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Environmental Science: Renewable Energy Sources

Resources for the Science Faculty

Geothermal Energy

Geothermal Energy Resources
Australian Government website.
Geothermal
Clean Energy Council website
Geothermal Power Project Closes
ABC news article on closure of Cooper Basin Geothermal project, 2016.

Wind power

Wind energy in Australia
Clean Energy Council, 2016
Wind Energy
Australian Renewable Energy Agency
Wind Farms
National Wind Farm Commissioner, Australian Government. Contains links to maps and data from Vic, NSW and SA.

Coal vs renewables

Coal or renewables: which is cheaper?
The Conversation, 2017.

Solar Energy

Solar Energy
Australian Renewable Energy Agency.
Solar Power
The Conversation. Links to 20 articles on solar power.
Sundown, sunrise: how Australia can finally get solar power right
The Grattan Institute
Solar storage breakthrough
Article from RMIT.
Advantages and disadvantages of solar power
Website from Greenmatch, UK

Biomass Energy

Bagasse
Energy potential of bagasse
What is bioenergy?
Australian Renewable Energy Agency
Ethanol fuel
Biofuels Association of Australia
The Pros and Cons of Ethanol
Motoring.com

Hydroelectric energy

Hydropower
Definition of hydropower.
Hydroelectricity
Web page from the Clean Energy Council, 2014.
What is hydroelectricity?
The Conversation: Explainer-What is hydroelectricity?

Tidal power

Ocean energy
Geoscience Australia site.
Ocean Energy in Australia
CSIRO web page
Albany wave project
ABC news item 2017