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“Can’t wait for the next catastrophe:” State hazards research body faces funding cliff as giant El Niño looms

“Can’t wait for the next catastrophe:” State hazards research body faces funding cliff as giant El Niño looms

Australian research into how to cope with climate change impacts seems always to be facing funding cliffs, with a key NSW hazard agency just the latest example.
Home batteries and time-of-use tariffs may be best combination to steer households away from evening peaks

Home batteries and time-of-use tariffs may be best combination to steer households away from evening peaks

Home batteries look like resetting the behaviour of households when it comes to responding to time-of-use tariffs, research by the VEPC shows.
Where’s Evo? The missing network in Canberra’s bold electrification experiment

Where’s Evo? The missing network in Canberra’s bold electrification experiment

Canberra is becoming a real-world laboratory for mass electrification, but its local electricity network will be watching from the sidelines.
Cannon-Brookes’ Atlassian signs deal with groundbreaking community solar farm to power its new green HQ

Cannon-Brookes’ Atlassian signs deal with groundbreaking community solar farm to power its new green HQ

One of Australia’s largest technology companies has signed a decade-long deal with a community-owned solar farm to help power a landmark building.
SwitchedOn podcast: The inexperienced volunteers who put an entire suburb on the path to electrification

SwitchedOn podcast: The inexperienced volunteers who put an entire suburb on the path to electrification

A four-year grassroots campaign has transformed into a major ARENA-backed pilot to help up to 1,000 Canberra households go electric.
Home battery owners need more flexibility to break resistance to VPPs, Rewiring Australia survey finds

Home battery owners need more flexibility to break resistance to VPPs, Rewiring Australia survey finds

Few home battery owners have signed up to join virtual power plants, with concerns about loss of control and a lack of trust discouraging a higher take-up.
Social housing tenants to get coordinated rooftop PV and home batteries in first urban renewable zone

Social housing tenants to get coordinated rooftop PV and home batteries in first urban renewable zone

First urban renewable energy zone to host pilot program to demonstrate how social housing tenants can benefit from cor-ordination of rooftop PV and home batteries.
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.