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SwitchedOn - A RenewEconomy Publication
SwitchedOn - A RenewEconomy Publication. We've barely scratched the surface of how energy efficiency can help the energy transition. Amory Lovins, 'the Einstein of energy efficiency,' says energy efficiency is a continuous spectrum that keeps rapidly evolving, and better design is twice as efficient as the gains from just dropping fossil fuels.
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5 days ago · Regulator says “systemic change” needed to cut energy costs, embrace consumer renewables. Australian Energy Regulator says electricity affordability will be an “ongoing challenge” that ...
Solar saturation: Seven changes to the electricity market needed …
Aug 28, 2024 · In a decentralised energy system, the amount of electricity being traded in the central market is displaced and the amount of electricity needed to be delivered via the transmission network is less.
Victoria's biggest battery becomes first project through new …
Aug 29, 2024 · The Victorian government has given the green light to what it says will be the state’s biggest big battery, at least for now – a 350 megawatt (MW), two hour energy storage project being ...
We've barely scratched the surface of how energy
SwitchedOn Australia · We’ve barely scratched the surface of how much energy efficiency can help the energy transition. Amory Lovins has been writing and talking about energy efficiency for over 50 years but he says the need to use energy more productively and efficiently is now more acute than ever. At the same time, the scope for saving ...
Australia's biggest wind farm proposed to fill gap as last coal ...
Sep 27, 2024 · A 3 gigawatt (GW), $6 billion wind project has been proposed for the south-west corner of Western Australia to help fill the gap created by the expected closure of the state’s last coal ...
Finally, a national roadmap for decarbonising homes and …
The National Consumer Energy Resources (CER) Roadmap – Powering Decarbonised Homes and Communities to deliver national reforms for the efficient, effective and fair integration of smaller-scale energy resources was announced following the recent energy ministers’ meeting. “We lead the world in rooftop solar, but we don’t lead the world ...
Explainer: What happens to old wind turbines? - RenewEconomy
Jun 7, 2021 · Wind turbines have a life expectancy of 20-30 years. There are just over 100 wind farms in Australia, with around 15 percent of these being over 15 years old and no utility scale farms have been ...
Eight key critical minerals projects in Australia’s $10bn pipeline
Oct 10, 2022 · The vast majority of Australia’s $100bn annual export of iron ore is haematite of 50-63% iron content. In contrast, the 22Mtpa Iron Bridge targets a 67% iron content, the equal highest premium ...