Energy March 2022

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SOLAR AND BATTERIES

EXPLORING THE POTENTIAL OF

SOLAR VEHICLES by Stephanie Bond-Hutkin, Australian PV Institute (APVI) The rapid uptake of electric vehicles around the world has enormous potential for reduction of CO2 emissions and driver benefits, but when renewable fuel sources are not available, EVs still consume electricity from coal-fired sources. This has the potential to change with a new fleet of solar vehicles that create their own clean energy.

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Tackling Australia’s energy debt crisis

4min
pages 64-65

Q&A: Award-winning consumer engagement

7min
pages 62-63

The Virtual Power Plant: a new frontier for distributed energy resources?

9min
pages 56-59

Essential health protection for essential workers

2min
pages 54-55

Optimising energy efficiency a connected approach

6min
pages 60-61

Supporting the growth of sub-5MW projects in Australia

2min
pages 50-51

Energy Sector cyber readiness is a critical concern

5min
pages 52-53

Renewable energy deals to peak, for now

5min
pages 48-49

Turning the tide decarbonising with hydropower

5min
pages 44-45

Protecting critical parts from hydrogen embrittlement and the weather

2min
pages 46-47

Solutions for an uncertain future: Australia’s evolving gas network

5min
pages 36-37

Uncovering the risk of fugitive emissions from hydrogen

7min
pages 38-41

Exploring the potential of solar vehicles

5min
pages 32-33

Where do you put five million tonnes of hydrogen?

5min
pages 42-43

How solar skyscrapers could supercharge our cities

7min
pages 30-31

$100 million for new grid-scale batteries

2min
page 7

Australia’s big battery boom (Part 2)

6min
pages 20-23

Humanising the global energy transition: insights from the World Energy Council

10min
pages 12-15

The grid of the future could have wheels

8min
pages 18-19

Top 5 energy trends for 2022

6min
pages 16-17

New Momentum Energy Managing Director

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pages 8-9

Unearthing hybrid energy solutions

6min
pages 24-27

Lower prices may never be right for batteries

2min
pages 28-29
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