Heat pump sales figures show second successive year of global growth
The adoption of heat pump incentives in a growing number of countries is attributed to increased demand for low carbon heating systems.
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The adoption of heat pump incentives in a growing number of countries is attributed to increased demand for low carbon heating systems.
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Home is where the heart is, but with climate change the way our homes are built and required to function is shifting. Overheating is just one example that is being discussed at length within the academic and commercial sectors. Projections for UK homes in 2050 and 2080 show significant issues around overheating and sustained overheating during longer periods than currently designed for. Here, Claire Brown argues that decarbonising the UK residential sector requires clear leadership, collaboration, and strong legislative support.
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Australia’s energy market operator has executed a bold move in order to stop a looming gas crisis in one state.
The national energy market operator has activated its gas supply guarantee for only the second time in a move to save Victoria from a looming gas crisis.
The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) announced on Tuesday night that it had ordered Queensland suppliers to send gas to NSW, preventing the Sunshine State from selling it overseas.
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Why Summer Is The Best Time To Discuss Heating Solutions For Your Home
Almost one in three Australian homes now have solar panels – but as even more solar systems are installed, we face a growing challenge of managing temporary solar shutdowns.
Almost a third of Australia’s estimated ten million households now have solar on the roof. But as the nation moving fastest to produce energy on our homes, we are also encountering teething problems, such as “curtailment” of output.
This issue will be one we have to overcome as ever more Australians install solar. Our grids were designed primarily for large fossil fuel power stations transmitting electricity in one direction, while solar households both consume and export power.
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Cost of living increases by 10.1% in year to September as BBC survey suggests concern is rising.
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Regional communities must be included in planning and conversations about renewable energy, a national summit has been told.
The transition to renewable energy is an “industrial revolution to a timetable” and regional Australia is on the front line of change, a national summit has been told.
Tony Wood, the Grattan Institute’s energy and climate change program director, said no section of the Australian economy would be untouched by the energy shift.
“We are going to turn our 100-year-old electricity system on its head in 30 years,” Mr Wood told the Regional Australia Institute event in Canberra.
“We’re going to take a 200-year-old gas system and basically get rid of it. We’re going to reinvent the way we make aluminium, steel, concrete, cement, explosives and fertilisers.
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