Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 23:42:15 +0000
The humble electric hot water system, hidden usually in a corner of the garage, or even sometimes stuck outside the house in Australia, is being repurposed to balance the grid. For years, we have used tariff 33 to switch on our hot water systems at night for lower-cost electricity from … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 04:55:14 +0000
It’s been a miserable rainy week with loads of cloud cover here in Brisbane, Queensland. And you know what, the naysayers were right, sometimes the sun don’t shine. Or at least, doesn’t shine enough. This week, for the first time in months, I have had to use grid power to … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2024 23:28:06 +0000
The ‘Great Salt Lake is drying, Antarctica is overheating. What does it all mean? It means we humans need to pick up our game.
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Read moreCredit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2022 03:57:54 +0000
AGL, one of Australia’s largest coal-fired power station operators, is not having a good year. It has fought off a hostile takeover effort led by Mike Canon-Brookes, had to swallow the bitter pill of a failed demerger, and now is bowing to the inevitable and announcing the early closure of its fossil fueled fleet. Unbelievably, […]