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Garnaut, CEFC push hydrogen to make Australia renewable power-house
Ross Garnaut and CEFC are championing the use of hydrogen to turn Australia into a renewable energy powerhouse, and creating a “solar fuel” export industry that could match fossil fuels. But the Japanese seem more focused on hydrogen from brown coal. -
The long term storage challenge – batteries not included
There is a lot of focus on the ability of battery storage to shift peaks and store energy for hours, or even days. But energy systems with high renewables penetration will need longer term solutions – hydrogen, compressed air, pumped hydro are three technologies being looked at in Australia and elsewhere.
