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Proposed reflectors would help provide clean energy when demand peaks near dawn and dusk.
Solar power generation varies greatly depending on the weather. A new study suggests in some parts of Australia, solar has a bright future.
Canada can meet its carbon emission reduction targets, make food cheap again and open up a gigantic trade surplus with the U.S. by shading farm crops with solar panels.
Political will is necessary for governments to move away from oil. But alternative energies are not all that they seem, and should be considered carefully beyond the appearance of sustainability.
Solar panels can provide places for animals to rest, shelter and breed – potentially benefitting both the land and farmers.
Nestled among farmland, solar farms can be a refuge for wildlife.
Coal plants are exiting the grid faster than expected. We’ll need to redouble efforts to add flexibility into our energy systems and build renewables and storage.
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.
In the first major study of its kind, the authors travelled to where renewable energy is expanding in NSW to ask communities how they feel about the changes.
The soaring power prices expected to hit Australians are yet another reason the Albanese government should turbocharge its efforts on renewable energy and storage.
Such tension has played out over many decades between agricultural communities and coal companies. We can avoid history repeating itself if we urgently set the right policies and laws in place.
Southern African countries have been slow in embracing solar energy but this is changing.
Installing solar panels over California’s 4,000 miles of canals could generate less expensive, renewable energy, save water, fight climate change – and offer a solution for the thirsty American West.
Earth’s floating solar power capacity has grown one-hundredfold in the last five years.
The transition to 100% renewable energy will require a lot of land – mostly in regional Australia. This presents big challenges, and opportunities, for the farming sector.
In a bid to ditch fossil fuels, some countries are considering carpeting deserts with solar panels.
Many Asian nations are shunning fossil fuels, presenting a huge opportunity for Australia’s renewables sector. And one massive project has stepped up to the plate.
Households shouldn’t have to do all the heavy lifting in the renewables transition. A new solar farm shows organisations and businesses how it’s done.
Renewable energy projects are often in direct competition with fossil fuels for the hearts and minds of communities. There’s a way to win people over though, with ongoing local employment.
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Professor Emeritus, Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University
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Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Discipline of Politics & International Relations, Macquarie School of Social Sciences, Macquarie University
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PhD Candidate, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Physics, University of Johannesburg
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Professor and Associate Dean (Education), University of Nottingham
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Professor in International Relations / International Political Economy, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, Macquarie University
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Professor of Public Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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John M. Thompson Chair in Information Technology and Innovation and Professor, Western University
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E-Mobility Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, Journalism, Stream Leader, Climate Justice Research Centre, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Human Geography and Planning, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Anthropology, University of Sydney
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Future Fellow, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor in Political Sociology, University of Technology Sydney
