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AI and electricity: Are data centres the new aluminium smelters of demand – and how will we power them?
In Australia, AI-driven data centres are starting to approach the current industry leader for electricity demand, aluminium smelting. So what does this mean for energy use, investment and build out?
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Much of Australia has the same climate as LA. When it comes to bushfires, that doesn’t bode well
The catastrophic fires burning in one of the most densely populated parts of the United States offer valuable lessons for other global cities in a similar climate zone.
Daytime wholesale power prices are heading to zero – isn’t that good news?
A new low proposed for solar feed-in tariffs is bound to spark consumer outrage and concern within the industry. But where are the headlines celebrating the fact daylight power prices are headed to zero?
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AI and electricity: Are data centres the new aluminium smelters of demand – and how will we power them?
In Australia, AI-driven data centres are starting to approach the current industry leader for electricity demand, aluminium smelting. So what does this mean for energy use, investment and build out?
Much of Australia has the same climate as LA. When it comes to bushfires, that doesn’t bode well
The catastrophic fires burning in one of the most densely populated parts of the United States offer valuable lessons for other global cities in a similar climate zone.Daytime wholesale power prices are heading to zero – isn’t that good news?
A new low proposed for solar feed-in tariffs is bound to spark consumer outrage and concern within the industry. But where are the headlines celebrating the fact daylight power prices are headed to zero?
What comes after microgrids? Energy parks based around wind, solar and storage
Co-locating renewable generation, load and storage offers substantial benefits, particularly for manufacturing facilities and data centres.
This talk of nuclear is a waste of time: Wind, solar and firming can clearly do the job
Australia’s economic future would be at risk if we stop wind and solar to build nuclear: Big industries would have to close and the risk of blackouts would be significant.
Build it and they will come: Transmission is key, but LNP make it harder and costlier
Transmission remains the fundamental building block to decarbonising the grid. But the LNP is making it difficult to do on time and within costs.
Snowy Hunter gas project hit by more delays and blowouts, with total cost now more than $2 billion
Snowy blames bad weather for yet more delays to controversial Hunter gas project, now expected to cost more than three times its original estimate.
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