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Energy storage breakthrough hints at renewables revolution
A UCLA-led breakthrough in micro supercapicitator development could be the first step to a revolution in the marriage of renewables and energy capture.
Nicole Miller

Mar 14, 2013

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The missing link: Why Australia needs energy storage
The ability to efficiently store energy is the key to unlocking Australia’s latent solar energy assets. Maybe it’s time to look at liquid air technology.
Richard Williams

Mar 5, 2013

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70 hours without power: Beating blackouts with grid independence
A new suite of rooftop solar and storage products can not only power your home during a blackout, but can do so at off-peak rates.
Warwick Johnston

Feb 28, 2013

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Chu says big solar soon to be cheaper than coal and gas
US energy secretary Stephen Chu says big solar will be cheaper than coal and gas before most people realise. He says the combination of solar and battery technologies, pushed forward by electric vehicles, will turn the energy industry upside down – unless, of course, if politicians fail to seize the moment.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 4, 2013

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Energy storage costs to halve, market set to boom: study
Report predicts fundamental changes to Australia’s electricity industry from energy storage – if the interests of the incumbents can be overcome.
Giles Parkinson

Jan 31, 2013

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Energy storage will accelerate the solar revolution
Big things are happening in both the cost and innovation of energy storage and energy management. The solar revolution has only just begun.
Nigel Morris

Jan 30, 2013

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Belgium plans artificial island for wind energy storage
Belgium is planning to construct an island in the North Sea for the sole purpose storing wind energy.
Nicholas Brown

Jan 20, 2013

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The hot tips for 2013 – energy storage and big solar
We asked some of Australia’s top energy industry executives and experts for their tips and predictions on what 2013 will hold. Here’s what they had too say…
Giles Parkinson

Dec 18, 2012

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Energy storage systems signal arrival of ‘baseload’ renewables
Energy storage systems may be a bigger game-changer for the electricity market than solar PV. An affordable system developed by an Australian company means households will be able to produce their own ‘baseload’ renewable energy supply.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 21, 2012

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Solar thermal storage: A concrete cost breakthrough?
A University of Arkansas team has developed a a structured thermocline solar thermal storage system at an impressively low cost.
Nicholas Brown

Nov 14, 2012

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How King Island may be a blueprint for our future grid
Hydro Tasmania has selected the supplier for the largest battery system ever to be installed in Australia. The King Island renewable plan could be a blue-print for how other remote grids, and ultimately the National Electricity Market, move to 100 per cent renewable energy.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 31, 2012

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Mixed Greens: Hydro Tas unveils off-grid renewables plan
King Island project replaces diesel with solar, wind, biodiesel & storage. Plus: Record profit for CO2 Group; another subsidy win for CFC; and more.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 29, 2012

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