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Professor Andrew Blakers discusses South Australia's transition to solar and wind energy making it a global example of achieving high renewable energy levels.
The International Solar Energy Society (ISES) explains how much solar PV energy could be harvested from freed-up agricultural land in densely-populated countries with declining populations.
Associate Professor Emma Aisbett at ANU School of Law and Associate Director (Research) of ANU Grand Challenge initiative: Zero-Carbon Energy for the Asia-Pacific and Dr Hina Aslam, Hoffmann Fellow, have shared their research insights on embedded emissions accounting frameworks and circular economy.
In this article, Professor Andrew Blakers shares his team's project findings including interactive map showing potential sites for building paired reservoirs around Australia (and globally), but with a minimum of 2 gigawatt-hours storage which is enough to power a small town for around three days.
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Australia's Minister for Climate Change and Energy, The Hon Chris Bowen MP, announced today that Professor Frank Jotzo has been appointed to lead the Australian Government's Carbon Leakage Review.
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Have you always wanted to attend the international climate negotiations Conference of the Parties (COP) meeting and have your voice heard? Are you a First Nations or Pacific Islander graduate student at the Australian National University?
We could see more multi-year El Niño and La Niña events in Australia, according to an international team of researchers including a scientist from The Australian National University (ANU).
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The national cabinet has announced plans to build an extra 1.2 million homes by July 1 2029. If these new homes are built in a business-as-usual fashion, they will significantly increase national greenhouse gas emissions...