SETuP Solar + Battery At Daly River (Nauiyu) | Image: ARENA

The remote aboriginal community of Daly River will be the first in the Northern Territory to reach 50% renewables, thanks to solar and battery storage, and will serve as a model for powering others. [Read more…]

Solar power in India | Image: Public Domain

In the first half of this year, the Indian solar market added more capacity than it did during all last year – and its appetite for coal is waning.

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A new initiative providing South Australian households and small businesses with information on how to improve energy efficiency and reduce power bills was launched yesterday.

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Solar panels to play a key role in the City of Canterbury Bankstown’s energy future

The City of Canterbury Bankstown has announced it will install solar power systems on more buildings to make further substantial savings on its electricity bills and increase local efforts on addressing climate change.

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CER crackdown on non-compliant solar panels

The Clean Energy Regulator has announced it is targeting installations of unapproved solar panels for which STC’s have been claimed – and has already taken its first scalp.

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Tasmania has its sights set on becoming Australia’s renewable energy battery

From little things, big things grow – Hydro Tasmania has reported on progress of engineering work underway that will contribute towards a goal of making the Apple Isle the “Battery of the Nation”.

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Australia’s gas network potentially a “bottomless battery” for storing renewables-based hydrogen.

A power-to-gas trial using a new electrolyser will seek to produce cheap hydrogen from splitting water, with the hydrogen then injected into the gas grid.

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Australia’s GHG emissions continue to rise

The latest Australian National Greenhouse Gas Inventory quarterly update reveals a reduction in electricity sector emissions, but an increase at a national level.

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Solar farm image: junilly, CC BY 3.0

The Palaszczuk Government says its Renewables 400 initiative will support companies wanting to build large scale renewables and energy storage projects in the state through a reverse auction process.

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Waste collection trucks to be powered by rain, wind and sun | Image: Orderinchaos, CC BY-SA 3.0

Victoria’s Moreland City Council has received government funding for an ambitious project to transition its diesel-fuelled waste trucks to hydrogen extracted using wind and solar power.

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