Media. 9 July 2020 Singapore experts find electrical power from darkness via shadow electrical power Dr. Swee Ching Tan uses a remote controlled vehicle to take a look at the shadow outcome generator unit at a lab in the National University of Singapore.Reuters SINGAPORE – Scientists in Singapore are hoping to ideal a new process of power era driven [...]
Media. 9 July 2020 Study recommends developing ‘made-in-WA batteries’ A key lithium-ion battery cathode material could be produced in Western Australia, a Queensland University of Technology (QUT) feasibility study has found. The study, released by the WA state government today, investigated whether superior nickel-rich nickel cobalt manganese (NCM) can be produced cost effectively and sustainably [...]
Media. 8 July 2020 As power bills surge amid Covid-19, will prosumers be the Philippines’ next big energy trend? Filipino households have seen a spike in electricity usage since the coronavirus confined residents to their homes. Could this spark a movement where the average citizen becomes both a power producer and consumer? A worker cleans solar panels [...]
Media. 8 July 2020 Deakin University set to steward new energy storage Research Hub A New Safe and Reliable Energy Storage and Conversion Technologies Research Hub is one of five grant recipients of the Australian Research Council’s funding for Industrial Transformation. The Hub will seek to develop new technologies in energy storage to eliminate the [...]
Media. 7 July 2020 Australia’s metal gurus engineer two energy-storage breakthroughs Energy storage is in high demand, to help manage a growing proportion of renewable energy in global electricity grids, to free off-grid communities from the tyranny of diesel, and to enable the aspirations of people not yet connected to a power supply. These two [...]
Media. 7 July 2020 Lockdown and PV’s positive feedback loop Scientists measuring air pollutants and PV performance in Delhi have found the lockdown conditions imposed in the Indian capital since late March have brought about a significant reduction in air pollution which has led to an 8% increase in solar irradiation reaching rooftop arrays. Scientists [...]
Media. 6 July 2020 Sub-Saharan solar minigrid market worth $128 billion by 2030 BloombergNEF and Sustainable Energy for All have jointly published a report by the Mini-Grid Partnership proposing solar minigrids as a critical technology to bring electricity to the 789 million people who still lack access. Image: Fenix International The electrification of rural communities [...]
Media. 6 July 2020 Solar households can soon be charged for their exports In its annual State of the Energy Market report, the Australian Energy Market Regulator has suggested that solar households should be asked to pay a network fee to be allowed to export energy to the grid. Image: Infinite Energy The Australian Energy [...]
Media. 3 July 2020 IEA report appears to acknowledge 2050 net zero may be beyond us A study into the clean energy tech innovation rate required to keep global heating under control may suggest concepts such as lithium-air could yet keep us to the mid-century ambition, but it is also starting to contemplate the temperature [...]
Media. 3 July 2020“Australia’s last chance”: BZE publishes renewables powered Million Jobs ReportEvery crisis is a crossroads, and Australia is certainly at a crossroads. This week, a host of climate, development and investment leaders are backing Beyond Zero Emission’s green scaffolded Million Jobs Plan of Covid-19 economic recovery.Image: Beyond Zero EmissionsAustralian think-tank Beyond Zero Emissions (BZE), [...]
Media. 2 July 2020 Greek EV policy follows on the heels of environmental package The government will table plans for EV purchase incentives and charging points after cutting through permitting red tape in recent legislation. A recent law has proved controversial in some quarters, though, as it brings the private sector into environmental licensing and [...]
Media. 2 July 2020 City of Sydney flicks the switch to 100% green power From today, the City of Sydney will run entirely on renewable energy generated from wind and solar farms in regional NSW. The historic Sydney Town Hall. Image: City of Sydney All the City of Sydney’s operations – including street lights, pools, sports [...]