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Microinverter Solar System For Devonport Council Arts Centre

Solar power in Devonport Tasmania - paranaple arts centre

Tasmania’s Devonport City Council is getting busy in making good on its Cities Power Partnership pledges.

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Redback Smart Inverters Ready To Rock

Redback solar inverters - Smart Inverter Series

Queensland-based Redback Technologies’ new single-phase, grid-tied solar inverters have hit the market.

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Australian Firm Aims For Cleaner Cremation With Green Hydrogen

Cremation with green hydrogen

As more Australians look to lowering their carbon footprint in death as in life, renewables-based hydrogen could play a role.

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5B Looks To Robots To Slash Solar Costs

5B Maverick - ARENA solar funding

Australia’s 5B is aiming to slash the capital costs of producing and deploying its revolutionary Maverick “solar farm in a box” solution by more than a third – and has received a helping hand from ARENA to do so.

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Tonga Eruption Won’t Cool Planet Or Reduce Solar Output

Tonga eruption Tonga eruption impacts on cooling and solar power

After I heard about the Tongan volcanic eruption, the first thing I did was determine if the Tongans I knew were all right.  While conditions there are serious, they aren’t as bad as they could have been, so they’re probably okay.  Australia and New Zealand are sending relief, which is a relief. 

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Sandy Creek Solar Farm Finally Gets Green Light

Sandy Creek Solar Farm project

A proposed 12MW solar farm pretty much on the doorstep of a town near Wagga Wagga in New South Wales is good to go (Note: this story was updated 19th January with a couple of corrections).

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Rio Tinto/BHP Jump On Board Battery-Electric Trains

Battery electric locomotive

More major Australian iron ore producers have recently signed on the dotted line for delivery of battery electric locomotives.

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EV Ranges In The Real World — How Far Will You Really Go?

Real world electric vehicle range

Electric car manufacturers know exactly how much range drivers get on average from a full charge.  Despite this, they continue to give inflated figures based on unrealistic tests rather than a realistic real-world range.

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Coal Power: The Comeback Kid For Now (But Not In Australia)

Coal power emissions

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has warned the world is well off track on electricity generation related emissions after coal power saw a resurgence last year.

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Victorian Embedded Networks Review Complete

Embedded networks review - Victoria

An end to new residential embedded electricity networks – but with a renewable energy exemption – and reform of existing networks are a step closer in Victoria.

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