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April 17, 2026

More than 60% of home battery installations inspected in Australia are ‘substandard’

Rusty Langdon, University of Technology Sydney

A recent report into the federal government’s Cheaper Home Batteries Program found major problems with safety and compliance.

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June 28, 2023

We could need 6 times more of the minerals used for renewables and batteries. How can we avoid a huge increase in mining impacts?

Rusty Langdon, University of Technology Sydney and Elsa Dominish, University of Technology Sydney

Nearly 400 new mines could open by 2035 to meet demand for the minerals used in global electrification. Better recycling can help with supply, but mining’s impacts will have to be better managed.

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December 13, 2022

To clean up Australia’s power grid, we’re going to need many thousands more skilled workers – and fast

Jay Rutovitz, University of Technology Sydney; Chris Briggs, University of Technology Sydney, and Rusty Langdon, University of Technology Sydney

We’ll need to almost double our electricity sector workforce to build renewables as quickly as we need to. Where will the workers come from amid a skills shortage and infrastructure boom?

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August 17, 2022

To hit 82% renewables in 8 years, we need skilled workers – and labour markets are already overstretched

Chris Briggs, University of Technology Sydney and Rusty Langdon, University of Technology Sydney

Australia is already in the grip of a skills shortage. We’re going to have to solve that before we can start on the big renewables build.

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July 21, 2021

Wind turbines off the coast could help Australia become an energy superpower, research finds

Sven Teske, University of Technology Sydney; Chris Briggs, University of Technology Sydney; Mark Hemer, CSIRO; Philip Marsh, University of Tasmania, and Rusty Langdon, University of Technology Sydney

More than ten offshore wind farms are currently proposed for Australia. If built, their combined capacity would be greater than all coal-fired power plants in the nation.

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