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In Conversation: Distributed transformation

The time is now for the energy consumer, says Anna Bruce, as energy “prosumers” produce, consume, and provide electricity and grid services in previously unimagined ways. Bruce, a senior lecturer at the University of New South Wales’ School of Solar Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering (SPREE), leads work on the role of distributed energy resources in the energy transition, analyzing firsthand the dizzying level of complexity it brings.

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Jonathan Gifford

08 Jul 2021

Image: UNSW

Polarization and internecine party politics are the default settings of the Australian climate discourse – at least at the national policymaking level. At the same time, the country has the most installed PV per head of population and the highest uptake of residential rooftop PV, reminds the University of New South Wales’ (UNSW) Anna …

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