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.
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New research finds rooftop solar maintenance is becoming a form of housework, and this has the potential to become an equity issue.
The climate crisis demands innovations in our everyday infrastructures. If these changes are to be adopted en masse, finding the right fit between communities and infrastructures is vital.
The plan would address failures in the National Electricity Market, and would see a more orderly transformation process from coal to clean energy.
A new analysis shows almost all emissions reductions will be the result of state government policies, and will have virtually nothing to do with the federal government.
After $22,000 and four different electricians, Heather’s rooftop solar system is still not working. Her story illustrates the risks of having no support in the switch to clean energy at home.
The electric vehicle transition is about more than just scrapping petrol cars. We must also ensure quality technology, anticipate the future and make sure no-one gets left behind.
Weak regulation and a lack of mandatory inspections have increased fire risks for the one in four homes with rooftop PV panels. Here’s what we need to do to be safer.
State governments, councils, researchers and entrepreneurs are slowing our slide to disaster – but they need others to step up.
Australia is in the midst of a solar energy boom, yet it is lagging behind other countries when it comes to ‘building-integrated photovoltaics’ - solar cells built into the very fabric of buildings.
Australia urgently needs to prepare for a coming tsunami of solar panel and battery waste.
Australia’s consumer watchdog has concluded that rooftop solar incentives have distorted the market unfairly for those who cannot afford solar panels, and has recommended the scheme ends ten years early.
Environmentalists and climate hawks are cheering, but many experts aren’t excited about the state making rooftop solar panels mandatory on most new homes beginning in 2020.
A trade spat could jack up the cost of going solar, killing jobs and obstructing efforts to do something about climate change.
A new report predicts a boom in household solar and batteries as Australia’s electricity networks move to a more sustainable footing, with some states poised for a 500% boost in rooftop solar.
Critics don’t think Tesla can sell enough home batteries to justify its acquisition of SolarCity, but what they’re underestimating is the potential for innovation the Gigafactory brings.
When will residential solar be cheaper than the cost of power from the grid? This point of ‘grid parity’ is a moving target but moving closer in a number of places.
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Research Fellow, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Australian National University
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Research Leader, Battery Storage & Grid Integration Program, Australian National University
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Doctoral Researcher, Battery Storage and Grid Integration Program, Australian National University
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