Daily update: Solar shocker – the network defence against solar PV
Renew Economy editor@reneweconomy.com.au via mail4.atl111.rsgsv.net
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The network defence against solar PV; Tesla ramps up for Aussie launch of Model S; Aus cleantech market value back to pre-cash peaks; Climate deniers troll Maurice Newman; The coal industry and energy poverty; Australia can’t afford ideology as industry policy; Energy storage will replace many speaker spinning reserve plants; A small town in Germany becomes testing ground for smart grid; and What slow food can teach clean energy.
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A church in Queensland recently installed a 22kW solar system and was shocked to find its next electricity bill was 15% higher, even though its consumption had fallen by one third. Welcome to the murky world of network tariff regimes, and why battery storage will take off.
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Taking key infrastructure off-grid and powering them with solar and storage expected to boom because it is cheaper, cleaner, and more reliable.
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China might be Tesla’s biggest market, but there’s big potential to swoop into Australia just as the conventional auto industry packs up and leaves.
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The value of cleantech stocks on ASX has finally regained levels reached at its previous peak before the crash of 2007. Thanks to New Zealand.
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Maurice Newman justified his anti-climate stance by citing an ABC poll that was trolled by Australia’s climate denial community. It’s quite comical.
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2.6 billion people cook by burning coal, wood and other solid fuels. This has major impacts on people’s health, safety and quality of life.
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The Industry Innovation and Competitiveness Agenda looks to be based on a hotchpotch of political ideology and helping the Government’s mates.
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The move to battery storage is inevitable, and enables the incorporation of much larger amounts of intermittent energy such as wind and solar.
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A small German town in southern Bavaria is participating in an interesting experiment proving that a high-renewables future is viable.
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In the food and energy sectors, there is a movement underway taking a holistic value chain approach to create a more secure, sustainable, affordable system.
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