Earlier this year in Western Australia, a rule went into effect that all new or altered electricity network connections must have a circuit breaker as the main switch. In some cases, this circuit breaker will trip if you use more than a piddly 20 Amps in your home.
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New South Wales’ Lake Macquarie City Council is the latest local government to give solar powered rubbish bins a whirl.
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The Victorian Government’s popular Solar Homes program has been expanded once again – this time to include homes under construction.
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As large-scale solar power plants go, Kerta Solar Farm is a little ‘un – but it has a very interesting feature.
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New applications for several types of commercial developments will need to demonstrate net-zero energy use from 2026 in the City of Sydney local government area.
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Solar panels and a little black box are helping a bunch of low income households in South Australia save on their electricity bills.
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Western Australia had the cheapest solar power systems in Australia during July 2022 – and by quite a margin. See what Australians were paying for systems last month in the latest SolarQuotes solar price report.
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Origin Energy’s ‘Origin Loop’ Virtual Power Plant (Loop VPP) pays you to let Origin discharge your battery into the grid, but you must have an Origin retail electricity plan to use it. Even though there’s a big dollar incentive up front, I don’t think it’s a good deal overall. In this post, I’ll tell you why […]
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China’s solar manufacturing industry has experienced its share of challenges recently – and now drought and heatwave conditions in some parts of the country are taking their toll.
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The Albanese Government is taking a crack at implementing vehicle fuel efficiency standards, which could help boost EV availability, affordability and uptake in Australia.
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