domestic power generation Articles
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A just transition from coal to renewable energy in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales, Australia
The Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia is one of the world's climate change hot-spots. It is where 40% of Australia's electricity is generated from five coal-fired power plants, and is the source of 100 million tonnes of black coal exported annually to the global markets. A growing number of local residents of the Hunter Valley are questioning the sustainability of the region's coal ...
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CSP Today speaks with SASIA about the future of Solar Energy in the Middle East
With the lead-up to MENASOL 2013, Browning Rockwell Founder and Director of SASIA (Saudi Arabia Solar Industries Association) shares his views on both CSP and PV in the MENA region. Now that the industry has had time to consider the 54GW renewable energy strategy in place for Saudi Arabia for 2032, what are your conclusions? I still believe its early days as it’s been out for a few weeks ...
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Smart Grid needs a Facebook
We think we know how smart grid technology will change the utility industry. But do we really? Take a look at this documentary made in 1969. It’s a view of how the world perceived the coming Internet (It’s also a pretty amusing look at how sexist our society still was at that point.) http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/04/before-the-internet.html. While the ...
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WiFine communication converter helps energy meters to realize remote communication
With the advent of the era of big data, the demand for information, data and intelligence has become an inevitable trend. The energy meter is not only the traditional metering function, but also the remote communication has become a key basic function of the energy meter. In the early period, many installed meters did not consider remote communication, but only with RS485 communication interface, ...
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Get-set for a Net-Zero Australia with Solar
The climate picture painted by much of the media makes it easy to be pessimistic. Fortunately it’s not all bad news. According to the Clean Energy Regulator (CER), in 2021 Australia set a new record for renewable energy investments for the fifth year in a row. Last year (2021) 380,000 new solar panels with a combined capacity of 3.2 gigawatts were installed, which means that more than one ...
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What is Shunt Electricity Meter?
What is Shunt Electricity Meter? The electronic energy meter is mainly composed of electronic devices, which use the voltage and current supplied by the user to sample in real time, and use a special metering integrated circuit to calculate and process the collected voltage and current to obtain the power consumption data. The current sampling devices commonly used in electronic energy meters are ...
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The bottom line on renewable electricity standards
What is a Renewable Electricity Standard (RES)? A RES requires that a minimum percentage or amount of electric power generation come from eligible renewable energy sources by a specified date. Retail electric power suppliers (also known as load-serving entities) must purchase power directly from renewable electricity generators, or in some cases, are allowed to purchase renewable energy credits ...
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