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Carbon Capture at Hazelwood
The Hazelwood coal fired power station in the state of Victoria is the most greenhouse intensive plant in Australia. It generates around 17 million tonnes of carbon emissions every year. The plant was originally due for decommissioning in ...
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Why believe that climate change is caused by human activity?
I generally like to focus the bulk of my articles in this blog on stories about that which is "climate positive" - by that I mean people, organisations, technologies that are cutting greenhouse gas emissions and providing an economic return. However ...
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“Dry” evaporative cooler saves energy and eliminates the need for refrigerant based cooling
At the recent All Energy expo in Melbourne (early October) I came across the Coolerado cooler, distributed in Australia by Clear Solar. This is an ingenious, simple air cooler based on a combination of evaporative cooling and plate heat exchangers ...
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LED lighting update
In October 2008 we started an independent evaluation of LED lights as a substitute for fluorescent lighting. The evaluation was undertaken in partnership with the Sustainability Fund, managed by Sustainability Victoria, and with the support of Frankston City Council. We chose ...
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International Day of Demonstration on Climate Change
Following the day of action I was looking forward to reading about this world-wide rally in the newspapers but I was quickly disappointed to discover that it only got ...
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The winner is WiMAX smart grid
In my previously post, I was expecting any smart grid pilot project roll-out in Australia. Two days later, Victoria gives me one immediately. On 23th Oct 2009, Electricity distributor SP ...
