Energy efficiency

Green power feasible

THE federal government has the opportunity to switch the nation's power to renewable energy but favours attempts to make "dirty coal clean", according to the Australian Academy of Science.

Next month the academy will call on the government to give priority support to geothermal and solar thermal energy to make them major national energy sources, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The Sigma, a near-zero carbon house by the Stewart Milne Group

stewart dalgarnoBeyond Zero's Scott Bilby and Matthew Wright talk Zero Carbon Housing UK with the Stewart Milne Group's director of Business Development, Stewart Dalgarno about the UK's inevitable shift to zero carbon autonomous housing and about the company's Sigma I and Sigma II, 5 star, near zero carbon house.

Stewart Dalgarno podcast

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Mil Ovan of Firefly Energy speaks about their microcell technology that improves traditional lead acid battery peformance parameters

This week Beyond Zero speaks to Mil Ovan Vice President of Firefly Energy, about Firefly’s innovative lead acid battery technologies which reduce the need for lead and increase power density over standard lead acid batteries. The technology is now ready to go with 200,000 batteries planned for the coming year.

Mil Ovan podcast

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Dr Amory Lovins talks about energy efficiency, transport and renewable energy

We're talking with Amory Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute co-founder, chairman and chief scientist. He's an expert on energy use and energy efficiency. He's been advisor to industries in the US for many years and also advised the US Departments of Energy and Defense. He's also authored and co-authored many books on renewable energy and energy efficiency.

Amory Lovins podcast

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