Canberrans Brace For Electricity Price Hike

Canberra electricity prices

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There’s some bad news for Canberrans after the ACT’s Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission yesterday released its regulated retail electricity price determination, effective from July. [Read more…]

Proposed Kalgoorlie-Boulder Lithium Refinery A Step Closer

Australian miner Neometals (ASX: NMT) has signed an option agreement with the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder to sub-lease an industrial estate site for its proposed lithium hydroxide refining facility, which will produce battery grade products. [Read more…]

Go-Ahead Given For Morwell Power Station Demolition

Morwell Power Station

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While recently heritage-listed, the Heritage Council Of Victoria has granted permission for owners of the defunct Morwell Power Station to demolish it. [Read more…]

WA To Be Home Base For The 100% Solar Powered Zephyr

Solar powered Zephyr

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Wyndham airfield in Western Australia will be used as an operations base for Airbus’s Zephyr – a 100% solar powered High Altitude Pseudo Satellite (HAPS). [Read more…]

DHL Rolling Out Solar Panels On Trucks

Solar panels for DHL trucks

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Logistics giant DHL has integrated solar panels on some of its delivery vehicles in the UK, cutting fuel costs and emissions. [Read more…]

JFY Solar Inverter Fails CEC Testing (Again)

JFY inverter fails CEC re-testing

The JFY solar inverter saga continues, with latest testing performed by the Clean Energy Council at the manufacturer’s request resulting in another failure. [Read more…]

Australian Solar Systems Interest Index – June 2018

Solar panel interest in Australia

Australians have been installing solar panels at a record rate and there’s still plenty of interest in turning the nation’s naked rooftops into bill-busting electricity generation platforms. [Read more…]

Report Raises Solar Power System Safety And Performance Concerns

Solar safety and performance

While representing a minority of installations, shonky solar in Australia can pose a threat to safety and/or seriously impact on return on investment. [Read more…]

Trump Wants To Prop Up Coal And Nuclear Power In The USA

Donald Trump

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U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to stop ailing coal and nuclear plants across the country from closing, much to the horror of the nation’s gas and renewable energy supporters. [Read more…]

Virtual Power Plant For Western Australia’s Goldfields?

Goldfields solar energy project

The Western Australian Government has announced it will proceed with providing half a million dollars to finance the development of a proposal for a virtual power plant (VPP) trial in Kalgoorlie-Boulder. [Read more…]

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