Tag: Clean energy
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Climate of the Nation 2017 Australian attitudes on climate change
Climate Change: The majority of Australians agree that climate change is occurring (71 %) and accept the scientific consensus that human activity is the main cause (57 %). Action: The majority of Australians want Australia to address climate change because they see strong economic, environmental and social benefits and opportunities in the shift…
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Battery Storage Possibilities
Many households and businesses already attach battery storage to their clean energy systems. Now is the time to grow the industry, encourage the take-up of storage and help make Australia a renewable energy leader. With public interest high, now is the time for a targeted, five-year support package to drive down costs and put…
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Comparing battery technologies
Until recently lead acid batteries have been the major player in the energy storage industry, particularly for off grid installations but they have serious limitations in terms of requiring customer maintenance and of course they are made from toxic materials. Recently, Tesla’s lithium ion batteries have received a lot of attention due to their advertised…
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How much battery capacity do you need?
When people start looking at energy battery storage one thing they often ask is I have “x” kW solar on my roof at the moment, how much battery storage do I need? This isn’t an easy question to answer and there definitely isn’t a one size fits all answer. If someone tries to sell…
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Cheaper battery prices can have unforseen consequences
There are many things to take into account when looking at an energy storage battery for your home or business. These include safety, performance, operating temperature as well as recyclability and environmental impact. Unfortunately many people only look at the initial purchase cost of batteries and this is what they use to compare different…
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What is your Energy Storage Battery Size?
Energy storage batteries come in a variety of different sizes and weights and each have different characteristics. Here is a comparison of some of the most common batteries currently available in Australia with comparisons of size for a similar sized 20kWh system. You can see from this image that size is not necessarily a…
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Battery Drawdown power
Energy storage batteries come in a variety of different sizes and weights and each have different characteristics. Here is a comparison of the 2 safe, recyclable batteries currently available in Australia, FIAMM sodium nickel chloride (SoNick) or molten salt battery and Aquion salt water battery, with comparisons of size for a similar sized system…
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Battery weights
Different battery technologies are different weights as well as different sizes. This may be relevant depending on where you want to store your energy storage batteries. Energy storage batteries come in a variety of different sizes and weights and each have different characteristics. In the above graphic several batteries are a similar weight, however you…
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The Story of Electronics – now energy storage batteries
Excellent video about the life-cycle of E-Waste. The same principle applies to many of the energy storage batteries currently on the market. We need companies to be accountable for all areas of their products from health effects of people in third world countries producing products, to toxic products in their use, and recyclability of products…
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GridEdge and Earthworker meet with Peter Khalil
Recently John and Linda, along with several Earthworker members visited ALP member for Wills, Peter Khalil to discuss how he could offer support to Earthworker Co-operative in setting up their worker owned factory in Morwell. Peter was excited about supporting a factory space in Wills/Moreland for Warehousing initially, then Recycling down the track.