On any given day, Nelson Mandela Bay residents either suffer a power outage or have no water flowing from the taps, or both and if there is water, it may be too murky to drink.
Published 7 May 2021
The nation’s power grid remains vulnerable to disruption from extreme events including wildfires, severe storms, and cyberattacks. Variable generation resources and load volatility also present operational challenges to grid stability. To mitigate disruptions before they snowball, grid planners and operators must be able to see these events coming and understand their potential impacts on grid reliability.
The nation’s power grid remains vulnerable to disruption from extreme events including wildfires, severe storms, and cyberattacks. Variable generation resources and load volatility also present operational challenges to grid stability. To mitigate disruptions before they snowball, grid planners and operators must be able to see these events coming and understand their potential impacts on grid reliability.
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The government of New South Wales has earmarked AU$750 million (US$578.5 million) to invest in climate action projects in a bid to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
The funds will be used to provide grants over the next nine years for equipment upgrades, technology development and advancing the region’s green hydrogen energy generation. It is hoped the projects would help to cut the region’s emissions by 35% by 2030.
In its Industries and Innovation Program published this week, the government noted that the top 55 industrial facilities in NSW contributed to around 30% of the region’s carbon emissions.
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Installing a large solar system has resulted in a Gladstone business becoming carbon neutral and returning excess electricity generated, back to the grid.
Gladstone Business Centre has fulfilled a long-held dream now its 16kw solar system was connected to the electricity grid by a local electrician.
Managing director Phil Douglass said the 50-panel system was installed in January, and connected to the electricity grid last week.
“I thought about solar power and being carbon neutral some time ago and it has come to fruition,” he said.
“We installed the system as we wanted to promote a carbon neutral enterprise.