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On Wednesday last week Australia’s Chief Scientist, Alan Finkel, gave a talk on Australia’s energy future at the National Press Club. While there’s no doubt Australia’s Chief Scientist is a smart cookie, I think a couple of predictions he made are fairly obviously wrong. They are: The future of natural gas consumption. The future of […]
Zombie image – dustinthewind Just when you think it’s finally dead and buried, the myth of solar power system energy payback arises like a zombie from a B-grade horror movie. The myth goes something like this: “The energy that goes into making a solar panel is more than that panel will produce over its lifetime.” […]
Victoria’s Goulburn Valley Water’s PV project is well under way, with thousands of solar panels already installed and more than a thousand modules yet to be. Goulburn Valley Water (GVW) provides water and wastewater services to a population of around 125,000 in 54 towns from the outskirts of Melbourne in the south to the Murray […]
February 16th, 2020 by Michael Barnard Ground freight choices will shift with the Tesla Semi, and rail will be one of the losers Later this year, the first Tesla Semis will be rolling out of a gigafactory. As with many of Musk’s plans, schedule is the least firm thing about them, as the trucks were […]
Cars Published on February 16th, 2020 | by Maarten Vinkhuyzen February 16th, 2020 by Maarten Vinkhuyzen Hyundai is a case of a company listening well to its customers, and not understanding what it is hearing. When Hyundai developed the Ioniq multi-drivetrain model, the planned drivetrains were hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle. […]
Cars Published on February 16th, 2020 | by Steve Hanley February 16th, 2020 by Steve Hanley Hyundai has teased a photo of an upcoming electric car it calls Prophecy. If you look at the photo and think “Porsche 911,” you will be excused as there is a strong resemblance between the concept and that car. […]
Most homeowners have limited space on their roof or in their yard to set up a photovoltaic (PV) solar system. In a word, they’re looking for efficiency: How can they get the most kilowatt hours out of the fewest panels? In a word, SunPower. SunPower’s solar panels are widely acknowledged to be the industry’s most […]
Switch2 Energy has welcomed the government’s multi-million funding commitment to UK heat networks, along with its proposals to increase customer protection and accelerate decarbonisation across the sector. The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy has announced a £40 million funding package for 7 district heating schemes – part of the government’s £320m Heat Networks […]
Lately, we have seen large scale and rapid adoption of solar powered water pumps in the agriculture sector in India. Solar powered water pumps,as the name suggests, use solar energy to run. These solar powered water pumps are extremely cost-effective, durable, easy to install and require minimum maintenance when compared to the normal water pumps. […]
This is an excerpt from “Grilled: Turning Adversaries into Allies to Change the Chicken Industry” by Leah Garcés. Copyright Leah Garcés, 2019. It is published here with permission from BLOOMSBURY SIGMA, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. At the other end of the investment spectrum from Liz [Dee] and Nick [Garin] is Coller Capital, founded in 1990 by […]
