Tag Archives: batteries

How industry is getting on with deploying renewables

Posted on 13 December 2016 by Peter Boyer

Industry makes the running while the politics of climate and energy remain in a rut Politicians and others holding out for a fossil-fuelled future had a big win last week. On top of the Turnbull government’s relentless denigration of wind and … Continue reading →

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A battery power revolution in the making

Posted on 16 August 2016 by Peter Boyer

Analysts predict a huge future for batteries in global energy storage. On Tasmania’s Bruny Island we have a chance to see what this might look like. A revolution is brewing in meeting rooms and computer laboratories around Australia, and right now … Continue reading →

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Climate inaction reveals governments out of their depth

Posted on 7 June 2016 by Peter Boyer

A wealth of ideas is waiting out there to help fill the climate policy vacuum, but who’s listening?     There’s the odd spark of light in the perpetual twilight of government climate action around Australia, signs that some in the … Continue reading →

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