You may already have a smart meter at home, which monitors your electricity use at 30-minute intervals. But until you can access that data yourself, you could be missing out on the best power deals.
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has rejected a Trump administration proposal to reward coal and nuclear power plants for storing fuel on-site, as a way to make the power system more reliable.
Solar PV and wind energy have overtaken coal as the leading sources of new electricity generation worldwide, with falling prices and new storage technologies making clean energy ever more attainable.
It would be better to proactively restructure South Africa’s electricity sector to spur innovation and investment and reduce costs before another crisis hits and further derails the economy.
Solar power has enormous potential, but provides only about one percent of world electricity today. An engineer explains the many steps it takes to make solar panels that are efficient, clean and cheap.
Africa still has numerous electricity challenges to overcome, but several countries are getting it right when it comes to providing electricity to their people.
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Professor of Engineering, Australian National University
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Lecturer, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
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Associate Professor, Energy Systems and Data Group, Birmingham Energy Institute, University of Birmingham
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Emeritus professor, Australian National University
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Deputy Director of the Afrobarometer & Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and MSU’s African Studies Center, Michigan State University
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Visiting Fellow at the ANU Centre for Sustainable Energy Systems, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer, RMIT University
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Professor of Environmental Geography, School of Biological Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW Sydney, UNSW Sydney
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Director of the Leaders of Africa Institute and Research Affiliate with Davidson College, Davidson College
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Associate Professor, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Professor at the Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town
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Senior Research Fellow, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Member, Energy Policy Group, University of Exeter
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Senior Research Associate, Renewable Energy & Energy Systems Analyst, UNSW Sydney
