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Huge Rooftop Solar Energy System For Armidale Hospital

Armidale Hospital - solar energy

While COVID-19 clouds continue to hang over the healthcare sector, a ray of sunshine has appeared for Armidale Hospital, which will be getting a thumping great solar power system installed.

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Solar Helps Some Of The World’s Poorest Households Save $734,000 In 12 Months

family with solar lights

Financial Year 2019-20 was a big year in SolarQuotes’ support for the NGO Pollinate Group, which supports low-income households in India by helping them replace expensive kerosene lighting with solar powered alternatives. By sending $1 to Pollinate Group for each quote request on this site, we’ve been able to send $64,655 their way in 12 […]

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Colac Community Library Goes Solar

Colac library solar installation

In Victoria, the Colac Community Library and Learning Centre is now reaping the emissions reduction and electricity bill-busting benefits of solar panels.

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Bifacial Solar Car Park Starts Cranking Clean Electricity

Bifacial solar car park - Morphett Vale

Another solar carpark using an innovative design system and bifacial solar panels has popped up – this one outside the City of Onkaparinga’s Wakefield House at Morphett Vale in Adelaide’s south.

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Energy Australia’s Solar Plus Plan: Free Solar & Battery Comes At A High Cost

losing money

TLDR: You’ll save more money if you go to the effort of buying your own, bigger solar power system rather than surrendering your roof’s profits to Energy Australia.

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ISS Solar Battery Upgrade Nearly Complete

International Space Station battery storage upgrade

The end of major upgrade work on the International Space Station’s energy storage systems is in sight after successful spacewalks last week.

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50MW Solar Farm Project Gets Ipswich Council Approval

Karrabin solar farm

A proposed $80 million solar farm project for Karrabin recently received the go-ahead from Queensland’s Ipswich City Council.

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Hyundai 350W “Shingled” Solar Panel Available In Australia Soon

Hyundai shingle cell solar panel

Another interesting new solar panel to watch for in Australia in the months ahead is Hyundai’s HiE-S350SG – a 350 watt shingle cell module designed for the home and commercial market.

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South Australian Government Push Ahead With Ill-Conceived Inverter And Smart Meter Rules

trouble ahead sign

This seems to have snuck under the radar: last week, the consultation period for proposed new South Australian smart meter and inverter rules closed and as far as we can tell, even in the renewable energy specialist media it attracted no attention.

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Enphase Energised Maxeon AC Module Headed For Australia

Maxeon AC solar panels

SunPower spinoff Maxeon Solar Technologies and Enphase Energy have announced a strategic partnership that could see Maxeon AC solar panels on Australia’s shores as early as towards the end of this year.

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