Of all the mundane yet astonishing marvels of human ingenuity, knowing what it takes to heat a room to a comfortable temperature is TED Fellow Kathy Hannun’s favorite. She takes us on a journey across the planet and under the sea to emphasize the dangers of modern heating, and offers a safer,…
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Australian power giants are calling for market reforms to focus on spurring new projects that can back up renewables.
Ahead of further negotiations between state and federal ministers on ways to avoid future energy shocks, a key proposal is for a “capacity mechanism” that would reward companies for guaranteeing power that can be called upon when the wind isn’t blowing and the sun isn’t shining, rather than only paying them for the power they produce.
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Australia’s energy ministers on Friday voted to make emissions reduction a key national energy goal, in a major step forward in the clean energy transition. Federal, state and territory energy ministers agreed to include emissions in what’s known as the “national energy objectives”. The objectives guide rule-making and other decisions concerning electricity, retail energy and gas. Announcing the deal on Friday, Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen said it was the first change to the objectives in 15 years. He added: This is important, it sends a very clear direction to our energy market operators, that they must include emissions reductions in the work that they do …
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A pioneering hydrogen project designed to help reach the 2050 net zero target has completed its first phase.
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