Business
Switching off rooftop solar will become an important feature of a renewables grid – RenewEconomy
About 10,000 South Australian households had their rooftop solar switched off on Sunday. They probably didn’t even notice the intervention, and certainly not their…
Australia’s biggest grid problems have traditionally been framed as problems of supply and demand, particularly where there is not enough supply to meet the demand at any one point in time. But that network challenge is about to be turned on its head: the biggest problem in the future will be not enough demand, because most consumers have their own supply in the form of rooftop solar.
Last weekend in South Australia gave a perfect illustration of this transition. On Friday evening, it was a test…
-
Noosa News15 hours agoIncrease in extreme weather events poses ‘substantial risk’ to blood supplies, researchers warn
-
General19 hours agoGerman palliative care doctor with alleged ‘lust for murder’ accused of killing 15 patients
-
Noosa News23 hours agoTributes flow for Geham wife and mother after husband charged with murder
-
Noosa News15 hours agoHow to find out your TikTok personality – and become a ‘citizen scientist’