Efficiency in Action, Markets & Business, Uncategorized
Australia Wildfires Expose Severity of Climate Change Impacts
Written by Taylor Patterson, ERS Word of Australia’s catastrophic wildfires has spread across the globe. It is nearly impossible to quantify the damage done to the ecosystems burning in the deadly inferno, which has eliminated critical plants, wildlife, and energy sources across the continent. Many scientists and journalists agree that climate change is partly to […]
Australia, Climate Change, energy supply, natural resources, wildfires
Industrial Technology, Refrigeration
Australia Gets its Largest Low-Charge NH3 Plant
Australia firm installs its largest low-charge NH3 plant Written by Devin Yoshimoto, ammonia21.com, March 9, 2018 On 1 Feburary 2018, Australian industrial refrigeration system supplier Scantec Refrigeration Technologies commissioned its largest low-charge ammonia (NH3) system in the country. The system’s total NH3 inventory is 750-800 kg and it provides cooling for a total of 114,000 m³ of […]
ammonia plant, ammonia refrigeration, Australia, Industrial Technology, refrigeration
Clean Grid Technology, Energy Storage
Tesla Delivers on 100-day Australia Battery Grid Promise
Tesla Fulfilled Its 100-Day Australia Battery Bet. What’s That Mean for the Industry? greentechmendia.com, November 27, 2017 Credit where credit is due: Elon Musk made a crazy, eye-catching promise, and he delivered. After a series of regional blackouts that shook South Australia in September 2016 and February 2017, a fierce debate emerged over how to manage the […]
Australia, battery, clean energy storage, clean grid technology, Tesla
Clean Grid Technology, Renewables
Australian Town Seeks Stable Energy Transition, Instead Buys a Lemon
Ryan Pollin, ERS, for Zondits Coober Pedy is currently playing out a worst-case scenario for energy transition, and it behooves us all to understand what led them there. The South Australian mining town currently operates a very costly 3.9 MW diesel power plant to supply power to the region. After making the seemingly wise choice […]
Australia, Coober Pedy, energy transition, renewable energy storage, solar energy, wind
Markets & Business, Markets & Trends
Immigration Rates Into Australia Impact Carbon Emissions
Population policy to impact emissions targets Phys, June 14, 2016 Current immigration rates into Australia, and associated projected population growth, will make greenhouse gas emissions targets even more difficult to achieve in the future, a University of Adelaide-led study has found. The researchers investigated how much Australia needs to reduce its per capita emissions to […]
Australia, carbon emissions, emissions reduction targets, greenhouse gas, immigration rates
Clean Grid Technology, Regulatory Affairs
Australia’s Z-Net Blueprint
Ryan Pollin for Zondits, October 7, 2015. Image credit: suzanne chapman The Australian town of Uralla is taking the direct approach – aiming for a 100% renewable energy town. The town of 6,000-plus will use proven energy reduction strategies to minimize their energy needs, then bring on as much on-site power as they can. A 20% […]
Australia, renewable energy, solar pv, Uralla, Zero Net Energy Town, ZNE
Clean Grid Technology, Connectivity, Emerging Technology, Energy Storage
Salt Slurry-Based Storage Wins Innovation Award, Fans Down Under
Amber Plante for Zondits, September 18, 2015. Image credit: www.mass.gov Solar power is often a good thing, but storing its harvest in batteries can be expensive. A team from the University of South Australia in Adelaide, though, may have a solution: a “charging” vs. “discharging” system in which an inexpensive liquid salt solution is frozen […]
Australia, energy efficiency, Eureka Prize, Glaciem Cooling Technology, refrigeration, salt slurry-based storage
Industrial Technology, Motors & Drives
Carbon Footprint Reduction Through High Efficiency Motors
Economic and Environmental Benefits of Energy Efficient Motors Pace Today, July 27, 2015. Image credit: miniformat65 International efficiency classes Two important elements of any MEPS are the rules that specify how efficiency should be measured and what efficiency classes should be used. The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) uses IEC 60034-30:2008 to specify International Efficiency classes, referred […]
Australia, energy standards, environmental benefits, high efficiency motors, SEW-EURODRIVE
Clean Grid Technology, Connectivity, Energy Storage
Tesla’s Powerwall Enables Customers to Become Their Own Power Station
Jesse Remillard for Zondits, June 22, 2015. Image credit: walkerkarraa Conditions in Australia are primed for the success of home energy storage systems due to high retail electricity costs (near $0.30USD/kWh) and the popularity of residential photovoltaic systems. Because of this, Elon Musk and his company, Tesla, are targeting Australia for the release of their new […]
Australia, Energy storage, lithium ion batteries, Powerwall, Tesla
Clean Grid Technology, Emerging Technology, Renewables
Harnessing the Energy of Ocean Waves to Generate Zero-Emission Electricity
Australia Uses the Motion of the Ocean to Generate Zero-Emission Electricity and Desalinate Water Simultaneously Good, March 2, 2015 It’s not the size of the buoy that counts. It’s the motion in the ocean. Actually, both are pretty important. At least, they are when it comes to Australia’s new CETO 5 system: “The first array of wave […]
Australia, Carnegie Wave Energy, CETO 5, renewable energy, zero emission