CSIRO

An electric car and a bi-directional charger are to be used to power a ‘house of the future’ in a CSIRO trial in NSW.

Cosmos—the official science magazine of Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation—is experimenting with AI-written articles.

Energy Minister Chris Bowen says it’s the speed and effectiveness of renewables that has prompted the Coalition to put forth an alternative.

The analysis found that the cost of power from large-scale nuclear reactors would be up to eight times more than reliable renewables.

Wind power is more expensive than first thought, but renewables remain the lowest cost to build, the CSIRO’s latest GenCost report says.

Solar farms have the most acceptance among all renewable energy infrastructure.

Nuclear energy expert Oscar Archer suggested the CSIRO had ’made errors that misrepresent the costs of nuclear versus other energy sources.'

The research body claims renewable energy is still cheaper than nuclear, Coalition Leader Peter Dutton disputes this.

Billionaire Bill Gates has also predicted AI use will accelerate the rate of new discoveries.