Mozambique has large gas reserves and a big hydropower generating dam. It exports 90% of this electricity, leaving small businesses facing frequent power cuts and disrupting their work.
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Transmission towers bent like soft plastic when extreme winds whipped through Victoria last week. Fixing it means asking hard questions.
We’re all familiar with fire. But do you really know what it is and how it starts? Here’s the chemistry of fire – and why Australia is so prone to going up in flames.
The key to a successful energy transition away from coal is good institutional quality supported by anti-corruption procedures and clear rules.
We’re going to build a lot more solar as we race to clean up the grid. But as the world heats up, solar will degrade faster in hot, humid areas. We need to plan ahead.
New infrared fabric technology is easy to install, cheap to run and affordable so it has huge potential as a future alternative to heat pumps, especially for retrofit projects.
There’s grumbling in the bush about hosting big new renewable projects to power cities. We can do this smarter.
Cyclones and hurricanes are getting more intense. But introducing new categories of storm may not be the answer.
A growing number of people are opting to generate their own renewable energy and escape load shedding.
Alberta’s experiment with voluntary ‘switching off’ was a success both in terms of saving electricity and in showcasing the power of proactive informed action to address the climate crisis.
We’re getting faster at building renewables – but we’ll have to speed up even more to reach our 2030 target of 82% clean energy
If a colony of flying foxes sets up in your backyard, you might be annoyed – or concerned. But these gentle bats are vital to our forests.
Ghana’s power generation mix is still not meeting national needs.
The South African government says a renewable energy future is more expensive than other options. But one expert says the costing is wrong.
It’s often challenging to live up to your new year’s resolutions – but becoming greener is surprisingly easy.
Hydrogen will not be used to heat UK homes in the future in any meaningful way.
Did the enormous West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse the last time global temperatures were 1.5°C above preindustrial levels? The answer lay in the DNA of an octopus.
With a record hot summer expected, will rooftop solar cover our need to be cool?
Grassfires are normal in central and northern Australia. But fast-growing invasive grasses are supercharging grassfires – and this summer looks like it will be big.
Australia’s federal government has been hollowed out in recent decades. But states can – and still do – deliver. That’s why they are the main drivers of climate action.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University
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Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute
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Senior Industry Fellow, RMIT University
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Senior Research Associate, Renewable Energy & Energy Systems Analyst, UNSW Sydney
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Engineering, Australian National University
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Professor of Global Energy, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
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Lecturer, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
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Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Professor of Physics, University of Johannesburg
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Energy Fellow, Grattan Institute
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy and Head of Energy, Institute for Climate Energy and Disaster Solutions, Australian National University
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Chief economist, CSIRO energy, CSIRO
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Professor of Public Policy and Director, Payne Institute, Colorado School of Mines
