Posts By Michael Bloch On SolarQuotes

Renewables Trump Coal Power In The USA In April

Renewable energy vs. coal

Renewable energy sources generated more electricity than coal power in the U.S. during April says the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis. Every. Single. Day. [Read more…]

CEC Touts Clean Energy Led COVID-19 Economic Recovery

Clean Energy Recovery

The Clean Energy Council says an economic recovery led by accelerated renewables and energy storage investment could create tens of thousands of jobs and position Australia as a clean energy superpower. [Read more…]

WA EPA Thumbs Up For Asian Renewable Energy Hub

Asian Renewable Energy Hub

A proposed huge wind and solar energy project in Western Australia’s East Pilbara region looks like it has cleared another hurdle, subject to conditions. [Read more…]

City Of Ryde’s New EVs To Be Charged With Solar Power

Electric Vehicles - City of Ryde

Sydney’s City of Ryde announced on Friday it has acquired two electric vehicles that will be charged using solar energy. [Read more…]

Australian Solar Systems Interest Index – May 2020

Australian solar power report covering April 2020

While interest in buying solar dropped off in March, it started bouncing back in early April – here’s what Australians were looking for in a solar power system last month when using the SolarQuotes service. [Read more…]

WA Government Announces Clean Energy Future Fund Cash

Clean Energy Future Fund - Western Australia

Western Australia’s McGowan Government has opened applications for the first round of the Clean Energy Future Fund (CEFF), worth around $2 million. [Read more…]

Sun Continues To Shine For Sungrow

Sungrow inverters and battery storage

Sungrow’s summary report for 2019 shows the company continuing to be one of the leaders in the solar inverter market. [Read more…]

Queenslanders Want More Renewables, Not Coal Power

Coal vs. renewables in Queensland

A poll of more than 1,000 Queensland residents in late March indicates a strong preference for more renewables over new coal-fired power. [Read more…]

Britain Breaks Coal-Free Electricity Record

Coal-free electricity record in Britain

Image: Glyn Drury, CC BY-SA 2.0

The impacts of COVID-19 and increasing renewable energy capacity have seen Britain achieve a new record period free of coal-fired electricity generation. [Read more…]

Solar To Help Improve Safety In Armidale

Solar powered lighting for Armidale cycleway

The Federal Government’s Safer Communities Fund is supporting a solar lighting project for a cycleway in Armidale. [Read more…]

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