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Byron Shire Council Kicks Off Solar Farm Community Consultation

Dingo Lane Solar Farm - Byron Shire

Community engagement relating to a proposed 5-megawatt solar farm in Byron Shire in New South Wales’ Northern Rivers region has started with an on-site information session.

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Bifacial Solar Panels For Cairns Regional Council PV Project

Bifacial solar panels - Cairns Regional Council

Cairns Regional Council has announced the awarding of a contract to construct ground-mount solar farms at five wastewater treatment plants.

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Sungrow Reaches 100 Gigawatts Of Inverter Shipments

Sungrow solar inverter shipments

Solar inverter manufacturing giant Sungrow announced yesterday it has reached a milestone of 100GW of shipped inverter capacity.

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Solar Panel Installation At La Trobe University Library Commences

Solar panels at La Trobe University

Works are under way to install more than 1,100 solar panels on the rooftop of La Trobe University’s Bundoora Campus Library in Melbourne’s north-east.

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Go-Ahead Given For Maryvale Solar Farm

Maryvale Solar Farm

A $188 million solar energy project at Maryvale, near Wellington in New South Wales has been approved by the state’s Department of Planning, Industry and Environment.

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Small-Scale Solar Postcode Zone Changes Take Effect On January 1

Solar postcode zones

Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator has announced changes to postcode zones for solar power system installations will kick in from the beginning of next year; impacting on the amount of subsidy available in some areas.

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A Tale Of Exploding Isolators: Alliance Solar, Can You Hear Us?

Exploding isolators - Alliance Solar

Alliance Solar doesn’t seem to have a media manager, and that’s a problem, because we reckon a bit of crisis communications will be in order. SolarQuotes emailed the company at its only public address, the ubiquitous info@ format, because its website doesn’t mention a media contact. Why? Because a solar power system owner has posted […]

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Tossing Old Solar Panels Into Landfill Is Greener Than Recycling Them

Recycling solar panels

Recycling is a good thing.  Most of the time.  Humans have been reusing material for thousands of years, probably beginning on a large scale when early agriculturalists noticed poo is good for plants.  Ancient Greeks didn’t let pieces of broken pottery go to waste and used them like notepaper, while my father would collect (steal?) […]

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AEMC Releases Residential Electricity Price Trends Report 

AEMC electricity price trends

The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) thinks cheaper electricity bills are on the cards for many Australians over the next few years, largely thanks to the impact of renewable energy. But your mileage may vary.

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WA’s Consumer Protection Flags Growing Solar Complaints

Solar complaints in WA

The popularity of solar power in Western Australia is accompanied by an increase in related complaints according to Consumer Protection.

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