Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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10 steps to Hell’s kitchen, Jimi Hendrix and solar salvation
Four young guys belted out an astounding Jimi Hendrix-like set before they lost their mojo. A little like our solar PV market.
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UK experience on renewable energy policy a cautionary tale
If you adjust market mechanisms such as RET to meet short-term commercial expediency, you should be careful what you wish for.
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The week in green numbers …
Digits from Australia’s big-solar first; rooftop PV marches on; counting Japan’s clean energy MWs; Europe’s offshore wind GWs; measuring massive turbines.
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Biogas no saviour for Sydney’s trigen plan
Sydney misses another opportunity to build solar and wind grid. Its ‘trigen approach’ to save emissions by 40-60% will inevitably rely on coal-seam gas.
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100% renewables in Australia will be cheaper than BAU
A UNSW project to assess the feasibility of a 100% renewable energy network for Australia is turning up some ‘very promising’ economic results – when you factor in the cost of ageing fossil power plants, it’s likely to be cheaper than continuing on the current path. Now, to get the policy right.
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World’s largest wind turbine rotor goes online
Siemens Energy recently started testing its 154-meter rotor, the world’s largest for wind turbines.
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Vale Fiona Wain, former head of SBA
The former head of the SBA from 2000-2011, and a tenacious campaigner for sustainable business practices, passed away this week.
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Tracking a city’s emissions, building by building
New computer simulation displays a city’s greenhouse-gas emissions in unprecedented detail.
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ARENA could tag-team with CEFC, focus on off-grid and integration
ARENA is close to finalizing funding strategy, and ruling on several large scale solar projects. Focus seen on off-grid, integration and non-wind technologies.
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‘Muscle train’ offers high-speed clean transport solution for Australia
Designs for a double-decker, 400kph ‘muscle train’ between Melbourne and Sydney could revolutionise the way Australians travel.
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Fusion funding is better spent on cheaper, quicker renewables
Editorialising about the latest fusion failure, NYT posed an important question: Is it time to scale back the fusion effort and focus resources on renewables?
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Australia’s solar field of dreams
Australia has never seen anything like the Greenough River Solar Farm, with row upon row of PV panels stuck in the middle of a paddock. The question is: how much more will we see it?
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