Tag: climate change
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How freezing temperatures affect batteries
Recent sub zero temperatures in Victoria have caused problems with liquid in solar panels and batteries freezing. Plumbers and solar installers say they have struggled to keep up with unprecedented demand for help as temperatures plummet. Cold weather can cause water in solar panels to freeze and expand, resulting in snapped and split panels…
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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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Voters say yes to renewables
A recent poll found that almost two out of three people agree that more renewable energy is the solution to future energy needs, and a similar amount approve of Labor’s 50 per cent renewable energy target. In other significant findings 71 per cent think the Federal Government is not doing enough to ensure affordable, reliable…
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100 Ideas for a Sustainable Lifestyle
There are lots of pieces in the puzzle of combating climate change and every little bit helps and most of the actions taken are by people taking a stand and taking action. It goes beyond building environmentally friendly buildings with renewable energy, including storage to all aspects of your life including your diet. There are…
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You think global warming is a sham because ‘climate has changed before?’
A timeline of Earth’s average Temperature since the last Ice Age glaciation. Randall Munroe posted an XKCD comic that so perfectly sums up the illogical nature of the most pervasive argument against the existence of man-made global warming: “The climate has changed before.” Let me complete that fallacy with its obvious conclusion: The climate has changed before, therefore man…
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We are on the crest of an unstoppable wave that will link renewable energy, batteries and smart energy systems.
It’s not technology or science that is going to save us on this planet. What will save us is the ethical transformation of our societies. This is so true and why we see so much interest in community power and so much other grassroots action. This is why, in Australia, domestic solar and energy…
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Majority of Victorians support urgent shift to renewable energy, poll finds
A ReachTEL poll commissioned by Friends of the Earth shows 68% of the state, including a majority of Liberal voters, want to see an end to reliance on coal. The vast majority of people in Victoria – and even a majority of Liberal voters – support the state moving towards 100% renewable energy “as a…
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2015 was the hottest year on record
On 21st January 2016 the US based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) confirmed that 2015 was the hottest year on record with the average global temperature climbing to 0.9oC above the 20th century average of 13.9oC. This follows the previous record in 2014 of a 0.74oC increase. 2015 was the 39th consecutive year of…
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Interview with John Ballis GridEdge CEO
Below is a short extract from an interview by Tracy Cromwell with John Ballis, the CEO of Grid Edge Pty Ltd: Tracy : Why did you choose the FIAMM SoNick battery as your preferred storage medium? John B: The FIAMM SoNick battery was chosen because it addressed all of our concerns and was the only battery that ticked all the boxes…