035 - The rapid uptick in solar installations under NSW's solar bonus scheme

The NSW solar bonus scheme was launched in January 2010, "to encourage the uptake of renewable energy, handed homeowners 60¢ or 20¢ "feed-in" tariffs per kilowatt hour, for the solar energy they put back into the grid".

The NSW government makes data available on their website detailing installations - the chart below shows the total capacity installed for each month in the data set.

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034 - UK media sentiment analysis by topic

Editorials are a useful insight into the views of those running media outlets - Carbon Brief has a good listing of editorials in the UK by topic. I ran them through a low-grade sentiment analyser - the results shouldn't be taken seriously by anyone, but it's a curious insight in the differences between different topics (yesterday's chart was by topic).

Cheers to Dr Simon Evans for the idea.

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033 - UK media sentiment analysis by outlet

Editorials are a useful insight into the views of those running media outlets - Carbon Brief has a good listing of editorials in the UK by topic. I ran them through a low-grade sentiment analyser - the results shouldn't be taken seriously by anyone (sentiment analysis can be rough around the edges), but it's a curious insight in the differences between the outlets.

Cheers to Dr Simon Evans for the idea.

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032 - Tasmania's history as a giant battery for Australia

In light of a recent announcement regarding Tasmania and hydro storage, here's a chart from Hydro Tasmania's website, showing the quantity of energy stored by the reserves in Tasmania, with a pointed drop late last year - the Tasmanian energy crisis, which coincided with the failure of an interconnector between Tasmania and the mainland.

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031 - Those wanting a gov't shake-up also hate immigrants

A fascinating and unique statistic from the Australian Election Study 2016, via the latest Quarterly Essay - there's a strong link between those wanting a shake up of the government and those with a distinct anti-immigration sentiment.

These data are from the latest Quarterly Essay as determined by the Australian Election Study 2016 - also here

030 - One Nation voters think immigrants are criminals who take jobs and worsen the economy

It's a fact borne out in some polling from the Australian Election Study in 2016 - a large survey that examined Australian attitudes.

These data are from the latest Quarterly Essay as determined by the Australian Election Study 2016 - also here.

029 - More One Nation voters live in cities than you think

Though the public perception is that the majority of One Nation voters hail from rural areas, a decent chunk of them come from cities, and the outer suburbs.

These data are from the latest Quarterly Essay as determined by the Australian Election Study 2016.