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Sungrow Crabby With Researcher Over Inverter Security Vulnerability Disclosure

January 24, 2020 2020-03-04T14:50:04 by 19 Comments

Update: patch available – see end of story A few months after I wrote about security in the home renewables space, a Brisbane engineer bought a Sungrow SH5k-20 inverter, decided to “poke around”, and claims to have turned up a crop of serious security vulnerabilities.

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More Off-Grid Solar + Energy Storage For The Bush?

January 24, 2020 2020-01-24T05:08:33 by 4 Comments
Off grid solar power

The bushfire crisis has some electricity distributors thinking more about utilising solar power and battery storage.

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Scumbags Steal Solar Panels From Fire Lookout Tower

January 23, 2020 2025-01-02T09:15:32 by 8 Comments
Solar panel theft

Low-life, degenerate pus buckets have stolen solar panels that could help save lives from a site near Gympie in Queensland.

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JinkoSolar Boasts Bifacial Panel Conversion Efficiency Record

January 23, 2020 2024-10-03T10:53:38 by 2 Comments
JinkoSolar bifacial solar panels

Solar module manufacturer JinkoSolar has staked a claim for achieving the highest conversion efficiency in bifacial panels to date.

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SA Energy Minister Praises Bonney Big Battery

January 22, 2020 2024-10-04T07:01:45 by 2 Comments
Lake Bonney big battery

South Australia’s Minister for Energy and Mining Dan “The Battery Man” van Holst Pellekaan is pretty excited about Infigen Energy’s Lake Bonney big battery.

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Noosa To Host Cities Power Partnership Summit

January 22, 2020 2020-01-22T05:47:59 by Leave a Comment
Transforming Australian Energy

Noosa Council has been chosen to host a national summit later this year for local government, industry and community leaders doing their bit towards Australia’s energy transformation.

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Celebrating Matt Kean Awareness Day

January 21, 2020 2024-06-05T11:58:52 by 1 Comment
Minister Matt Kean

Here are some quick notes members of the Morrison Ministry may find handy in case they are ever asked who Matt Kean is.

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More Solar Energy For Somerset Regional Council

January 21, 2020 2020-01-21T06:15:05 by 1 Comment
Somerset Regional Council - solar panels

Solar panels have recently appeared on the rooftops of another three Somerset Regional Council buildings as part of a Council initiative to reduce energy costs and emissions.

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AEMC Report — Electricity Prices To Fall Thanks To Renewable Energy

January 20, 2020 2024-01-25T09:59:57 by 24 Comments
Wind energy and solar power - AEMC

If you don’t live in Western Australia I have good news.  A report released on December the 9th by the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) says electricity prices will fall in all states except WA.

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Analyst Says Australian Lithium Needs To Get Greener

January 20, 2020 2020-01-20T07:40:20 by 37 Comments
Australian lithium mining and carbon intensity

I feel undeservedly lucky, that in the worst bushfire summer imaginable, fires came no closer than about 5 km from the little patch of bush I inhabit.

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