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"Scientific dead end:" The new push to get wind turbine syndrome back on the radar
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (1688+ words) Thursday, April 2, 2026 Wind turbine syndrome, a condition that researchers thought dead and buried years ago, is rising from the grave thanks to a series of sketchy research papers " and partly due to the Australian Senate. Last week, the Senate called…...
A fair energy system is worth fighting for, but without playing the solar and battery blame game
4+ day, 7+ min ago (726+ words) Houses are seen with rooftop solar panels in the suburb of The Ponds in Sydney, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (AAP Image/Dean Lewins) NO ARCHIVING In the March 9, 2026, edition of the excellent SwitchedOn podcast, Anne Delaney interviewed Gavin Dufty, the National Director…...
SwitchedOn podcast: The plug-in solar hack that’s now booming in Germany
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (186+ words) Wednesday, April 1, 2026 Balcony solar, small, plug-in systems you can hang off a balcony or fence, has exploded in Germany, with millions of households now generating their own power. Low cost'solar panels and micro-inverters, regulatory changes that allow simple plug-in installation…...
Industry pays while coal and gas "cook the books:" Modelling reveals urgent need for Safeguard reset
5+ day, 14+ hour ago (1049+ words) Australia's key national policy for cutting carbon emissions is giving coal and gas companies "a free ride," new modelling shows, while industries like manufacturing come under increasing pressure to decarbonise, or pay the cost." The RepuTex modelling, commissioned by the…...
Solar waste crisis: Federal Labor launches search for national recycling pilot administrator
1+ week, 2+ day ago (582+ words) Friday, March 27, 2026 The federal government has officially put out the feelers to find a suitable partner to "arrange, manage, deliver, and report" on the National Solar Panel Recycling Pilot, the long-awaited first step to establishing what many hope will be…...
Fusion power plant possible by 2045 with massive effort, says science academy
1+ week, 3+ day ago (556+ words) It should be possible to realise Germany's ambition to launch a fusion power plant in less than 20 years, but this will require a lot of effort and money, the country's science academies'said. "Germany can build a fusion power plant by…...
Victoria's biggest solar project, partially built by robots, injects first power into the grid
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (472+ words) Luminous panel installer robot at the Goorambat solar project. Image: Engie The first electricity from what will be the biggest solar farm in Victoria has been sent to the grid, taking the total number of large scale solar farms operating…...
How a robot named Bear is making solar farm maintenance safer and more efficient
1+ week, 4+ day ago (553+ words) Thursday, March 26, 2026 Australia's national science agency has repurposed robots originally designed for the mining industry to track across thousands of kilometres harsh terrain and inspect the hundreds of thousands of solar panels that make up large-scale PV projects, hunting out…...
Robots are coming! Machines being tested at solar projects for pile driving as well as mounting panels
11+ mon, 4+ day ago (938+ words) Neoen is not the only renewables developer testing out a robot: the contractor at Engie's Goorambat East solar farm is also trialling autonomous machines, this time for pile driving. The Build Robotics device started in February and finished installing 1700 piles…...
Robotics firm lands funding to help slash costs of delivering large scale solar projects in Australia
9+ mon, 2+ day ago (791+ words) A US-based robotics firm has become the first recipient of funding from a $100 million Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) program to back innovative technologies that can slash the cost of building large scale solar projects. The Boston-based robotics pioneer Luminous…...