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Renewables

Wind turbine blade “coating” promises to reduce risk of lightning damage
A novel wind turbine blade protection coating promises to “significantly reduce” potential damage from lightning strikes.
Joshua S Hill

Feb 23, 2024

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Renewables

UQ start-up finds way to detect solar faults in “sea of a million panels”
“The challenge with large solar farms is detecting any faulty or underperforming solar panels hidden in a sea of millions.” UQ start-up says it has found a way.
Michael Mazengarb

Feb 20, 2024

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Renewables

As the world heats up, solar panels will degrade faster. What can we do?
New research examines which areas of Australia will have the worst conditions for solar degradation out to 2059 – and what we can do about it.
Shukla Poddar

Feb 19, 2024

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Renewables

How solar panels could act as a bushfire early warning system
UNSW researchers believe the huge volumes of data from rooftop PV monitoring systems could be put to use to detect smoke from bushfires.
Rachel Williamson

Feb 7, 2024

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Solar

New solar efficiency world record shows huge potential of tandem technology
British solar developer announces new world record for solar panel efficiency using its perovskite-on-silicon tandem solar cells.
Joshua S Hill

Feb 2, 2024

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Solar

Can Australia make its own solar? Landmark study says yes – and actually, it has to
Landmark Silicon to Solar Study finds establishing manufacturing capability is “credible and feasible” with the right government policy support – and will be crucial to Australia’s decarbonisation plans.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 2, 2024

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Solar

Households could boost solar output with two-sided panels, a tilt, and a light colour roof
Using two-sided or bifacial solar modules could lift the output from rooftop solar systems by more than 22 per cent. But they need a light coloured roof.
Giles Parkinson

Jan 23, 2024

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Solar

Rooftop solar has key benefits, and one critical weakness, over large-scale solar farms
First ever life-cycle analysis comparing big and small solar systems finds rooftop PV better for the environment than even the largest, most efficient, solar farm. But there’s a catch.
Jakob de Zwart

Jan 15, 2024

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Solar

Reflectors in space could make solar farms on Earth work for longer every day
Orbiting solar reflectors are still some way off. But they represent a way to connect the space and energy sectors to tackle climate change.
Jakob de Zwart

Jan 14, 2024

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Australia called out for grid queues, policy gaps in race to triple global renewables
IEA says COP28 goal of tripling renewables within reach after unprecedented global growth in 2023. But Australia among countries holding back the pace.
Sophie Vorrath

Jan 12, 2024

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Solar

How big a share of our electricity needs can rooftop solar provide? It’s complicated
To fully realise Australia’s huge rooftop solar potential we must first work out how to manage the three key challenges of people powered energy.
The Conversation

Jan 9, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Climate authority confirms Australia has been fudging its methane emissions data
Federal government urged to act “immediately” as major report finds Australia well behind international best practice on measurement and reporting of methane emissions.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 18, 2023

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