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Say goodbye to radiators: paper-thin film turns any wall or furniture into a heater

By 2050, two out of every three people will likely live in cities. This urbanization will introduce a number of environmental challenges, especially in the heating sector, which accounts for half of the world’s energy consumption.

This is where a company from Finland might come in. Engineers at The Warming Surfaces Company have created a novel concept for a paper-thin warming film that can turn any wall or even furniture into a radiator.

Read the full article at zmescience.com

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ByMelbourne Hydronic Heating

The east coast faces a potential gas shortfall in 2023 amounting to 10% of demand and there are calls for exporters to fill the gap…

Some time in the next couple of weeks, a well-known ASX-listed company could go to the wall if it can’t secure a new contract for gas.

That firm, for now at least, can’t go public without its share price cratering and its employees and suppliers being sent into a panic.

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See how Australia is performing in the race to become a renewable energy superpower.

ByMelbourne Hydronic Heating

Australia has long been a global resource powerhouse. Now we have the potential to become a renewable energy-powered export superpower. WWF-Australia is calling on our leaders to make Australia the world’s leading exporter of renewable energy by 2030 and to put us on the pathway to 700% renewables by 2050.

Read the full article at: www.wwf.org.a

Heat energy

ByMelbourne Hydronic Heating

Most of us use the word ‘heat’ to mean something that feels warm, but science defines heat as the flow of energy from a warm object to a cooler object.

Heat energy is the result of the movement of tiny particles called atoms, molecules or ions in solids, liquids and gases. Heat energy can be transferred from one object to another. The transfer or flow due to the difference in temperature between the two objects is called heat.

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Solar is now ‘cheapest electricity in history’, confirms IEA

ByMelbourne Hydronic Heating

The world’s best solar power schemes now offer the “cheapest…electricity in history” with the technology cheaper than coal and gas in most major countries.

That is according to the International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook 2020. The 464-page outlook, published today by the IEA, also outlines the “extraordinarily turbulent” impact of coronavirus and the “highly uncertain” future of global energy use over the next two decades.

Read the full article at: www.carbonbrief.org