Posts By Michael Bloch On SolarQuotes

Longi Solar Claims Monocrystalline PERC Panel Efficiency Record

Longi solar panels

China’s Longi Solar likes breaking efficiency records  – the company has claimed its third in four months and appears to have big things in store for this year. [Read more…]

Australia’s 2017 Rooftop Solar Installations To Deliver Billions In Power Bill Savings

Solar panels equal big electricity bill savings

Solar panel image: B137,CC BY-SA 4.0

Rooftop solar panels installed last year across Australia will deliver an estimated $2 billion in electricity bill savings over the next decade states the latest Renewable Energy Index. [Read more…]

CEFC Finance To Support New South Wales’ Largest Solar Farm

Coleambally Solar Farm

Australia’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) announced yesterday it had committed $30 million in debt finance to the Coleambally Solar Farm project. [Read more…]

SolarReserve Opens Offices In South Australia

Aurora solar thermal power plant

SolarReserve, the company that will develop the Aurora solar thermal power station project near Port Augusta, officially opened two offices in South Australia yesterday. [Read more…]

Darling Downs Solar Farm Progress

Darling Downs Solar Farm

Image: RCR Tomlinson (EPC contractor for Darlings Downs Solar Farm)

Work has commenced on the transmission line that will connect APA’s Darling Downs Solar Farm in Queensland to the state’s electricity network. [Read more…]

Trump Solar Tax Sends Shockwaves Through U.S Industry

U.S President Donald Trump's solar tax

Earlier today, U.S. President Donald Trump gave the green light for punitive tariffs of as much as 30 percent to be whacked on imported solar cells and panels. [Read more…]

Childers And Susan River Solar Farms Construction To Start Soon

Esco Pacific Queensland Solar Power Projects

Commencement of construction of Esco Pacific’s Childers And Susan River Solar Farms in Queensland isn’t far off, and other Esco large-scale PV projects are progressing.  [Read more…]

More Solar Power For Geelong Community Buildings

Leisurelink Aquatic Center solar power system

Another City of Greater Geelong facility has gone solar –  Leisurelink Aquatic Centre in Grovedale – with other buildings to have solar panels installed this year. [Read more…]

Small Scale Solar Steps Up To The Plate In Summer

Solar panels, summer electricity and heatwaves

Image: ulleo

The 546,000+ rooftop solar power systems installed in Victoria and South Australia made a valuable contribution towards keeping the lights on and air-conditioners pumping in both states during recent stinking hot days. [Read more…]

Australian Energy Efficiency Legislation Review Under Way

GEMS Act review - energy efficiency in Australia

The Australian Federal Government has announced the immediate commencement of the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards Act’s (GEMS Act) first review. [Read more…]

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