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
Solar inverter manufacturing giant Sungrow announced yesterday it has reached a milestone of 100GW of shipped inverter capacity.
[Continue reading…]Solar Panel Installation At La Trobe University Library Commences
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.
[Continue reading…]Go-Ahead Given For 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.
[Continue reading…]Small-Scale Solar Postcode Zone Changes Take Effect On January 1
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.
[Continue reading…]A Tale Of Exploding Isolators: Alliance Solar, Can You Hear Us?
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 […]
[Continue reading…]Tossing Old Solar Panels Into Landfill Is Greener Than Recycling Them
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?) […]
[Continue reading…]AEMC Releases Residential Electricity Price Trends Report
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.
[Continue reading…]WA’s Consumer Protection Flags Growing Solar Complaints
The popularity of solar power in Western Australia is accompanied by an increase in related complaints according to Consumer Protection.
[Continue reading…]Trash To Treasure – Summerhill Solar Farm Operational
The City of Newcastle flicked the switch on its new five-megawatt solar farm on Wednesday, which will save Council (and ratepayers) millions of dollars.
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