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Food or energy? The battle over the future of Australia’s prime agricultural land

May 23, 2019 Eliza Beck (ABC)

A David and Goliath battle over land is emerging in the Southern Riverina of New South Wales, with four foreign-owned energy companies racing to get their large-scale solar projects off the ground. It has left farmers questioning whether […]

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Five gifs that explain how pumped hydro actually works

March 12, 2019 Roger Dargaville (Monash University)

People have used moving water to create energy for thousands of years. Today, pumped hydro is the most common form of grid-connected energy storage in the world. This technology is in the spotlight because it pairs so well […]

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Research: evaporative power of water may create electricity on a large scale

October 10, 2017 Tracy Staedter

Researchers have hit upon an alternative to the well-known alternatives to fossil fuels: evaporation. A team of scientists from Columbia University in New York City has estimated that energy harnessed from water evaporating from U.S. reservoirs and lakes with a surface […]

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