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Rachel Williamson
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Rachel Williamson is a science and business journalist, who focuses on climate change-related health and environmental issues.
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The science is building against using hydrogen in homes with a new study showing a sharp increase in gas leaks from appliances using full or blended hydrogen.
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Households and small-scale generators need incentives and rewards for managing energy demand.
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Australians are increasingly keen on home batteries, but the reasons why signal an ever-widening gap between consumers and industry.
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Electrify Now is designed to help householders work out the cost of EVs, solar, heat pumps, batteries and induction cooktops.
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NZ is one of the first countries to reach an electrification tipping point, as high petrol and high gas costs make electric homes and EVs more affordable than fossil fuel alternatives.
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AusNet will take the lion's share of the projects of Victoria's first round of funding under the beefed-up $42.2 million neighbourhood battery program.
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The amount of silver we need for future solar could be recovered from PV waste.