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| Energy Tech - Future Energy |
| Thursday, 04 September 2008 14:44 |
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Age Tuesday 19/8/2008 Page: 2  A BIG move to modernise the national electricity grid will be unveiled today as debate continues over what contribution renewable energy should make to Australia"s needs. The CSIRO will team with five Australian universities in a multimillion-dollar effort to make the grid more capable of using renewable energy sources, including wind and solar.The CSIRO"s John Wright said the highly computerised network would be capable of accommodating thousands of tiny, decentralised generators, and use weather forecasting to moderate power flows. "The whole network will predict some hours ahead what supply can be expected and U what demand can be expected," Dr Wright said. "There will be huge information flows." Large, centralised coal-fired power stations now generate about 80% of electricity. Meanwhile, the Clean Energy Council has criticised a move to wind back the Government"s renewable energy target. The council said the Government"s target of sourcing 20% of electricity from renewable sources by 2020 had already caused a flood of investment. Business organisations have criticised the target. The Australian Industry Group described it as "ill-advised and risky". The Productivity Commission has said the target would become counter-productive once emissions trading was introduced. But Greens senator Christine Milne said the target was the Federal Government"s only remaining scrap of credibility on climate change after it had compromised on the design of an emissions trading system. The debate has emerged as rival renewable technologies jockey for investment dollars. A week after engineering company WorleyParsons said it planned to build a 250-megawatt solar thermal plant, geothermal energy company Petratherm said hot dry rock technology could compete with market-leading wind technology on price, as well as being more reliable. The company plans to generate its first commercial electricity in 2010 from a site in South Australia"s northern Flinders Ranges. |
Transforming a dumb network into a smart grid Tyler Hamilton has a post at the Energy Collective on prospects for smart grids in 2009 - Smart grid destined for role as enabler of renewables, efficiency, and distributed generation.I’m encouraged by many of the end-of-year stories coming out of... Read more Future Energy | | TUSEDAY, 6 January 2009 |
New Washing Machine Only Uses One Cup of Water An environmentally friendly washing machine has been developed by the University of Leeds, Britain. The technology has been developed by Professor Stephen Burkinshaw of the University of Leeds. He has been working on this project for the past thirty... Read more Future Energy | | Friday, 26 June 2009 |
Hybrid UPS Based on Supercapacitor Energy Storage and Adjustable Speed GeneratorZdzislaw Chlodnicki, Wlodzimierz Koczara, and Nazar Al-Khayat This paper [see blog] presents a hybrid on-line UPS system (H-UPS). The system is based on an on-line (double conversion) UPS, consisting of two controlled energy storage systems. The first one is... Read more Future Energy | | Thursday, 4 September 2008 |
Smart metering is essential to hit cardon emission targets Smart Meters are hitting the news with ever increasing frequency (which means I really should pull my finger out and finish off a detailed post on them one day) - The (UK) Telegraph reports that "Smart metering alone will not... Read more Future Energy | | Decemberonday, 1 December 2008 |
More Compressed Air Energy Storage Projects Underway TreeHugger has a post on a New Jersey initiative to used compressed air energy storage (CAES) for wind power - New Jersey Utility Invests $20 Million Into Compressed Air Energy Storage. CNet"s GreenTech blog has some more energy storage examples... Read more Future Energy | | Wednesday, 3 September 2008 |
Grid idea powers renewables push AgeTuesday 19/8/2008 Page: 2A BIG move to modernise the national electricity grid will be unveiled today as debate continues over what contribution renewable energy should make to Australia"s needs. The CSIRO will team with five Australian universities in a multimillion-dollar... Read more Future Energy | | Thursday, 4 September 2008 |
Toilet Seat Saves World: Makes Poo Smell Good Did I really just get an email about an green-tech toilet seat? Hmmm... I think I either need to quit this job or make fun of this thing really quickly. Oh...which shall I choose. I bet you didn"t know that... Read more Future Energy | | TUSEDAY, 2 September 2008 |
Tiny Bamboo Notebook is More than Just Pretty Ah! A beautiful bamboo notebook that isn’t calling itself green just because it is made of some sustainable wood product. Asus has finally launched their Bamboo Series notebooks, featuring 12.1” and 11.1” models. The company has taken eco-friendliness to heart,... Read more Future Energy | | TUSEDAY, 2 September 2008 |
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