Posts By Michael Bloch On SolarQuotes

Image : via Flinders Power

In another powerful reminder of South Australia’s exit from coal-fired electricity generation within its borders, the 80-metre high Playford B stack at the Augusta Power Stations site was demolished on Thursday. [Read more…]

Universities across the world are turning to solar energy to help power their campuses – two more recently completed projects include PV for Cal Poly in the USA and University of Cambridge in the UK. [Read more…]

Auckland Harbour Bridge – promo shot

A light and sound show on the weekend heralded the official launch of the first stage of Auckland Harbour Bridge’s solar + battery powered lighting project. [Read more…]

Six Flags Great Adventure in the U.S. state of New Jersey has announced a major solar project to help power the theme park – and it’s also drawing attention to the state’s renewable energy renaissance. [Read more…]

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…]

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…]

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, 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…]

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…]

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…]