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Australia's energy storage forecasts are broken
8 May 2025
Harry Armstrong-Thawley and Timothy Weber have contributed an article to The Energy, detailing the costly assumptions in GenCost and the AEMO ISP. The full article is available here.
Baseload power is functionally extinct
22 Apr 2025
Harry Thawley-Armstrong has published a timely reminder of why nuclear won’t serve our grid. Much has been made of the notion that “renewables can’t supply baseload power”. This line suggests we need...
Why build nuclear power in place of old coal, when you could have pumped hydropower instead?
18 Mar 2025
The following article by Timothy Weber and Andrew Blakers was published in the Conversation today. The pumped hydro shortlisting tool can be accessed here. The above image is from Phillip Wittke, Shutterstock....
The best spots for solar and wind farms, with the least need for new poles and wires
26 Feb 2025
Cheng Cheng and Andrew Blakers have published an article in Renew Economy to showcase the journal article on heatmaps. GIS can be used to show the lowest cost locations in the landscape...
The Future of Solar Energy
14 Feb 2025
Andrew Blakers joined the Brand Called You podcast to discuss the future of solar energy with host Ashutosh Garg. Details, video, and the full transcript can be accessed here. Or watch it...
The fastest energy change in history continues
13 Jan 2025
Professor Andrew Blakers and Professor Ricardo Rüther (UFSC) have published an article in PV Magazine discussing the implications of a new World Nuclear Association report. In 2024, solar was deployed 100 times...