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The Data Clearing House will connect behind-the-meter devices in 200 commercial buildings to a single platform.

The post CSIRO pilot to turn hundreds of buildings into smart, battery-like grid partners appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australian Energy Regulator says it needs more time to decide on a dispute to the proposed design of the huge grid upgrade from the organisers behind a tractor protest.

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Indonesia Investment Authority (INA) has partnered with a global climate change advisory and investment firm to explore nature-based solutions investment and strategic opportunities in the Southeast Asian country, they announced Wednesday.

Energy commentator David Roberts on Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, partisan politics and some exciting new technologies. Plus: This week’s major news.

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In recent years, the Barrier Reef has had a reprieve – and coral has regrown strongly. But now the reprieve looks to be over and the heat is back on Mike Emslie, Senior Research Scientist, Australian Institute of Marine Science Daniela Ceccarelli, Research fellow, Australian Institute of Marine Science David Wachenfeld, Research Program Director- Reef Ecology and Monitoring, Australian Institute of Marine Science Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Battery industry warns that new attempts to impose operating restrictions on big batteries will increase costs and delay investment.

The post “Bad policy:” Battery industry warns reheated rules will delay investment appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia's second declared offshore wind development zone has opened to expressions of interest from proposed projects.

The post Hunter offshore wind zone opens to bids as Bowen urges media to focus on “the facts” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A summit in Brazil sees the countries that share the Amazon basin agree only to a new alliance on the issue.

Rip currents are one of the great dangers of Australian beaches. We can learn a lot about avoiding and escaping this natural hazard by asking survivors what being caught in a rip is really like. Samuel Cornell, PhD Candidate, UNSW Beach Safety Research Group, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney Amy Peden, NHMRC Research Fellow, School of Population Health & co-founder UNSW Beach Safety Research Group, UNSW Sydney Rob Brander, Professor, UNSW Beach Safety Research Group, School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, UNSW Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Charging beats pumping as the energisation of two new battery projects takes charging capacity of battery storage above that of pumped hydro.

The post Battery storage capacity overtakes pumped hydro on Australia’s main grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A passing hawk drops a serpent on Peggy Jones as she mows grass, leading to a three-way struggle.

Middle Arm is part of an imagined scenario where carbon released from one source is used or stored by others. In reality, these projects are grand experiments with our climate.

The post Darwin’s “sustainable” Middle Arm project reveals massive climate policy gamble appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New funds will be used for the next phase of the company’s growth, including commissioning an on-site production line.

The post Australian thermal storage start-up secures $8.25m towards “1,000 blocks a day” goal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Big batteries across Australia could one day be powered by a little-known element called vanadium and manufactured onshore, an industry leader says.

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Research suggests behaviour may reflect evolutionary response to previous outbreaks of disease

Aerial surveys of the North Sea have revealed that seals practise social distancing – and the discovery may have profound implications for the spread of disease among the marine mammals.

In a paper published today by the Royal Society, researchers conducting censuses of grey and harbour seals detail new evidence that the two species not only maintain distances between their own kind (unlike walruses, for instance, who cluster close together) but also that this behaviour may “reflect an evolutionary response to viral susceptibility”.

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