Australian Energy Emissions Monitor June 2022
'...a bi-monthly publication of the ANU Institute for Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions, providing timely analysis of the most recent trends in energy related greenhouse gas emissions. The publication is intended as a service to Australia’s energy community.' (Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions, Australian National University, Canberra) >
EV Smart Charging
Origin Energy's smart charging trial: The key to smart EV charging. 'With EVs expected to add 22 terawatt-hours of electricity demand to the National Electricity Market (NEM) by 2040, EVs will have a huge role to play in the future energy grid.'(Origin Energy and ARENA) >
The Electric Resilience Toolkit
...'an Electric Resilience Toolkit to support policymakers and stakeholders working on issues around electric sector regulation and climate resilience planning.' [while oriented to the American system, it should have useful information for Australia] (Columbia Law School’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law) >
How Does the Land Use of Different Electricity Sources Compare?
All energy production takes up land – whether it’s for a power plant, or to dig minerals out of the ground. Which sources use the most land, and which use it most efficiently? (Our World in Data) >
National Electricity Generation Data
An Open Platform for National Electricity Market Data. (University of Melbourne’s Climate and Energy College “Live-Emission tracker”) >
Cheaper, Faster Decarbonisation
Government action needed to leverage energy investments by households and businesses'Billions of dollars of consumer investment in solar and EVs over next 10 years is key to faster, cheaper decarbonisation' - Australian article and report. (Institute for Energy Economics & Financial Analysis) >
Battery Manufacturing Plant - near Newcastle NSW
'Energy Renaissance create and make lithium-ion batteries and technology, powered by Australian people and resources. Our superStorage™ systems are delivered from our advanced manufacturing facility in Tomago, NSW. The superStorage™ platform is engineered and designed for security, safety and simplicity for Stationary and Transport applications.' (Energy Renaissance Pty. Ltd., Newcastle NSW)
Clean Energy for 2030
Accelerating the transition to Reliable, Affordable, Clean Energy for 2030. 'Drive innovation for a secure, affordable, clean energy future.' (University of Technology Sydney, Curtin University Perth and Monash University Melbourne) Race for 2030 (go to Reports)The Green Wave: Adding value through net zero energy strategy >
Halve Our Energy Use
We must halve our energy use to avoid climate catastrophe: new modelling. 'New research shows that a transition to renewable energy alone is not fast enough to keep global temperatures below 2050 target levels.' (University of N.S.W., Sydney) >
Very Fast Charging Batteries
Synthesis of Pseudocapacitive Porous Metal Oxide Nanoclusters Anchored on Graphene for Aqueous Energy Storage Devices with High Energy Density and Long Cycling Stability along with Ultrafast Charging Capability. 'a strategy to realize high-performance aqueous energy storages using porous Mn3O4 (p-MG) positive and porous Fe2O3 (p-FG) negative electrodes, where granular nanoclusters composing nanoparticles are produced on graphene through lithiation-induced conversion and the shortened ion diffusion lengths in p-MG and p-FG give fast charging rate and excellent cycle stability is reported.' (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) >