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b'Australia is one of the sunniest continents in the world, so it\\u2019s no surprise Australians have embraced solar energy to cut their power bills and slow down climate change. One in-five-homes now have rooftop solar panels. \\n\\nBut all that extra energy being fed into the grid can be tricky to manage. Our infrastructure wasn\\u2019t built for electricity to move in two directions. It\\u2019s not impossible for electricity to flow backwards, but it must be managed or transformers can become saturated.\\n\\nDr Elizabeth Ratnam and Associate Professor Lachlan Blackhall have come up with a revolutionary new way of better monitoring power flow through electricity grids. \\n\\nTechNOW is a podcast about Australian innovations that are shaping the future, thanks to the Global Connections fund \\u2013 a project run by the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering and supported by the Australian Government.'