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Large-scale solar and wind tend to push energy prices down, which sounds great as a consumer. But that makes keeping the grid in constant balance harder.
High municipal electricity tariffs pose a serious threat to South Africa’s machinery and equipment manufacturing industries.
Shipping is becoming greener, but this brings new safety challenges.
Are there cheaper alternatives to nuclear power to alleviate energy shortages in Africa?
Annual water requirements of a PHES-supported 100% renewable electricity grid would be much less than the current fossil fuel system, because wind and PV do not require cooling water.
Research into Queensland’s Darling Downs area has found social stress caused by housing pressure, population shifts and the ‘two-speed economy’ of coal seam gas.
Sweden’s smart road allows electric cars to charge in motion. But alternative technologies might be a better option.
There are millions of energy poor people in sub-Saharan Africa who live in cities.
Our study found that office workers performed just the same, whether the air conditioning was set at 22°C or 25°C. But making that tweak can cut energy use by 18%.
It’s easier to see how customers benefit from increased grid security than it is to justify making them pay for it.
With the fateful 30th Newspoll finally out there, the government on Monday descended into an orgy of destructive self-indulgence.
Government pressure on AGL to keep its Liddell power plant open past 2022 ignores the sensible, cost-effective plan to replace it.
Many among the public will discount Abbott’s activities as just his usual trouble-making. The noise, however, reinforces the general impression of a fractured government.
Under the People’s Bank proposal, homeowners would be able to borrow up to 60% of the value of their property directly from the Reserve Bank.
Barnaby Joyce says he would be ‘100%’ behind the government constructing coal-fired power stations if that would lower the price of electricity.
A new report has found that Tasmanians, Queenslanders and New South Welshmen are paying $100-$400 a year for unnecessary infrastructure.
Innovation in small-scale solar systems and mobile money systems is giving people in sub-Saharan Africa access to electricity at a lower cost than diesel or kerosene.
More than 80% of UK households use gas to heat their homes so the industry has to handle huge swings in demand.
Our energy system puts consumers more or less at the mercy of business and regulators. What if the future of energy meant putting the power back in the hands of households?
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute
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Professor and Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University
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Senior Industry Fellow, RMIT University
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Senior Research Associate, Renewable Energy & Energy Systems Analyst, UNSW Sydney
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Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy and Head of Energy, Institute for Climate Energy and Disaster Solutions, Australian National University
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Professor of Global Energy, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
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Professor of Engineering, Australian National University
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Professor of Physics, University of Johannesburg
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Lecturer, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
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Emeritus Professor, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University
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Chief economist, CSIRO energy, CSIRO
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