According to a story in the Sydney Morning Herald, Tesla's Elon Musk has put domestic battery storage on the national agenda with his offer last week to solve South Australia's power crisis for free if he did not deliver a large system with 100 days of signing a contract.
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ANU: Hydro storage tops Australia’s renewable options
Pumped hydro storage can be used to help build a secure and cheap Australian electricity grid with 100 per cent renewable energy, according to a new study from The Australian National University (ANU).
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The case for renationalising Australia’s electricity grid
The public debate over the problems of electricity supply displays a curious disconnect.
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Australian AI startup takes on Google
An Australian software company is so confident its Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology will improve efficiency that it only charges its clients after the program has proved its worth.
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Our power grid is crying out for capacity, but should we open the gas valves?
Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg has talked of an “urgent” need to increase gas supplies to improve energy security. But how much extra gas do we need? And how do we square this with the equally pressing need to reduce our use of fossil fuels?
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Solar batteries – the answer to Australia’s energy problems?
A significant price drop has seen solar batteries skyrocket in popularity. Experts believe that solar battery storage could be the solution to widespread power outages, such as those seen in South Australia over the past few months.
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NBN CEO claims Aussies do not want super-fast broadband
NBN CEO Bill Morrow has claimed that there is no market for super-fast broadband in Australia, and that people would not use it “even if we offered it for free”.
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Smart sensing network launched by NSW government
Launched earlier this month, the NSW Smart Sensing Network (NSSN) is a collaboration between the NSW government, universities and industry to research and develop small, smart devices that can be used in applications such as water quality, wearables, biomedical, wildlife and air sensing.
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Semtech LoRa chosen for first IoT network in Australia
Semtech has announced that its LoRa wireless platform is being used in Australia’s first Internet of Things (IoT) LPWAN network, to be deployed in Launceston, Tasmania.
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Australian technology investment on the decline
Political and economic uncertainty are causing a slowdown in Australia’s tech market, with only two per cent growth forecast for this year, and one per cent for 2018, according to research firm Forrester.
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