It’s about the batteries, stupid! Hardly a week goes by without a story about new battery developments, new battery chemistries, and the building of new battery factories (or gigafactories). Meanwhile, in the Land Down Under, our stories are about size. Big, bigger, and biggerest. South Australia is home to the … [continued]
Melbourne Airport is nearing completion of a 12.4 MW facility that will be the largest behind-the-meter solar installation in Australia when it comes online in January.
Australia’s largest cities could begin experiencing extreme heatwaves with +50° Celsius temperatures within the relatively near term (within the next ~20 years), even if international climate change and greenhouse gas emissions reductions goals are met, according to a recent study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.
Once EV batteries reach the end of their life, and struggle to provide the driving range and acceleration required of motor transport, there is still 80 per cent of their storage capability. Australian company Relectrify aims to make use of these batteries for homes.
Another of Australia’s major housing developers, the Melbourne-Based group Metricon, will offer rooftop solar and storage as an optional extra in a range of its new-build homes in Queensland, via a new partnership with local installer and Tesla battery reseller CSR Bradford.
Victoria has announced a tender for 75 megawatts of large scale solar to be constructed in the northwest of the state, with 35 megawatts (MW) of these arrays will “linked to” Melbourne’s tram network.
Last week, Tesla Motors revealed it would begin charging new Tesla EV drivers a “small fee” to use its network of Superchargers, a change it said would be used to fund an expansion of that network.
Originally published on RenewEconomy Victoria network operator Ausnet Services is to take part of a Melbourne suburb completely off grid, powered only with rooftop solar and battery storage, in a first-of-its kind trial in Australia that points to the speed of the household energy revolution. There is growing interest in … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy by Sophie Vorrath Melbourne-based solar technology start-up RayGen Resources has strengthened its strategic foothold in the booming Chinese market, after sealing a new deal with state-owned renewables giant China Three Gorges allowing for a minimum of 500 MW of capacity to be built using its Australian-made … [continued]
Thanks to a University of Freiburg (Germany) student, energetic maps of cities’ interdependent public transit movements, reflecting thousands of daily journeys, help us to better understand transit in these locations. The day-to-day involvement of urban trams, trains, buses, and trolleys are intricately displayed for each network. Manhattan, New York Dr. Hannah Bast from the University … [continued]
