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The UNSW Sunswift solar car team last week set a new Guinness World Record for the lowest energy consumption driving trans-Australia with an electric car. [Read more…]

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New South Wales’ Minister for Energy and Utilities Don Harwin outlined renewable energy progress in the state at the NSW Smart Energy Summit on Tuesday. [Read more…]

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A report just released by the Victoria Energy Policy Center (VEPC) confirms renewable electricity generation has brought wholesale electricity prices down – and is likely to continue to do so. [Read more…]

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The world’s first operations base for Airbus’s Zephyr Solar High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite (HAPS) has been officially established at Wyndham Airfield in Western Australia.  [Read more…]

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Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator has again warned registered REC agents to ensure solar power systems that STCs are created for actually exist. [Read more…]

While millions of solar power systems are now installed across Australia, there wasn’t any shortage of new interest in the electricity bill busting technology in November. [Read more…]

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Queensland’s Noosa Council says it has installed 252 kilowatts of on-site solar power capacity across six of its facilities in the past five months. [Read more…]

In one fell swoop, thousands of solar panel models disappeared from the Clean Energy Council’s approved solar panels list a few days ago. [Read more…]

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Latest estimates put the number of rooftop solar power systems installed across Australia at more than 2,001,130 – with approximately 20.3% of all Australian homes now boasting solar panels. [Read more…]

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15,000 Australian students went on strike from school in each capital city and more than 20 regional centres across Australia recently. There’s more action to come, but this time outside of school hours. [Read more…]