By Giles Parkinson Are Australia’s coal and gas generators able to power Australia through next summer’s heatwaves? The evidence of last summer suggests they cannot be relied upon, with a new report showing how coal plants melted in the Queensland heat on a day of record demand. Read Full Article Here For more great articles:…
By Giles Parkinson Kangaroo Island loses first-of-kind protest against network decision, but regulator flags changes to favour decentralised options. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Sophie Vorrath Thirty-two of the world’s largest wind turbines are up and generating power in new offshore wind project off the UK coast. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Sophie Vorrath Push to unlock more of Australia’s unconventional gas resources and build massive pipelines has been labelled a “false solution” to a non-existent problem. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Christian Roselund SolarCity’s co-founder and former CEO Lyndon Rive is leaving the company that he helped start to his cousin Elon Musk. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Rob Passey and Ben Elliston Work on regional plans for 100 per cent renewable energy highlight importance of storage to soak up daytime supply, and the need to reduce night-time loads and shift them to the day. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Tom Butler Those who advocate for the status quo because of the inertia provided by synchronous generators should be aware that these technologies are far from perfect. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Matt Rennie and Ian Wood Battery storage is set to jump-start the clean energy transition while at the same time disrupting the traditional utility business model. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
Researchers have created a team of free-flying robots that obeys the two rules of the air: don’t collide or undercut each other. They’ve also built autonomous blimps that recognize hand gestures and detect faces. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Electric Vehicles Research
The process that makes gold-plated jewelry or chrome car accents is now making powerful lithium-ion batteries. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Electric Vehicles Research
The BMW Group, Intel and Mobileye have announced their intention to onboard Delphi as a development partner and system integrator for their State-of-the-Art autonomous driving platform. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Electric Vehicles Research
Construction has started on a 125MW PV project that is expected to be Queensland’s largest industrial solar project. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: PV-Tech
Georgia Power announced Wednesday that it plans to develop a new 139MW PV project next to the Robins Air Force Base in Warner Robins, Georgia. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: PV-Tech
By Joshua S Hill A legal ruling in Scotland has given second life to as much as 2.3 gigawatts worth of offshore wind farms that had previously been halted due to concerns over their impact on migratory seabirds. Scottish Offshore Wind Farms Given Second Life Following Court Ruling was originally published on CleanTechnica. To read…
By Joshua S Hill Wednesday saw the opening of the Burbo Bank Extension Offshore Wind Farm, a 258 megawatt offshore wind project which is the first project so far to make use of the world’s most powerful wind turbines, Vestas 8 MW turbines. World’s 1st Offshore Wind Project To Use 8 MW Turbines Opens In…