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SwitchedOn podcast: Will your MP help unlock Australia’s renewable potential?
Anne Delaney29 Apr 20250 comments

ANU Senior researcher Dr Cheng Cheng reveals the electorates that could benefit most from renewables, and the MPs that can help or stand in their way.

Other Renewables, Solar
Bunnings hits 100 pct renewables – including rooftop solar at 163 sites, and counting
Joshua S Hill27 Mar 20250 comments

Australian hardware and garden store giant says it has reached 100 per cent renewables, with a mix of on and off-site solar, wind and generation certificates.

Other Renewables
Utility unveils plan to build the electric power grid of the future − alongside the old one
Mike Shriberg11 Mar 20250 comments

A people powered experiment is underway in the US that could change how communities generate and distribute power in the future.

Other Renewables
Home grown geothermal heat pump technology gets state and federal backing
Joshua S Hill17 Feb 20250 comments

Two government grants awarded to local geothermal drilling start-up to support commercialisation of its innovative coiled tubing drilling rig.

Other Renewables
War Memorial digs deep to slash energy costs using geothermal heat exchange
Joshua S Hill9 Oct 20240 comments

Australia's largest geothermal heat exchange system switches on at a war memorial in the nation's capital in a move expected to save millions in energy costs.

Pacific Energy tropicana gold mine WA
Battery/Storage, Off-Grid, Other Renewables, Solar
Wind turbine parts arrive at “Australia’s largest” off-grid hybrid renewables power system
Sophie Vorrath14 Aug 20240 comments

First milestones marked in the delivery of a massive wind, solar and battery-based microgrid that will slash the fossil fuel use of a WA gold mine by up to 96%.

Other Renewables
Community renewables projects now powering thousands of homes, study reveals
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson6 Dec 20230 comments

Local energy projects are powering up in Australia, with a report showing they have generated enough electricity to power 2800 homes for a year.

Battery/Storage, Off-Grid, Other Renewables
Farmers are famously self-reliant. Why not use farm dams as mini-hydro plants?
Nicholas Gilmore, Martino Malerba & Thomas Britz7 Sep 20230 comments

For farmers seeking more independence from the grid, the water in their dams could offer yet another form of energy self-reliance.

myuna farm victoria small wind
Battery/Storage, Electric Vehicles, Electrification, Energy Efficiency, Other Renewables, Software/Gadgets, Solar
Community farm adds wind turbine, battery to slash energy costs by $20,000 a year
Sophie Vorrath & Joshua S. Hill8 Aug 20230 comments

A working community and children's farm will further slash emissions and energy costs with a 5kW wind turbine and battery energy storage system.

Battery/Storage, News, Off-Grid, Other Renewables
Antarctic base powers up with three new wind turbines and a battery
Joshua S Hill18 Apr 20230 comments

The three specialist turbines together with a battery storage system, will supply almost 100% of the electrical demand of the new Scott Base.

News, Other Renewables, Solar
NSW zoos make switch to 100 per cent renewable energy supply
Joshua S Hill4 Apr 20230 comments

Taronga Zoo and Taronga Western Plains Zoo have become the first zoos in New South Wales to be powered by 100% renewable electricity.

Other Renewables, Policy, Solar
“Energy transition first” as entire town goes gas-free, embraces electrification
Sophie Vorrath31 Mar 20230 comments

The gas supply to the WA coastal town of Esperance has officially been cut, after residents and businesses were transitioned to "alternatives," mostly electrification.

News, Other Renewables, Solar
Resort switches to 100 per cent renewables, powered by Queensland wind
Amalyah Hart9 Mar 20230 comments

The 10,000MWh deal includes the purchase of renewable energy from the Kaban Green Power Hub, a 157MW wind and battery project in the Atherton Tablelands.

Other Renewables, Policy, Solar
Small island nation goes big on renewables, with “ambitious stretching” goal
Joshua S Hill15 Feb 20230 comments

After recognising the need for more immediate action, this self-governing island nation has brought forward its renewable energy goal by nearly a decade.

Battery/Storage, Other Renewables, Solar
How microgrids can help keep the power on during extreme weather events
Soheil Mohseni & Alan Brent14 Feb 20230 comments

As Cyclone Gabrielle batters the NZ grid, new research explores how renewables-based microgrids can bolster energy independence and security.

Sustainable Marine commenced a demonstration project in Grand Passage
Off-Grid, Other Renewables
Can tidal energy help power coastal and island microgrids?
Lisa Cohn13 Dec 20220 comments

A microgrid project in Canada aims to get island and coastal communities off diesel using tidal energy.

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