It pays to know a little about standard test condition power measurements – the "other" STCs – to understand the quality of the panels you purchase, writes Michelle McCann.
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Cling to power … Melbourne networks opt for ‘least-cost’ community batteries option to free up solar
The United Energy and Powercor networks are adding storage based on success of a trial of two pole-mounted batteries.
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In the here and now: campaigning for clean energy change
The Clean Energy Council’s new national campaign is looking to tip the balance once and for all in favour of renewable energy, writes Clean Energy Council chief executive Kane Thornton.
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The end of the beginning … the Energy Security Board’s Physical Retailer Reliability Obligation and the long road to tomorrow’s grid
The Energy Security Board’s Physical Retailer Reliability Obligation and the long road to tomorrow’s grid.
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Get it right this time … testing and rigour will help us build the renewable energy grid we need
The complex make-up of our energy grid is holding back its full potential, writes Mark Andrews. Only an earnest approach to risk mitigation and testing will ensure success of a new, clean NEM.
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How shifting energy consumption behaviour could save the planet
Consumers can score an easy goal against polluting generation by aligning demand for energy with supply from variable renewable sources, writes Steve Hoy.
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Inside a battery’s brain … writing the software that is doctor and cop to large storage assets
Batteries that are 100% risk-free have yet to be designed, but the CSIRO is working on it.
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The sunlight that powers solar panels also damages them … but ‘gallium doping’ is providing a solution
The process of manufacturing gallium-doped solar panels was under a patent until last year. It’s only now that this method has started to pick up steam.
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Things will get worse before they get better … how curtailment and restrictive MLFs will precede the dawn of renewable energy zones
Grid constraints are symptoms of an energy system in transition, say analysts. A balancing act of new supply and transmission will see bumps along the way.
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AEMC opens the door to welcome battery-owners as grid participants
The AEMC has proposed a rule change that could ease the way for owners of battery storage to participate in the energy market.
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