A stronger electricity grid is crucial to cutting carbon. Does that make it green?
July 24, 2021
A proposal to lay cables beneath the Columbia River is met with skepticism from an Indigenous activist and the river’s advocates.
July 24, 2021
A proposal to lay cables beneath the Columbia River is met with skepticism from an Indigenous activist and the river’s advocates.
July 24, 2021
A proposal to lay cables beneath the Columbia River is met with skepticism from an Indigenous activist and the river’s advocates.
July 22, 2021
Peel Business Park is a 1000-hectare industrial estate being developed in Nambeelup, WA. Due to the remoteness of the area, an existing power connection to the traditional grid did not exist — an onsite, behind-the-meter solar and battery solution was highlighted as the most cost-effective, reliable and green alternative. The renewable energy solution includes a 1.2 MW solar farm, incorporating
...July 21, 2021
Conducted through June and supported by the Smart Energy Council in collaboration with the solar industry, Beyond the Burn tells the story of solar’s triumph by capturing the solar farms powering Australia’s clean energy future, and the people behind them. Led by acclaimed Australian Geographic photographer Ralph Alphonso, the expedition journeys through rural New South Wales, Queensland
...July 14, 2021
Machine-learning technology is being used to accurately predict energy generation from wind and solar for integration with the national grid, as part of a collaboration between Monash University’s Grid Innovation Hub, Worley and Palisade Energy. The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)-funded project aims to provide wind and solar power generators with more accurate and reliable
...July 7, 2021
The Sustainable Energy Association of New Zealand (SEANZ) has announced the winners of this year’s SEANZ Fronius New Zealand Sustainable Energy Industry Awards, revealed at the organisation’s Tomorrow's Energy Today conference on 2 July. The awards recognise and celebrate the businesses pushing the boundaries within the solar industry to provide cutting-edge technologies, deliver
...July 7, 2021
The Sustainable Energy Association of New Zealand (SEANZ) has announced the winners of this year’s SEANZ Fronius New Zealand Sustainable Energy Industry Awards, revealed at the organisation’s Tomorrow's Energy Today conference on 2 July. The awards recognise and celebrate the businesses pushing the boundaries within the solar industry to provide cutting-edge technologies, deliver
...July 2, 2021
The pipeline will have to prepare an environmental impact statement for the first time ever.
June 24, 2021
Dear Umbra, Why isn’t rooftop solar more highly touted as a climate change solution? I know it’s small scale, but it’s something that an individual person can actually DO. I love my solar panels, and I would like to see them on every flat surface that gets sunlight — schools, stores, churches, storage units, etc. Is it politics, economics, supply issues? It just seems so
...June 21, 2021
And that could make the electrical grid work better for everyone.