Britain’s First 100+ Hours Of Coal-Free Electricity Use

Coal power in Britain

Cottam Power Station (Nottinghamshire) – To Close This Year | Image: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0

Another record has tumbled – for the first time, Britain has recorded more than 100 hours without the use of coal power for electricity supply. [Read more…]

SolarQuotes Vodcast Episode 14 – Stupid Solar Rules

Finn and Ronald discuss highlights from the SolarQuotes blog from the previous week, plus a few other news items for good measure. [Read more…]

Solar Power Shines In Wonthaggi

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State Coal mine solar panels

Solar energy was in the spotlight in the Victorian town of Wonthaggi on Friday, with the unveiling of a PV system at its Civic Centre and a solar + storage installation at an old coal mine. [Read more…]

Australian Solar Systems Interest Index – May 2019

auSSII solar report - May 2019

In this month’s Australian Solar Systems Interest Index (auSSII) report, we’ve added some interesting new statistics relating to solar power system monitoring. [Read more…]

New Queensland Rule To Heavily Impact State’s Commercial Solar Sector

Queensland commercial solar

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Queensland Government rules set to come into force in less than two weeks will hit the state’s commercial solar energy sector hard says the Clean Energy Council. [Read more…]

Labor’s Proposed Renewable Energy Zone For SA Announced

Renewable Energy Zone - REZ - South Australia

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A “Renewable Energy Zone” (REZ) will be established in South Australia under a Shorten Labor Government – and its location was revealed yesterday. [Read more…]

Longi And JinkoSolar Beefing Up Production Capacity

Longi and JinkoSolar

Two of China’s solar manufacturing heavyweights are expanding production capacity to address growing demand for their products. [Read more…]

More Solar Power For Woolworths And Costco

Solar energy - Woolworths and Costco

Supermarket giant Woolworths and membership warehouse club Costco are continuing to build on their solar energy capacity in Australia. [Read more…]

IPART Lifts Benchmark Range For NSW Solar Feed-In Tariff

NSW feed in tariff

New South Wales’ Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) has released guidance on solar feed in tariff rates for 2019/20. [Read more…]

$1 Billion School Solar + Battery Storage Program Under Labor

Bill Shorten - Labor - Solar Schools

Various media outlets are reporting Labor will make a major announcement today regarding a solar + storage rollout at schools across the country should it win the upcoming election. [Read more…]

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