The myth that renewable energy sources can’t meet baseload (24-hour per day) demand has become widespread. After all, the wind doesn’t blow all the time, and there’s no sunlight at night. But detailed…
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Rare earth elements (REEs), for so long ignored by big mining companies, have recently become incredibly popular. But, contrary to what their names suggests, they are not particularly rare. They do, however…
News outlets recently reported a new paper in Nature Geoscience from a Japanese team documenting very large amounts of Rare Earth Elements (REE) in the mud at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. REE are essential…
Not many things like to live in boiling hot geothermal pools, but a recently discovered enzyme’s heat-loving metabolism could…
In the lead-up to release of the carbon tax package, the government signaled a desire to end renewable energy support measures and rely solely on a carbon price to transform the Australian energy sector…
A solar cell breakthrough promises to make solar power more affordable, with world-beating new technology delivering substantial…
Tiny metallic particles which are a super-efficient catalyst in using solar radiation to split water into hydrogen and oxygen…
Scientists have created a glucose-powered biofuel cell that is five to 10 times more powerful than existing cells and lasts…
A new software program that allows power grid managers to easily predict fluctuations in the solar grid caused by changes…
While direct geothermal energy is extensively used in other countries, it is rarely encountered in Australia. This might be because we have cheap sources of energy (although, regrettably, not the cleanest…
That tangled collection of chargers could one day be obsolete, as Australian researchers report a breakthrough that brings…
There is much hypocrisy in the statements of those who wish to terminate subsidies to renewable sources of energy through the certificate scheme associated with the federal Renewable Energy Target and…
Plants have been making fuel and food from sunlight, water and carbon dioxide for billions of years. Oil, coal, wood and natural gas can be called “old-photosynthesis” fuels. As the human population approaches…
By using a unique process that mimics photosynthesis in plants, researchers are finding ways to develop the renewable, clean…
This week, unpublished estimates from the International Energy Institute showed that 2010 was the most carbon-intensive year in human history. Chief Economist of the IEA Dr Fatih Birol responded to the…
Australia is a major energy exporter. Are we going to continue to increase our contribution to Asia’s energy mix? Will it be clean energy? And is it possible that our best renewable energy resources will…
Acoustics researchers are investigating the causes of wind turbine noise with the aim of making them quieter and solving…
As more alternative power sources switch to the energy grid, the price of renewable energy should continue to fall, a new…
Wind turbines are often billed as one of the world’s best solutions to climate change. And why not? They are a mature and effective means of generating large amounts of electricity with next to zero carbon…
Australia has a huge solar energy resource. Solar collectors spread out over a square 50 km could generate all of Australia’s current electricity demand. Of course in practice, we would need a mix of renewable…
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