Better late than never – construction of Risen Energy’s 100MW (AC) Yarranlea Solar Farm west of Toowoomba in Queensland is moving along. [Read more…]
Victoria’s Karadoc Solar Farm Officially Opened
Image: Flow Power
Karadoc Solar Farm was officially opened last week, while not far away its sister project at Yatpool is under construction. [Read more…]
Australian Solar Systems Interest Index – March 2019
The trend towards increasingly larger solar power systems continued in February as Australians sought to get the best returns from the electricity bill-busting technology. [Read more…]
Victoria’s 2019/20 Minimum Solar Feed In Tariff Rates Finalised
Victoria’s Essential Services Commission (ESC) has set new rates for solar feed-in tariffs from July 2019. The single rate will be boosted, shoulder/off-peak time-varying rates will be increased and the peak rate slashed. [Read more…]
Gelion Endure – A Non-Flow Zinc Bromine Battery
Gelion Endure – still early days for the aesthetics
A new type of energy storage platform was put to work at the University of Sydney last night by Gelion Technologies. [Read more…]
NEM Emissions Intensity Plummets As Renewables Capacity Increases
The Australia Institute’s (TAI’s) latest National Energy Emissions Audit for the electricity sector covering January 2019 has been released. There’s good news – thanks to renewables. [Read more…]
Legislation Introduced For Queensland’s CleanCo
Image: Wivenhoe Power Station
Progress on Queensland’s new publicly-owned renewables-focused electricity generator continued yesterday, with related legislation introduced to State Parliament. [Read more…]
U.S. Senators Fear Huawei Solar Inverters
The world’s largest manufacturer of solar inverters, Huawei, won’t get a look-in with the U.S. market if a group of senators have their way. [Read more…]
Another Study Confirms Solar’s Popularity Among Australia’s Battlers
That solar power is a plaything for the rich is a myth that has been busted time and again, but it never hurts to have a fresh reminder given the furphy still regularly pops up. [Read more…]
ScoMo’s Climate Solutions Package Panned
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison | via Facebook
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison yesterday announced the climate policy he’ll be going into the next election with. If the aim was to elicit negative reactions, then it was a rip-roaring success. [Read more…]
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