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A Slow Start For 2020’s First Victorian Solar Panel Rebates

January 6, 2020 2024-12-10T08:44:11 by Michael Bloch 2 Comments

As at 6AM this morning, Solar Victoria’s website indicated 578 rebates for home solar power systems remained in January’s first round.

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Horsham Rural City Council Harvesting The Sun

January 6, 2020 2020-01-06T05:22:32 by Michael Bloch Leave a Comment

Horsham Town Hall is now reaping the benefits of solar energy, with more solar panel installations for Horsham Rural City Council assets on the way.

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JA Solar To Build New Cell And Panel Manufacturing Plants

January 3, 2020 2020-01-03T04:47:37 by Michael Bloch Leave a Comment

Chinese PV manufacturer JA Solar has announced intentions of expanding its manufacturing capacity with the construction of two new factories in Yiwu City, Zhejiang Province.

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Australian Solar Systems Interest Index – January 2020

January 2, 2020 2020-01-02T12:17:59 by Michael Bloch Leave a Comment

auSSII Australian solar power report - December 2019

The last month of 2019 didn’t see the usual degree of slowdown in interest from Australians wanting to bust their electricity bills by installing a solar power system.

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Australia’s Solar Rebate In 2020 – What You Need To Know

January 2, 2020 2020-01-02T05:50:53 by Michael Bloch 11 Comments

The start of the new year brings changes to Australia’s hugely popular solar rebate – but solar power system buyers may not see any significant impact.

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Nuclear Power Plant Reactors In Germany, Sweden Shut Down For Good

January 1, 2020 2020-01-01T09:13:40 by Michael Bloch Leave a Comment

Nuclear reactor shutdowns in Sweden and Germany

As Europe increasingly turns to renewable energy based electricity generation options such as wind and solar power, the plugs have been pulled on another 2 nuclear reactors.

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Baringhup Solar Farm Gets Go-Ahead

January 1, 2020 2020-01-01T05:57:42 by Michael Bloch Leave a Comment

A controversial solar energy + battery storage project in the Shire of Mount Alexander in central Victoria has reportedly been given the green light by the state’s planning minister.

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Europe’s Largest Solar Farm Completed

December 31, 2019 2019-12-31T10:04:34 by Michael Bloch Leave a Comment

Spain’s Iberdrola has announced completion of construction of the 500MW Núñez de Balboa solar farm project in the country’s western region of Extremadura.

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Shoalhaven Solar Owners’ Water Restrictions Reprieve

December 31, 2019 2020-01-13T12:31:47 by Michael Bloch 1 Comment

While water restrictions are in place in NSW’s Shoalhaven Council region, residential solar system owners have been granted an exemption to wash bushfire ash off their solar panels.

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