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Solar Panels Powering Penguin Parade Visitor Centre

July 30, 2019 2024-10-04T06:41:14 by Leave a Comment
Solar energy - Phillip Island Visitor Center

A new $58.2 million visitor centre on Victoria’s Phillip Island featuring a large-scale solar panel installation was officially opened last week by Premier Daniel Andrews and Minister for Environment, Energy and Climate Change Lily D’Ambrosio.

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Solar Power For Wodonga’s Sewage Treatment Plant

July 30, 2019 2019-07-30T06:38:41 by Leave a Comment
Solar energy for Wodonga sewage treatment facility

The construction of a 3MW solar farm to help power Wodonga’s sewage treatment plant should commence this year according to North East Water.

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South Australian Renewable Energy Policy Discussion Paper Released

July 29, 2019 2019-07-29T08:05:45 by 2 Comments
Large scale solar energy planning policies

South Australia’s State Planning Commission has released a discussion paper proposing new planning policies for the state’s large-scale renewable energy sector.

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SolarQuotes Vodcast Episode 23 – Rebate Rumblings And Battery Blather

July 29, 2019 2024-04-12T09:07:34 by 1 Comment
SolarQuotes vodcast episode 23

Finn and Ronald discuss the recent Victorian solar rally, SA Home Battery Scheme progress, Tesla Powerwall 2 price drop, Ronald locking horns with SA’s Energy Minister, EV charging from home batteries and more.

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Anger And Resolve At Victorian Solar Rally

July 26, 2019 2019-07-26T09:15:45 by 2 Comments
Victorian Solar Rally

A message that the Andrews Labor Government’s rebooted Solar Homes PV rebate is an utter mess was delivered loud and clear yesterday in Melbourne.

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South Australian Home Battery Scheme Statistics

July 25, 2019 2019-07-25T08:22:07 by 3 Comments
SA Home Battery Scheme

South Australia’s Home Battery Scheme subsidy has been active for around 10 months, so how’s it faring?

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Victorian Government Releases Final Large-Scale Solar Guideline

July 25, 2019 2019-07-25T06:45:13 by Leave a Comment
Solar energy guidelines - Victoria

New planning guidelines for large-scale solar farms in Victoria were released by the Andrews Labor Government yesterday, but they may be still some way off from having teeth.

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Shortlist For Queensland’s Renewables 400 Reverse Auction Announced

July 24, 2019 2019-07-24T08:55:23 by Leave a Comment
CleanCo - renewable energy auction

It’s been around two years in the making so far, but the Queensland Government’s Renewables 400 reverse auction is now another step closer.

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Suntech Joins Australian Solar Panel Validation (SPV) Initiative

July 24, 2019 2019-07-24T07:15:09 by Leave a Comment
Suntech solar panel validation

Solar panel manufacturer Suntech has announced its participation in the Clean Energy Regulator’s Solar Panel Validation (SPV) program.

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Good News! Tesla Drops Price Of Powerwall 2 By $650 — Less Than One-Quarter Previous Price Hike

July 23, 2019 2019-07-23T13:59:25 by 45 Comments
Tesla Powerwall 2 price cut

This morning I woke up, checked the horse was still alive, checked the children were still alive,1 and then checked my email.  To my surprise there was one from Finn telling me the price of the Tesla Powerwall 2 had dropped.

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