Rooftop solar proves a challenge to keeping prices low on the grid.
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The need to urgently reduce greenhouse gas emissions is a major challenge to cheap electricity.
Batteries may be a good way to store energy in the home.
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Batteries aren’t the only type of storage, and all types of storage have their role to play in the future grid.
Renewable energy poses a number of challenges for the grid.
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Whatever our electricity grid looks like in the future, it will need to be reliable.
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The recently updated Integrated Resource Plan calls for significant investment in South Africa’s power supply. But can the country afford it?
South African consumers are paying far too much for petrochemicals products.
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Raging debates about the state of South Africa’s energy industry have missed one critical area, the role of transport fuels and base chemicals.
Time to get up.
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Gaining a better sense of what genes are involved in regulating circadian clocks could put us on a path to find better treatments and therapies to help people adjust to time shifts.
Koeberg power station, in Cape Town, is the only nuclear power station on the African continent. South Africa is considering a proposal to build more such power stations.
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The argument put forward by Eskom that it can handle South Africa’s controversial nuclear build programme is fundamentally flawed.
Lights out for Hazelwood, but other power stations can pick up the slack.
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The potential shutdown of Victoria’s Hazelwood power station could leave a large gap in coal-fired baseload generation. But other coal power stations have plenty of spare capacity to fill the gap.
Wind farms are pushing down the price of electricity in the electricity market.
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South Australia’s recent blackout raised questions about the role of wind energy in Australia’s electricity network.
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Wind and solar power can be intermittent. Should our usage be too?
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The Norwegian capital shows other cities how it’s done, by setting out a tailor-made plan to reduce emissions to zero by 2030.
Adelaide goes dark after wild storms caused the entire state’s power to fail.
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South Australia is recovering from a state-wide blackout, and fingers are pointing at the state’s renewable energy industry and climate change.
Small power generators like solar panels take pressure off the electricity grid.
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The governing body for our energy market has just missed a major opportunity to modernise our electricity networks.
Super funds have led the trend to invest in infrastructure.
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Australian superannuation funds are joining the trend to invest in infrastructure because it’s safer for industry members.
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An electric fan cools you down in extreme heat, but not if you’re old.
Could gas play a bigger role in Australia’s power sector?
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The recent meeting of Australia’s energy ministers had a major focus on gas in our power sector.
A number of coal plants in the U.S. are closing in response to competition from inexpensive and cleaner natural gas.
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How bad are things for U.S. coal? Very bad, but that’s very good for environment. Now the question is whether other countries will cut back on coal as well.
Will nuclear subsidies stifle competition?
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A former state regulator and member of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission argues that subsidizing reactors to keep them running is unnecessary and will be bad for consumers and the environment.
The FitzPatrick nuclear plant in Oswego, New York will receive state subsidies to continue operating through 2029.
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A nuclear engineer makes the case that nuclear power plants are important resources and should receive economic rewards for providing steady supplies of carbon-free electricity.
Australia will likely have to close more coal power stations to meet climate targets.
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Australia’s energy watchdog has warned that closing coal power stations could leave us vulnerable to supply problems. But not if we help take the pressure off the grid.