Australia leads the world in residential rooftop solar, with 22GW of household capacity installed, but its commercial and industrial sector has deployed only 5.6GW, despite consuming more electricity than households, according to a new report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). The report, ‘Unlocking the Clean Energy Potential of Australian Business...
Imagine you've just spent tens of thousands installing a solar panel system, happily selling excess electricity back to the grid, calculating how many years it will take to recoup your investment. Suddenly, one day, the government tells you: you must install an energy storage system by the end of 2027, otherwise you can forget about selling your excess electricity; the grid will only allow you to ...
What infrastructure is hottest in the AI era? The answer is undoubtedly data centers. However, recent news has poured cold water on the ever-growing boom in computing power infrastructure. On July 2nd local time, QTS, a data center operator under Blackstone Group, officially announced its withdrawal from a large-scale data center project in Prince William County, Virginia. According to the initi...