the way it uses electricity.

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New renewables pilot seeks to generate power, and financial returns, for First Nations communities

New renewables pilot seeks to generate power, and financial returns, for First Nations communities

Remote First Nations renewable energy projects are a complicated sell to investors, but a new government pilot will help bring two to financial close.
Fertiliser from thin air? How farmers can make their own fertiliser from air, water and on-site renewables

Fertiliser from thin air? How farmers can make their own fertiliser from air, water and on-site renewables

Australian technology company PlasmaLeap is using renewable electricity to turn atmospheric nitrogen into fertiliser, offering farmers a potential alternative to volatile global supply chains.
Why solar didn’t work for this dairy farmer, until he added a battery and put it on wheels

Why solar didn’t work for this dairy farmer, until he added a battery and put it on wheels

High hot water use, an unreliable grid, and milking in the dark were all challenges to this dairy farm’s energy transition. But so was the fact that conventional rooftop solar didn’t fit the way it uses electricity.
It took this community 8 years to get a neighbourhood battery in the inner city. But why so long?

It took this community 8 years to get a neighbourhood battery in the inner city. But why so long?

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.
Outrage machine winning as Australians worry that others don’t support energy transition

Outrage machine winning as Australians worry that others don’t support energy transition

Support for renewables is not where it needs to be to get the energy transition done, new survey says, as uncertainty fuels doubt and suspicion.
Why electricity networks need to understand people, not just poles and wires

Why electricity networks need to understand people, not just poles and wires

More than a billion data points from the Electrify 2515 trial should help networks replace assumptions about household electrification with real-world evidence.
From wool, to cropping, to solar: How renewable energy can “grow the agricultural pie”

From wool, to cropping, to solar: How renewable energy can “grow the agricultural pie”

On Facebook, western Victoria is nothing but a hotbed of anti-renewables activism, but there are new efforts to unite farmers and developers to a single cause.