Posts By Michael Bloch On SolarQuotes

WA’s City Of Albany Council To Boost Climate Action

City of Albany, Western Australia - renewable energy

City of Albany has endorsed a Climate Change Action Declaration that includes a commitment to 100% renewable energy (assumed: electricity) by 2030. [Read more…]

Bunnings Shoots For 100% Renewable Electricity By 2025

Bunnings renewable electricity

Hardware and homewares giant Bunnings yesterday announced plans to source 100% renewable electricity for its operations by 2025. [Read more…]

Johnson And Morrison – One Telephone Call, Two Emissions Tales

Boris Johnson and Scott Morrison - Emissions

British PM Boris Johnson and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison caught up for a telephone chat about emissions reduction. Both sides had somewhat different recollection of the call. [Read more…]

Solar Power Remains Australians’ Most Preferred Energy Source

Solar energy popularity in Australia

The latest Climate of the Nation report reveals the enduring and increasing popularity of solar energy and a vast majority of Australians wanting coal-fired power stations phased out. [Read more…]

Birdwood Solar and Storage Project Progresses

Birdwood Solar And Storage Project

Image: Google Earth

A development application has been conditionally approved by Adelaide Hills Council for a solar farm with battery storage on the outskirts of Birdwood. But the project going ahead is not a done deal. [Read more…]

Japan’s PM Pledges Carbon Neutrality By 2050

A carbon neutral Japan

Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga says his country will become carbon-neutral by 2050 – and this has implications for Australia. [Read more…]

SwitchDin Scores Prestigious International Award For Energy Tech

SwitchDin - Start Up Energy Transition (SET) Award

Australian energy management technology company SwitchDin has been announced the winner of a 2020 Start Up Energy Transition (SET) Award. [Read more…]

$500,000 Raised For Goulburn Community Solar Project

Goulburn community solar farm

Community Energy 4 Goulburn (CE4G) is celebrating after a successful investor information event last Wednesday raised more than half a million dollars for a community solar farm project. [Read more…]

Dr. Sam’s Sun Cable Spray

Sun Cable - Australia-ASEAN Power Link (AAPL)

Country Liberal Senator for the Northern Territory Dr. Sam McMahon appears to have channelled Senator Matt Canavan in a reaction to the potential location of a massive solar and storage project- the Australia-ASEAN Power Link (AAPL). [Read more…]

Whittlesea Council Aiming For Net Zero Emissions By 2022

Solar panels - Whittlesea Council

Victoria’s City Of Whittlesea Council has adopted a plan that sets it on a path for net zero emissions by 2022; with solar power continuing to play a significant role. [Read more…]

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