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Go local: how to keep the power on when disaster hits

  • Written by Bjorn Sturmberg, Research Leader, Battery Storage & Grid Integration Program at The Australian National University, Australian National University
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Bushfires, storms and floods regularly leave thousands of Australian homes and businesses without power.

Sydney’s wettest weekend in three decades left more than 130,000 households without power on Sunday.

South Australian storms two weeks ago blew over the transmission towers connecting the state to the national energy...

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