There’s a simple and achievable answer to electricity grid unreliability on extreme heat days right before our eyes.

Standards Australia appears to have delayed the release of guidelines on the installation of battery storage devices in homes, after receiving a barrage of criticism over proposals that the industry feared would amount to an effective ban on lithium-ion battery storage devices inside homes.

The latest BNEF report The shift to ‘base-cost’ renewables: 10 predictions for 2017 takes a good look at key developments in renewables markets across the globe. And with input from 120 specialist analysts around the world, the predictions should be reasonably sound. Although the Australian renewables market is not singled out, the report still makes for interesting reading.

Should you open or close your house to keep cool in a heatwave? Many people believe it makes sense to throw open doors and windows to the breeze; others try to shut out the heat. Listen to talk radio during a hot spell and you are likely to hear both views.