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Using Commercial Freezers to Balance the Grid in Australia

January 21, 2025 admin 0 Comments arena, Australia, australian renewable energy agency (arena), Energy Storage, thermal energy storage, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2025 04:32:58 +0000

In the ongoing quest to move to a more stable grid, one underpinned by renewable energy, all options are being considered, whether it is the humble home hot water system or even commercial freezers. As one of our readers commented, “Brilliant, low hanging fruit. Bring it on.” In many ways … [continued]

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ARENA Funds Electric Truck Take-Up in Australia

January 19, 2025 admin 0 Comments arena, Australia, australian renewable energy agency (arena), clean transport, Coca-Cola, electric heavy-duty trucks, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, origin energy, Shipping, volvo

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025 01:11:11 +0000

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is actively supporting the transition of heavy-duty trucks from diesel to electric in Australia. Great news — after all, diesel starts with DIE. One hundred million Aussie dollars is on the table. That’s 62 million USD at today’s exchange rate. I reached out to … [continued]

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More Electric Buses for Australia

January 18, 2025 admin 0 Comments Australia, byd, clean transport, electric buses, Electric vehicles, mass transit / public transit

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 01:50:26 +0000

Despite stagnant electric car sales, the influx of electric buses remains unabated in Australia. Let’s start with EV market leader BYD. In Australia and around the world, BYD is on a roll. The company has delivered 74,000 electric buses around the globe. Rapid technology advancements, which lead to greater driver … [continued]

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2024 in the Rearview Camera — Down Under Edition

January 17, 2025 admin 0 Comments Australia, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 14:59:48 +0000

Even though global electric vehicle sales increased by about 25–30% over 2024, Australia seemed to mark time. We started the year at about 8–10% penetration and ended the year in the same place, despite a plethora of new electric models being launched. In fact, it is becoming more and more … [continued]

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Community Batteries — Will They Make A Difference?

January 15, 2025 admin 0 Comments Australia, batteries, Energy Storage, lithium-ion batteries, Queensland

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 03:55:56 +0000

In Queensland, Australia, Energex has partnered with Origin to trial community batteries in Ipswich, near where my daughter lives. We took a drive to find them. On the first try, we were able to locate and photograph one of the pole mounted community batteries. “Energex is connecting up to 30 … [continued]

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Critical Minerals Are A Gold Rush The West Lost Sight Of

January 10, 2025 admin 0 Comments Australia, battery minerals, Canada, carbon emissions, China, clean power, clean transport, climate change, conflict minerals, Europe, green economy, green jobs, investment, Manufacturing, mineral resources, policy & politics, rare earth minerals, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 02:35:02 +0000

Recently I had the opportunity to sit down with Gavin Mudd, director of the centre for critical minerals intelligence with the British Geological Survey. He’s been doing leading research with global collaborators on how much of what resources we can actually get at. Below is the first half of our … [continued]

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Rooftop Solar Kill Switch, or Sometimes the Sun Shines Too Much

December 24, 2024 admin Australia, australia solar, australia solar energy, clean power, grid, Solar energy

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2024 00:08:20 +0000

As Australia adds massive amounts of rooftop solar power per year, the discourse is turning from: “we need coal/nuclear because there isn’t enough solar to feed into the grid” to “we need to switch off solar to preserve grid stability.” The point is, though, that we do, but only as … [continued]

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Canadians Can Cripple Hydrogen Greenwashing, But What About EU, USA, & Oz?

December 23, 2024 admin Australia, blue hydrogen, Canada, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Energy, Europe, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green hydrogen, greenwashing, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, policy & politics, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 01:04:47 +0000

Recently I took a stroll through the implications of Canada’s anti-greenwashing improvements delivered through the truth in advertising provisions of Bill C-59. Originally, it merely caused all oil and gas firms and their lobbying and propaganda groups to magically disappear their entire social media presence and large parts of their … [continued]

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XPENG Center in Australia Launches in Sydney

December 23, 2024 admin Australia, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Sydney, xpeng

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 23:52:04 +0000

The EV story of the year is the expansion of Chinese electric vehicle companies across the world. The latest chapter in that story is XPENG setting up a big new headquarters in Australia. It’s the first XPENG center in the Southern Hemisphere. XPENG launched the G6 in Australia a few … [continued]

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Using Hot Water to Balance the Grid

December 17, 2024 admin agl, arena, Australia, australian renewable energy agency (arena), demand response, energy efficiency, grid, heat pump water heaters, heat pumps, Smart Grid, smart meters, south australia

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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