Posts By Michael Bloch On SolarQuotes

SA Water Sowing Solar Farms With Saltbush

SA Water solar farm revegetation

Image: SA Water via Facebook

Native grasses and saltbush will be growing under rows of solar panels in what were previously cropping and grazing paddocks that were turned into SA Water clean power stations. [Read more…]

Huge Rooftop Solar Energy System For Armidale Hospital

Armidale Hospital - solar energy

While COVID-19 clouds continue to hang over the healthcare sector, a ray of sunshine has appeared for Armidale Hospital, which will be getting a thumping great solar power system installed. [Read more…]

Colac Community Library Goes Solar

Colac library solar installation

In Victoria, the Colac Community Library and Learning Centre is now reaping the emissions reduction and electricity bill-busting benefits of solar panels. [Read more…]

Bifacial Solar Car Park Starts Cranking Clean Electricity

Bifacial solar car park - Morphett Vale

Another solar carpark using an innovative design system and bifacial solar panels has popped up – this one outside the City of Onkaparinga’s Wakefield House at Morphett Vale in Adelaide’s south. [Read more…]

ISS Solar Battery Upgrade Nearly Complete

International Space Station battery storage upgrade

The end of major upgrade work on the International Space Station’s energy storage systems is in sight after successful spacewalks last week. [Read more…]

50MW Solar Farm Project Gets Ipswich Council Approval

Karrabin solar farm

A proposed $80 million solar farm project for Karrabin recently received the go-ahead from Queensland’s Ipswich City Council. [Read more…]

Hyundai 350W “Shingled” Solar Panel Available In Australia Soon

Hyundai shingle cell solar panel

Another interesting new solar panel to watch for in Australia in the months ahead is Hyundai’s HiE-S350SG – a 350 watt shingle cell module designed for the home and commercial market. [Read more…]

Enphase Energised Maxeon AC Module Headed For Australia

Maxeon AC solar panels

SunPower spinoff Maxeon Solar Technologies and Enphase Energy have announced a strategic partnership that could see Maxeon AC solar panels on Australia’s shores as early as towards the end of this year. [Read more…]

Queensland’s Logan City Council Hits 1MW Solar Capacity

Logan City Council - Solar Energy

A new solar panel installation on the rooftop of an aquatic centre has taken Logan City Council’s total solar panel capacity to more than 1,000kW. More is on the way. [Read more…]

Major Solar Power Plant For McCain Foods Australia

McCain Ballarat - solar power

McCain Foods Australia has announced construction of what it says is Australia’s largest “behind-the-meter” renewable energy system at its manufacturing facility in Ballarat, Victoria. [Read more…]

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