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SMART ENERGY: The Renewable Energy Hoax
Renewable energy is one of those terms we hear a lot these days, with the green revolution peering out from behind peak oil, unstoppable climate change and a global economic May Day. This is a...
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INSIDE MY HOME: In hot water - turn it down and save energy
So how much power does my electric hot water system actually use? You may not realise it, but your hot water is a significant component of your homes total energy usage. I didn't know just...
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FACTS: Feed-in or fed-up - a flawed solar incentive
Here in Victoria, Australia, homes with solar systems on their roofs are about to get access to a feed-in tariff scheme that Peter Bachelor, the Minister for Energy and resources, claims is "a pillar of...
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SMART ENERGY: The EV fleet: our future energy storage network
To make renewables work well our smart energy future is going to require lots and lots of battery storage, because if the wind's not blowing and the sun's not shining, where else will all the...
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SMART ENERGY: A wind up battery blows physicists away
Physicists toiling away at the University of Miami have some across a way to store energy that's just amazing - a spin battery, "charged" by applying a large magnetic field to nano-magnets in a device...
