Pears Report
Pears Report: Risky business?
Transforming our energy system may prove far less risky than propping up traditional over-built electricity supply, suggests Alan Pears.
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News & events
News: Small battery uptick
Recent figures from the Clean Energy Regulator, outlining the uptake in Australia of small-scale battery storage, reveal a 914% increase (693 to 7032 units) from 2014 to 2018.
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Q&A
Q&A: Understanding carbon trading
Understanding carbon trading. Q&A with Alan Pears.
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Products
Product profile: Flexible solar laminates
The Flex series of flexible solar laminates from MiaSolé (owned by solar giant Hanergy) are designed to stick directly to suitable roofing profiles (such as standing seam roof sheets), eliminating mounting systems and roof penetrations from screws. The modules are based on CIGS (copper indium gallium selenide) cells and have efficiencies as high as many crystalline silicon panels.
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Buyers guides
Not just window dressing: High-performance curtains and blinds
Internal window coverings can protect privacy and dramatically improve the thermal function of a house, and if you choose with care, they can help keep you comfortable for years, writes Anna Cumming.
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Solar & batteries
Solar monitoring basics
You don’t have to be a solar monitoring obsessive to get useful information from your solar system. Lance Turner explains the basics of solar monitoring.
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Heating
Beyond solar PV: Renewable heat and why we need it
There’s more to renewable energy than just electricity. Renewable heat is an important alternative to gas for Australian homes and industry, writes Tim Forcey.
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Energy assessments
Scoring your home: Energy efficiency scorecards
Energy efficiency scorecards promise a way to compare homes and kickstart energy efficiency and liveability improvements, for both renters and homeowners. Renew's Katy Daily looks at how the Victorian government’s Australian-first scorecard scheme could help her draughty rental home.
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Solar & batteries
Getting solar: from research to install
One homeowner shares the steps to planning a successful solar electricity system.
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Buyers guides
Solar panel buyers guide 2018
We’ve contacted photovoltaics manufacturers for details on warranties, cell types, size and price to help you decide which solar panels are best for you.
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Solar & batteries
Raising the roof: Solar for renters and apartment dwellers
Tenants and residents of strata complexes have traditionally struggled to access solar. Dr Björn Sturmberg and Anna Cumming look at how these groups can join the solar revolution.
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