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5B or not 5B
Large scale commercial solar farms can be time consuming to install and commission. Lance Turner looks at a company that has solved those issues.
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Product profile: Pods for veggies
With the cost of food trending rapidly upwards, the move to growing food at home has become a popular one. While it’s easy if you have a garden, what do you do if you don’t?
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Renew 162 out now: low cost home retrofits, naturestrip gardens, food preservation, offshore wind in Australia, an unbuyers guide, hydrogen power and more!
Renew 162 is out now! Its features include a look at cleaning up ocean waste, EV myths, a solar for apartments buyers guide and more!
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Australia's premier magazine dedicated to technology for a sustainable future.
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We need a new design for our electricity market
Alan Pears exposes the cracks in our current energy system and explains why we need a better design for regulatory and policy decision-making.
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Fermentation: celebrating scraps and grounding ourselves in times of unrest
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Renewable energy is not enough—we must reduce consumption too
Alan Pears updates us on the pending energy crisis in many parts of the world, discusses the future of big batteries, and looks at an often overlooked form of housing.
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EV street charging trial
Rechargeable lithium batteries are critical for our modern world, but they do have a somewhat variable safety history. Lance Turner looks at the issues and what to do about them.
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Product profile: Portable solar recharge hubs
Providing device recharging for events or outdoor areas with no access to electricity can be difficult, but the Furnicharge Freedom Hub makes it simple.
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Renew 161 out now: low cost home retrofits, naturestrip gardens, food preservation, offshore wind in Australia, an unbuyers guide, hydrogen power and more!
Renew 161 is out now! Its features include a look at affordable energy retrofits, future EVs, an unbuyers guide and more!
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The too-hard bin
Rechargeable lithium batteries are critical for our modern world, but they do have a somewhat variable safety history. Lance Turner looks at the issues and what to do about them.
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Product profile: Solar in a box
The SunPack comes as a pre-configured system, complete with battery, inverter and solar panels that you just swing into place.
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