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The Age
3 days ago
- The Age
Israeli missile kills six children collecting water in Gaza
Jerusalem: At least eight Palestinians, most of them children, were killed and more than a dozen were wounded in central Gaza when they went to collect water, local officials said, in an Israeli strike which the military said missed its target. The strike hit a water distribution point in Nuseirat refugee camp on Sunday, killing six children and injuring 17 others, said Ahmed Abu Saifan, an emergency physician at Al-Awda Hospital. The Israeli military said the missile had intended to hit an Islamic Jihad militant in the area but that a malfunction had caused it to fall 'dozens of metres from the target'. 'The IDF regrets any harm to uninvolved civilians,' it said in a statement, adding that the incident was under review. Water shortages in Gaza have worsened sharply in recent weeks, with fuel shortages causing desalination and sanitation facilities to close, making people dependent on collection centres where they can fill up their plastic containers. Loading Ramadan Nassar, a witness who lives in the area, told the Associated Press that about 20 children and 14 adults had been lined up to get water. He said Palestinians walk some 2 kilometres to fetch water from the area. In Nuseirat, a small boy leaned over a body bag to say goodbye to a friend. 'There is no safe place,' resident Raafat Fanouna said as some people went over the rubble with sticks and bare hands
Sydney Morning Herald
3 days ago
- Sydney Morning Herald
Israeli missile kills six children collecting water in Gaza
Jerusalem: At least eight Palestinians, most of them children, were killed and more than a dozen were wounded in central Gaza when they went to collect water, local officials said, in an Israeli strike which the military said missed its target. The strike hit a water distribution point in Nuseirat refugee camp on Sunday, killing six children and injuring 17 others, said Ahmed Abu Saifan, an emergency physician at Al-Awda Hospital. The Israeli military said the missile had intended to hit an Islamic Jihad militant in the area but that a malfunction had caused it to fall 'dozens of metres from the target'. 'The IDF regrets any harm to uninvolved civilians,' it said in a statement, adding that the incident was under review. Water shortages in Gaza have worsened sharply in recent weeks, with fuel shortages causing desalination and sanitation facilities to close, making people dependent on collection centres where they can fill up their plastic containers. Loading Ramadan Nassar, a witness who lives in the area, told the Associated Press that about 20 children and 14 adults had been lined up to get water. He said Palestinians walk some 2 kilometres to fetch water from the area. In Nuseirat, a small boy leaned over a body bag to say goodbye to a friend. 'There is no safe place,' resident Raafat Fanouna said as some people went over the rubble with sticks and bare hands
Sydney Morning Herald
4 days ago
- Sydney Morning Herald
Sick of power bills? What you need to know before buying a home battery
Loading A kilowatt is a unit of power – the amount of energy a battery can store. A kilowatt-hour (kWh) refers to the rate at which that energy can be discharged. For example, a one-kilowatt-hour battery can pump out a kilowatt of energy for 60 minutes. An average household of four residents, with two adults and two children, should consider installing a 10 kWh to 15 kWh battery, given they had at least an average-sized rooftop solar panel installation, said experts spoken to for this article. Many would-be buyers may have heard of better-known battery systems, such as the Tesla Powerwall, or China's BYD, but as you begin researching, you will probably encounter other popular brands, such as LG, Sonnen and Sungrow. This article provides general advice only, and home owners should get quotes from several installation companies to seek advice on their options. How much will a battery cost? With the government's 30 per cent rebate on the purchase and installation costs, a customer can expect to pay about $9000 to $15,000 for a model in the recommended size range. A typical household in Melbourne and Sydney now pays between $1500 and $2000 a year for electricity. Households with solar panels will typically pay less than this, given they can use their own supply to run their appliances during the day and earn money by exporting power to the grid. Experts, as well as the federal government, told this masthead that installing an appropriately sized battery to soak up rooftop solar power could reduce household bills by $1000 a year, on top of savings generated by the solar panels. Can I save money with a small system? Loading Finn Peacock, chief executive of leading quote-comparison service SolarQuotes, said it appeared that many battery customers were considering small, relatively cheap systems of 5 kWh – the minimum allowed under the rebate scheme – which could cost as little as $5000 to install. However, a battery of this size would end up proving 'tiny' for most households, he said. 'If you've got your air-conditioning on, in a decent sized Aussie home, that might pull three kilowatts easily. If you've got three kilowatt-hours of storage left, that's going to last an hour,' Peacock said. 'Most households' sweet spot would probably be 15 to 20 kilowatt-hours.' Customers who focus too heavily on the length of the payback time and opt for a 5 kWh battery instead of a bigger one that could nearly eliminate the need for grid power, may end up 'miserable', Peacock said. 'Very quickly they are going to see that they are still pulling from the grid after that battery is drained at 6 or 7 o'clock, and that just makes battery owners miserable,' he said. 'If you size a battery for zero bills, you're going to need a much bigger battery than if you are optimising a faster payback, but [lower bills] is where the long-term satisfaction comes from.' How to use a battery Australian National University emeritus professor and solar energy pioneer Andrew Blakers said greater savings were available for households with batteries that replaced their gas heaters and cookers with electric appliances. 'If you've got $10,000 or $15,000, which is what it's going to cost for a good-sized battery, then getting off gas would be my No.1 recommendation by far,' Blakers said. That's because they will avoid both the cost of gas and the fixed network charges for delivery of the fuel. Blakers agreed that the average household should shop for a battery in the 10 kWh to 15 kWh size range. 'That gives you enough flexibility to stoke up a large fraction of the energy from your solar panel on the roof … and then spread it three ways – into your home battery, into your hot water tank, and into your EV – remembering to preheat your house or pre-cooling your house before you get home, for example,' he said. Peacock, who sold SolarQuotes to Origin Energy last year, said buyers should be aware they can still waste energy and cop power bills with a battery installed on their dwelling. 'I worry about people thinking batteries are the magic bullet – always bear in mind that batteries store energy, they don't generate it,' he said. 'The thermal envelope of most Aussie homes is really horrible. People are dropping $10 to $15,000 on a battery, but are often still not sealing the gaps in their homes. Don't forget about the thermal envelope of your home.' How to choose a battery Batteries may take 10 years, or more in some cases, to deliver enough bill relief to repay their price. But they should remain in warranty during this period, with most models offering a guarantee of a decade or more. There are about 80 household batteries on the Australian market, starting at about $4000 for a 5 kWh unit, data compiled by the Smart Energy Council industry group shows. The nine systems with a 10 kWh capacity cost up to $10,000, and a handful of models with a capacity exceeding 13 kWh retail from $15,000 upwards. Loading Mike Roberts, senior research associate at the University of NSW School for Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, said the best way for a home owner to choose a battery was to seek independent advice. Reputable installation companies are a valuable source of information and will assess a customer's power bill, energy use patterns and solar system and advise on the best purchase. Another source of advice is the independent SunSPOT website. Developed by UNSW experts and not-for-profit solar research organisation the Australian PV Institute, it provides an energy calculator that assesses a household's solar power, energy use and battery potential and forecasts bill savings. 'If you've got your address, we can look at your roof, we can see if you have, and then we work out how much they'll generate over the year,' Roberts said. 'You can also work out what would happen if you add more solar or replaced it with a new system, or added a battery.' Uptake of batteries has surged since July 1, when the rebate scheme opened, with installers and advisory services such as SolarQuotes reporting a 500 per cent rise in sales and inquiries. Peacock said the battery boom reminded him of the solar panel boom, which began in 2008 when the first states offered generous payments, or feed-in tariffs, to households that supplied solar power to the grid. For a list of batteries approved for use under the Cheaper Home Batteries Program, visit the Clean Energy Council approved products list. Lobby group Solar Citizens also has a list of state government support programs.
The Age
4 days ago
- The Age
Sick of power bills? What you need to know before buying a home battery
Loading A kilowatt is a unit of power – the amount of energy a battery can store. A kilowatt-hour (kWh) refers to the rate at which that energy can be discharged. For example, a one-kilowatt-hour battery can pump out a kilowatt of energy for 60 minutes. An average household of four residents, with two adults and two children, should consider installing a 10 kWh to 15 kWh battery, given they had at least an average-sized rooftop solar panel installation, said experts spoken to for this article. Many would-be buyers may have heard of better-known battery systems, such as the Tesla Powerwall, or China's BYD, but as you begin researching, you will probably encounter other popular brands, such as LG, Sonnen and Sungrow. This article provides general advice only, and home owners should get quotes from several installation companies to seek advice on their options. How much will a battery cost? With the government's 30 per cent rebate on the purchase and installation costs, a customer can expect to pay about $9000 to $15,000 for a model in the recommended size range. A typical household in Melbourne and Sydney now pays between $1500 and $2000 a year for electricity. Households with solar panels will typically pay less than this, given they can use their own supply to run their appliances during the day and earn money by exporting power to the grid. Experts, as well as the federal government, told this masthead that installing an appropriately sized battery to soak up rooftop solar power could reduce household bills by $1000 a year, on top of savings generated by the solar panels. Can I save money with a small system? Loading Finn Peacock, chief executive of leading quote-comparison service SolarQuotes, said it appeared that many battery customers were considering small, relatively cheap systems of 5 kWh – the minimum allowed under the rebate scheme – which could cost as little as $5000 to install. However, a battery of this size would end up proving 'tiny' for most households, he said. 'If you've got your air-conditioning on, in a decent sized Aussie home, that might pull three kilowatts easily. If you've got three kilowatt-hours of storage left, that's going to last an hour,' Peacock said. 'Most households' sweet spot would probably be 15 to 20 kilowatt-hours.' Customers who focus too heavily on the length of the payback time and opt for a 5 kWh battery instead of a bigger one that could nearly eliminate the need for grid power, may end up 'miserable', Peacock said. 'Very quickly they are going to see that they are still pulling from the grid after that battery is drained at 6 or 7 o'clock, and that just makes battery owners miserable,' he said. 'If you size a battery for zero bills, you're going to need a much bigger battery than if you are optimising a faster payback, but [lower bills] is where the long-term satisfaction comes from.' How to use a battery Australian National University emeritus professor and solar energy pioneer Andrew Blakers said greater savings were available for households with batteries that replaced their gas heaters and cookers with electric appliances. 'If you've got $10,000 or $15,000, which is what it's going to cost for a good-sized battery, then getting off gas would be my No.1 recommendation by far,' Blakers said. That's because they will avoid both the cost of gas and the fixed network charges for delivery of the fuel. Blakers agreed that the average household should shop for a battery in the 10 kWh to 15 kWh size range. 'That gives you enough flexibility to stoke up a large fraction of the energy from your solar panel on the roof … and then spread it three ways – into your home battery, into your hot water tank, and into your EV – remembering to preheat your house or pre-cooling your house before you get home, for example,' he said. Peacock, who sold SolarQuotes to Origin Energy last year, said buyers should be aware they can still waste energy and cop power bills with a battery installed on their dwelling. 'I worry about people thinking batteries are the magic bullet – always bear in mind that batteries store energy, they don't generate it,' he said. 'The thermal envelope of most Aussie homes is really horrible. People are dropping $10 to $15,000 on a battery, but are often still not sealing the gaps in their homes. Don't forget about the thermal envelope of your home.' How to choose a battery Batteries may take 10 years, or more in some cases, to deliver enough bill relief to repay their price. But they should remain in warranty during this period, with most models offering a guarantee of a decade or more. There are about 80 household batteries on the Australian market, starting at about $4000 for a 5 kWh unit, data compiled by the Smart Energy Council industry group shows. The nine systems with a 10 kWh capacity cost up to $10,000, and a handful of models with a capacity exceeding 13 kWh retail from $15,000 upwards. Loading Mike Roberts, senior research associate at the University of NSW School for Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, said the best way for a home owner to choose a battery was to seek independent advice. Reputable installation companies are a valuable source of information and will assess a customer's power bill, energy use patterns and solar system and advise on the best purchase. Another source of advice is the independent SunSPOT website. Developed by UNSW experts and not-for-profit solar research organisation the Australian PV Institute, it provides an energy calculator that assesses a household's solar power, energy use and battery potential and forecasts bill savings. 'If you've got your address, we can look at your roof, we can see if you have, and then we work out how much they'll generate over the year,' Roberts said. 'You can also work out what would happen if you add more solar or replaced it with a new system, or added a battery.' Uptake of batteries has surged since July 1, when the rebate scheme opened, with installers and advisory services such as SolarQuotes reporting a 500 per cent rise in sales and inquiries. Peacock said the battery boom reminded him of the solar panel boom, which began in 2008 when the first states offered generous payments, or feed-in tariffs, to households that supplied solar power to the grid. For a list of batteries approved for use under the Cheaper Home Batteries Program, visit the Clean Energy Council approved products list. Lobby group Solar Citizens also has a list of state government support programs.
See - Sada Elbalad
5 days ago
- Business
- See - Sada Elbalad
EgyptAir Cargo Transports Giant Marine Loading Arms to Support Regasification Units
Taarek Refaat EgyptAir Cargo has successfully received two Antonov AN-124 aircraft at Cairo International Airport to transport two massive shipping arms, key components of floating storage regasification units (FSRU), in a pivotal move to bolster Egypt's energy infrastructure. These units are critical for the country's ongoing efforts to secure its energy needs, with the parts being delivered to the UGDC quay at Damietta Port. The Massive shipping arms, also known as Marine Loading Arms (MLAs), are indeed key components of Floating Storage Regasification Units (FSRUs). This operation is part of a broader national strategy aimed at enhancing Egypt's energy capacity and ensuring stable supply chains for the country's growing demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG). The FSRU units will play a crucial role in LNG storage and regasification, allowing Egypt to import natural gas more efficiently, process it, and distribute it for domestic and international markets. The shipment of these specialized components signifies a major step in the country's efforts to diversify and expand its energy resources. The floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs) will be installed at the UGDC facility in Damietta, one of Egypt's most strategic natural gas terminals. These units are designed to receive, store, and transform LNG into a vaporized state for transportation through the national gas pipeline network, facilitating energy imports and optimizing storage capacity. "These large and complex components are integral to our ability to ensure energy security for Egypt in the long term," stated an official from EgyptAir Cargo. "By leveraging the world's largest cargo aircraft, we are not only ensuring the safe delivery of these components but also demonstrating our commitment to supporting national infrastructure projects." Strategic Importance of the UGDC Project The UGDC terminal at Damietta Port holds strategic importance in Egypt's LNG infrastructure. The new FSRU units will not only enhance Egypt's capacity to process and store LNG but also reinforce the country's role as a key player in the global energy market. The initiative is part of a larger effort to develop Egypt's natural gas reserves and ensure the country remains self-sufficient in its energy needs while also maintaining its position as a significant exporter of energy. read more CBE: Deposits in Local Currency Hit EGP 5.25 Trillion Morocco Plans to Spend $1 Billion to Mitigate Drought Effect Gov't Approves Final Version of State Ownership Policy Document Egypt's Economy Expected to Grow 5% by the end of 2022/23- Minister Qatar Agrees to Supply Germany with LNG for 15 Years Business Oil Prices Descend amid Anticipation of Additional US Strategic Petroleum Reserves Business Suez Canal Records $704 Million, Historically Highest Monthly Revenue Business Egypt's Stock Exchange Earns EGP 4.9 Billion on Tuesday Business Wheat delivery season commences on April 15 News Israeli-Linked Hadassah Clinic in Moscow Treats Wounded Iranian IRGC Fighters News China Launches Largest Ever Aircraft Carrier Sports Former Al Zamalek Player Ibrahim Shika Passes away after Long Battle with Cancer Videos & Features Tragedy Overshadows MC Alger Championship Celebration: One Fan Dead, 11 Injured After Stadium Fall Lifestyle Get to Know 2025 Eid Al Adha Prayer Times in Egypt Business Fear & Greed Index Plummets to Lowest Level Ever Recorded amid Global Trade War News "Tensions Escalate: Iran Probes Allegations of Indian Tech Collaboration with Israeli Intelligence" News Flights suspended at Port Sudan Airport after Drone Attacks Videos & Features Video: Trending Lifestyle TikToker Valeria Márquez Shot Dead during Live Stream Arts & Culture Hawass Foundation Launches 1st Course to Teach Ancient Egyptian Language
