Zero Carbon Australia Stationary Energy Plan

Zero Carbon Australia Stationary Energy Plan

The Zero Carbon Australia Stationary Energy Plan has been produced by Beyond Zero Emissions, a non-profit, independent climate change solutions research and advocacy group as part of the Zero Carbon Australia 2020 Project (ZCA2020). It provides a ten year roadmap for a transition to 100% renewable energy in Australia with baseload energy supplied by renewable sources. The stationary energy sector… Continue reading Zero Carbon Australia Stationary Energy Plan

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Wind power

Bald Hills wind farm

Wind power provides renewable energy with large wind turbines generating electricity. Wind turbines are generally grouped into wind farms and connected to the electrical grid. Wind power is variable so energy storage or other dispatchable generation energy sources are needed to provide a reliable supply of electricity. Small wind systems have also increased in popularity. Hybrid solar/wind systems… Continue reading Wind power

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Samsø

Samso wind turbines. Credit: Joachim Ladefoged

Samsø is a Danish Island situated in arm of the North Sea with twenty-two villages. For the past decade or so, Samsø has been the site of an unlikely social movement. In the late nineteen-nineties, the island’s forty-three hundred inhabitants had a “conventional attitude” toward energy. Most residents heated their houses with oil, brought in by… Continue reading Samsø

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