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Internet connections could one day come from solar-powered planes that fly for months or even longer at a time.
The ‘early adopters’ of home battery storage will pay significantly more than those who come later, but it won’t be long until prices drop enough for many more to get on board.
New prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has stressed the importance of embracing ‘disruptive’ technologies that shake up existing business models. Solar power and battery storage is one of the most enticing options.
The Grattan Institute has reported that the costs of solar panels have outweighed the benefits by almost A$10 billion in Australia. But the real benefits of cutting greenhouse emissions are much larger.
The unveiling of Tesla’s Powerwall home battery has been hailed as a huge moment in renewable energy. But don’t forget the other innovations that can help you use that stored power more efficiently.
Tesla’s new home battery could help halve the costs of electricity for typical American households - all using existing technology. The fossil fuel industry is right to be worried.
Battery prices are falling faster than anyone expected: that’s good news for solar power and electric cars.
The federal government’s keenly awaited Energy White Paper is firmly focused on cutting prices and red tape, and boosting industry competitiveness - and less so on climate change and renewable energy.
Most solar power households feed excess electricity back into the grid, for very little financial reward. A hot water heat pump could put that power to better use, by heating water for evening use.
As climate negotiators meet at the United Nations’ Lima summit, which comes hot on the heels of the landmark US-China climate deal, there is a renewed focus on how the world can move to a lower-emissions…
There is no shortage of shouting and dire warnings about the state of the climate and our need to phase out fossil fuels. But there is a more silent revolution happening too — in micropower. Small-scale…
Federal industry minister Ian Macfarlane has finally revealed his opening gambit on negotiations on the future of the Renewable Energy Target (RET). He and environment minister Greg Hunt have pledged to…
Whenever I tell people I work with solar cells I am asked the same two questions: are they ever going to be really cheap? And can you get me some? While the answer to the second question is no, the answer…
Rooftop solar power has slashed Australians’ demand for electricity during the day, but left evening peak power demand largely unchanged. That’s why, as strange as it may sound, we now need to behead a…
Growing plants amongst photovoltaic panels could allow solar farms to not only generate electricity, but help produce crops…
The recent start of construction on the first of two large-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants in outback New South Wales shows the importance of renewable energy targets and funding. The first…
Micro-machining technology could be used to produce flat lenses which would boost the productivity of solar panels. The Fresnel…
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fifth Assessment Report paints an authoritative picture of the dire consequences if we fail to rapidly curb our greenhouse gas emissions. Solving this will…
There are now one million Australian homes with solar electricity. That means 2.5 million Australians now rely on solar power – more than the population of Brisbane. Australians have clearly shown their…
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Senior Industry Fellow, Environment and Planning, RMIT University
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John M. Thompson Chair in Information Technology and Innovation and Professor, Western University
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Professor of Engineering, Australian National University
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Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Photovoltaic Engineering, University of Oxford
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Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Research Fellow, Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, University of Liverpool
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Senior Research Associate, Renewable Energy & Energy Systems Analyst, UNSW
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Associate Professor in the Collaboration on Energy and Environmental Markets and the School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, UNSW
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Chief economist, CSIRO energy, CSIRO
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Associate Professor of Solar Engineering, Australian National University
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University of Southern Queensland
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Energy Researcher, Curtin University
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Research Fellow, Curtin University
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CEO, UNSW Energy Institute, UNSW