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Australia's Rooftop Solar Boom Smashes Grid Records

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8h ago Complete insanity. It’s not even about whether you like AI, Australia simply doesn’t have the water or the power grid for this. Any PM worth the title should be telling these companies to pound san… -8.0
20h ago Does anyone remember when Australia was just excited about hosting the Olympics? Now it's a race for data centers. But as we roll out the red carpet for tech giants, are we ready for the environmen… -2.5
1d ago South Australia's power grid will be decarbonised next year: “The most striking thing about this transition is how mundane it has been,” David adds. “In contrast to the forecasts of doom, South Aus… +7.0
18h ago Now if they’d come out with a really good solar incentive like rebates, grants, and interest free loans. It would cover a wide range of households and certainly ease the strain on the electrical gr… +6.0
19h ago Would be great to see this as the first step to a larger, diversified home HVAC+energy program: Start with heat pumps, then extend to solar (incl inexpensive balcony systems), EV charging, high-eff… +6.0
1d ago "Creation of new services enabling the vehicle's energy to power certain household uses or be fed back into the electricity grid when needed." This sounds like developing a bidirectional product t… ×2 +4.0
1d ago Backers see a future in which these solar panels could ease strain on the electrical grid. ×2 +6.0
1d ago Without her, Oregon would have no SNAP and no Oregon Healthcare. Our forests on public land would be cut down to "reduce forest fires." More hydroelectric dams would be installed (messing with fish… -2.0
24m ago Oracle is reportedly trucking in natural gas to keep one of its AI data centers running because the power grid can't supply enough electricity. That's the AI boom in practice: fuel trucks idling o… —
1d ago Kristalina Georgieva says the world economy is caught between a Middle East energy supply shock and an AI demand boom, with public debt at its highest level since World War Two. #AI #Debt #Energy … -3.0
1d ago Theft? Amid data center boom, consumers shoulder costs of upgrading the electrical grid share.google/GThLpCaTEia3... -5.5

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