Victorian Community Groups Get Cash For Solar Projects

Community solar project funding in Victoria

More than $1 million in grants have been announced as part of Round five of the Victorian Government’s New Energy Jobs Fund that will support hundreds of kilowatts of new PV and hundreds of kilowatt-hours of battery storage capacity. [Read more…]

Floating Solar + Hydropower’s Huge Potential

Floating solar + hydropower

Image: NREL

Adding floating solar panels to hydropower plant reservoirs has the technical potential to supply a significant chunk of the world’s electricity needs. [Read more…]

Victoria’s “Off-Grid” Transition Village Gets Solar Grant

Transition Village Wallan - solar power

An ambitious project just outside of Melbourne addressing homelessness will use solar panels to power a small village of tiny homes. [Read more…]

New Standards For Solar In SA Now In Effect

Solar power systems in South Australia

The introduction of new standards relating to solar power systems in South Australia yesterday may not have led to the Earth suddenly exploding, or even just SA, but the rushed implementation has created some headaches and confusion. [Read more…]

Woolworths Gets SBTi Emissions Reduction Target Tick

Woolworths solar power and emissions reduction

Woolworths Group says the company has had its emission reduction targets endorsed by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). [Read more…]

World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2020 Released

Nuclear power report

The WNISR2020 report released late last week indicates nuclear energy is continuing to lose ground to wind and solar power. [Read more…]

Taylor’s Australian Rooftop Solar Sector Review – Update

Australian rooftop solar investigation

The terms of reference for an inquiry into Australia’s rooftop solar PV sector were released by the Clean Energy Regulator on Friday. [Read more…]

Vertical Solar Panel Installation In Melbourne

Vertical solar panels - Australia

Image via Facility Management

Here’s something you don’t see often in Australia – a grid connected PV system with its solar panels installed vertically. [Read more…]

More Coal Country Councils Reaffirm Commitment To Climate Action

Cities Power Partnership

Seven out of ten local governments in New South Wales’ largest coal-producing area, the Hunter Region, are now part of the Cities Power Partnership. [Read more…]

Wanted: Geelong Solar Power System Owners

Geelong solar pilot project

City of Greater Geelong is inviting local solar power system owners to join a pilot project it says will help maximise solar electricity self-consumption. [Read more…]

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