Electricity prices are shocking – and that’s no joke | Image: FelixMittermeier
Annual residential electricity bills have jumped 44% in real terms since 2007-08 and commercial users are paying 53% more per kilowatt hour says a report released today by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
The hundreds of thousands of solar power systems installed across New South Wales are benefiting all electricity consumers – collectively to the tune of billions of dollars.
UQ’s recently released Sustainability Scorecard 2016 reveals the University generated more than 8.8 million kilowatt-hours of electricity from its 47,000+ solar panels last year.
The first 100% community owned solar power system in Port Macquarie, New South Wales, was officially unveiled at the St Agnes Early Education Centre yesterday.
Image source: City of Adelaide.
The Art Gallery of South Australia has been fitted with 64kWh of battery storage, a demonstration system to help manage the gallery’s electricity demand.
Australia’s largest university has announced it will be fully powered by renewable energy by 2030 through a $135 million project called the Net Zero Initiative. [Read more…]
The Victorian Government is providing a $140,000 grant to support the implementation of Geelong Sustainability’s community solar investment model.
Tony Abbott painted an interesting picture in his speech | Image via Facebook
In his speech to the Global Warming Policy Foundation in London, Australia’s ex-Prime Minister Tony Abbott expressed little love for renewables again – particularly wind and solar power.
The conversion efficiency for P-type mc-Si PERC cells has exceeded the 22% mark for the first time – and the technology will be integrated into JinkoSolar’s production lines. [Read more…]
The amount of solar energy capacity in place in the United States by the end of last year was 4,500 percent more than government experts forecast 10 years earlier.
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