MyTown Microgrid: establishing a community model for sustainable energy

Sustainability Matters

February 25, 2021

The MyTown Microgrid will see the community, leading researchers and Australian businesses working together to find the best way for the town to access cleaner, more affordable and more reliable energy. Hundreds of households, and dozens of businesses and local schools, will contribute to the three-year study via energy audits, real-time monitoring and control, data sharing and analytics, public displays

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Monash researchers use microalgae to make clean hydrogen

Sustainability Matters

February 16, 2021

An international research team has used microalgae to produce hydrogen and methane with a significantly reduced carbon footprint. The researchers, from Monash University’s Department of Chemical Engineering, the IITB-Monash Research Academy Mumbai and The Indian Institute of Technology’s Department of Chemical Engineering, used reactive flash volatilisation (RFV) gasification

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Oil companies don’t want to be known for oil anymore

Grist News

February 12, 2021

Big Oil is over. Meet Big Energy.

The might of metals in the clean energy transition

GreenBiz Group

February 10, 2021

Metals. It isn’t often that we — most of us, anyway — think about them. They are like water or packaged foods, things that appear out of a faucet or on a grocery store shelf as if by some magic inception. But there is a scientific beginning to metals. And it’s something we ought to be thinking about, increasingly so. Here’s why: Minerals are critical to the transition to clean, green

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Networks gear up for electric vehicle grid demands

Sustainability Matters

February 9, 2021

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced $1.6 million in funding to Jemena to undertake a residential electric vehicle (EV) charging trial with four other electricity networks in the ACT, Victoria and Tasmania. Jemena will work with Distribution Network Service Providers (DNSP) AusNet, Evoenergy, TasNetworks and United Energy on a 176 EV residential trial to demonstrate the use of

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Can Reddit do for clean energy what it did for GameStop?

Grist News

February 4, 2021

Buckle up, baby! We're talking stocks, shorts, and nihilism.

Waste to biofuel industry on cards for Collie

Sustainability Matters

February 3, 2021

Renergi Pty Ltd will progress to the next development stage of its waste-to-energy technology in Collie, Western Australia, with the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) announcing $3.9 million in funding on behalf of the Australian Government. In partnership with the Shire of Collie and with $2 million from the WA Government’s Collie Futures Industry Development Fund, Renergi will design,

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The case for conservation leasing

Grist News

February 2, 2021

Federal rules make it illegal for environmentalists to lease oil- and gas-rich lands in order to protect them. It’s time for that to change.

How To Buy The Best Solar Battery For Your Home

Intengine's Writer Community

January 28, 2021

This guide helps homeowners understand what steps they need to focus on before buying a solar battery. In turn, you can learn about the main factors to consider when buying a solar battery and why they are important to you. 

We need to build a lot of wind turbines. Will Americans agree to live near them?

Grist News

January 22, 2021

On a clear day, you may see wind turbines forever.