For years, the ‘duck curve’ of low daytime demand due to cheap solar power has challenged energy planners. California is showing the solution is storage.
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Costing new sources of electricity sounds simple. But it’s enormously complicated – and CSIRO’s GenCost report promises certainty it cannot deliver
To model the inside of a supercapacitor, my team had to rework a common physics law that most high school students learn.
Australia has all the key ingredients to build a booming battery industry. We just need to find the right cooks and co-ordinate all of this frantic activity to get this big opportunity right.
Two forms of the same boron nitride molecules couldn’t look and act more different – but combining them could lead to applications that have the best of both worlds.
The Australian Labor government’s expanded Capacity Investment Scheme gives us a better chance of hitting high renewable energy targets. It’s not without risk but well worth the rewards.
Storing energy in large pumped hydro schemes sounds simple. But engineering and terrain challenges have put Snowy 2.0 well off track – while grid-scale batteries get better and better
Land is a scarce resource. Restoration enables sustainable and dynamic use of former mining land and creates opportunities for ex-mining towns.
Some power plants don’t have massive smokestacks or cooling towers – or even a central site.
We’ve wasted a lot of time delaying climate action. As the damage becomes ever clearer, it’s time to accelerate the transition.
Our research has found 30,000 farm dams which could be used as energy storage. Solar by day, hydro by night.
The ban on gas connections to new homes in Victoria reflects global trends and will ultimately save households money and cut their emissions.
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.
Community batteries are popular. But that doesn’t mean they’re always the right tool for the job. We have to make sure they do what we want them to do
Lithium extraction in Bolivia poses more than environmental questions: It illustrates how notions about ‘raw materials’ can be at odds with Indigenous relations with the land.
Solar thermal technology has the potential to provide both long-duration storage and industrial heat, yet it has been largely overlooked in the Australian context. That is about to change.
To get to 82% renewables by decade’s end means storage - and that’s where we hope our new atlas of sites for pumped hydro storage can help
Pumped hydro offers us large scale energy storage. If we do it carefully, we can make sure these dams don’t cause the damage of the past.
A study of real-world disasters shows home solar and storage could keep the lights on and the air conditioner running during many outages, but not all.
The new federal government wants to supercharge state renewable targets. But financial headwinds pose real challenges to the rapid rollout.
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Professor of Engineering, Australian National University
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Director Monash Energy Institute, Monash University
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Professor and Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University
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Affiliate, Electricity Markets & Policy Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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Reader in Energy Systems and Innovation, University of Birmingham
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Graduate Student Researcher in Electricity Markets and Policy, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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Senior Industry Fellow, RMIT University
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Research Fellow, ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science, Australian National University
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Principal and Vice Chancellor, Heriot-Watt University
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Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics and International Affairs, Penn State
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Professor of Sustainability, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Energy Advisor, formerly, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Professor of Energy Technology, University of Southampton
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Research Fellow, Australian National University
