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Solar, batteries and microgrids essential for disaster-prone communities, study finds
Losing power after a disaster is devastating for communities, a new report suggests this can be mitigated by distributed and renewable energy resources.
Rachel Williamson
Sep 13, 2023
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Smart Energy
We lost our home in summer bushfires. Now we’re going underground and off the grid
Don Pattison lost his family home during the horrific fire season of 2019/20. But this is not a story of loss and grief. Rather, the destruction has set the context for the journey back.
Don Pattison
Jul 9, 2020
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Policy & Planning
Microgrids should be focus of network rebuild after bushfires
Total Environment Centre calls for national summit to avoid repeating investment mistakes in post-bushfire repairs of electricity network infrastructure.
Michael Mazengarb
Feb 4, 2020
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Policy & Planning
Experts slam Morrison’s false equivalence between emissions targets and hazard reduction
Experts slam Morrison’s comments on hazard reduction, showing the PM still does not understand the link between climate change and fire.
Michael Mazengarb
Jan 22, 2020
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Solar
Brigalow solar farm caught up in Queensland bush fires
Queensland solar farm at centre of legal battle with state government narrowly avoids being damaged by fire, in one of more than 60 blazes across the state.
Sophie Vorrath
Sep 9, 2019
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Australian bushfires may accelerate push to solar + storage for homes
Study finds installing solar PV and battery storage in rural homes could reduce the risk of bushfires caused by powerlines by one tenth of the cost of alternatives – such as burying power lines underground.
Giles Parkinson
Jan 27, 2016
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Emissions from Indonesia’s fires reach new highs, but solutions are within reach
Analysis indicates that since September greenhouse gas emissions from the fires exceeded the average daily emissions from all US economic activity.
Nirarta Samadhi
Oct 27, 2015
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The fire raisers: Why we need to talk about climate change
Despite our angry summer, warm winter and balmy spring, many commentators still refuse to acknowledge the role of climate change in the furious fire season confronting us.
Wayne Smith
Oct 18, 2013
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Could $1 billion actually bring solar manufacturing back to Australia? It’s worth a shot
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Capacity Investment Scheme needs to set high bar for communities hosting renewables
Andrew Bray & Jarra Hicks
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SwitchedOn Podcast: How every Australian could afford to electrify their home and car
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Sophie Vorrath & Giles Parkinson
Mar 15, 2024
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