News & Commentary
News & Commentary
Research Groups, Institutes and Universities
Solar
Solar panels exposed to fire pose “negligible risk” to health, environment: IEA
Rooftop solar fire hazard analysis finds negligible risks for chemical contamination, and no cancer related health effects from PV exposed to fire.
Battery
Governments
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NSW Government
Renewables
Smart Energy
Solar
Storage
NSW proposes 200MW virtual power plant, in bid to bolster grid
NSW looks to create 200MW virtual power plant, suggesting homes with solar and smart storage can earn up to $1,000 a year by providing services at times of grid...
Electric Cars
Electric Vehicles
News & Commentary
How this electric airplane could reshape regional air travel
An all-electric passenger airplane called Alice could reshape regional air travel in Australia.
Governments
News & Commentary
NSW Government
Renewables
NSW government unveils plan to bring grid into age of renewables
New South Wales Coalition govt unveils grid upgrade plan, to accommodate the “flood” of new renewable energy capacity in the state's development pipeline.
Electric Vehicles
News & Commentary
Jaguar backs world’s “most advanced” electric motorbike – Arc Vector
British luxury car maker shrugs off stuffy image with investment in a motorcycle company behind what it claims as the "world's most advanced electric motorcycle".
Electric Vehicles
Governments
News & Commentary
Australian car fleet owners turning to electric vehicles
Nearly half of Australian fleet buyers expected to switch to EVs – some within months. After a test drive, that number doubles.
Battery
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Renewables
Storage
Wind
Fluence to install big battery at Lincoln Gap wind farm in South Australia
Nexif Energy inks deal with Fluence to install a 10MW/10MWh battery storage system at its 212MW Lincoln Gap Wind Farm near Port Augusta.
Australian Federal Government
Coal
Governments
Markets
News & Commentary
Renewables
Coalition plans to support new coal investment could break its own procurement rules
Coalition's push for new investments in fossil fuel generation is flawed because it ignores carbon costs - and it may also be against its own procurement guidelines.
Governments
News & Commentary
Renewables
Solar
Storage
Victorian Government
Wind
Victoria Labor boosts renewable energy target to 50% by 2030
Victoria Labor promise to boost its target for renewables generation to 50 per cent by 2030 if re-elected. It will probably get there anyway.
Battery
Governments
News & Commentary
Renewables
Solar
Storage
Western Australian Government
Wind
Plan to shift Kimberley to renewables could save $15m a year
Kimberley Clean Energy Roadmap reveals 60-90% mix of solar, battery storage and wind power can out-compete diesel or fracked gas on cost across the region.