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How To Power Through A Heatwave – In Comfort – On 100% Solar Energy

February 1, 2019 2019-02-02T09:50:04 by Finn Peacock 58 Comments

Last week I received a phone call from an ABC journalist. Unfortunately he didn’t want to invite me on Gruen to talk about the joys of solar advertising, or book Ronald & Tonto23 to perform on Mad As Hell. Rather, he’d been told that solar panels lose efficiency when it gets hot, and was keen to […]

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WA’s Future Battery Industry Strategy Launched

February 1, 2019 2019-02-01T05:12:06 by Michael Bloch 2 Comments

Western Australia battery industry strategy

WA Premier Mark McGowan says the battery industry offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Western Australia.

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40% Of Victoria’s Coal Power Out Of Action During Heatwave While Solar Soldiers On

January 31, 2019 2019-02-06T10:24:36 by Ronald Brakels 38 Comments

As I’m sure you’re aware, South Australia and the eastern states were hit by a short but intense heatwave last week. In Adelaide temperatures hit 46.6 degrees on Thursday. A sweaty record. It was almost unbearable. Or at least I think it was unbearable. I’m not sure because I passed out at about 10 in […]

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OECD Calls Out Australia On Emissions And Energy

January 31, 2019 2019-01-31T06:31:25 by Michael Bloch Leave a Comment

Australia Environmental Performance - OECD

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development says Australia it is one of the most resource/carbon-intensive OECD countries, and basically the Government needs to pull its finger out.

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ClearVue’s Solar Glass Approaches Prime Time

January 31, 2019 2024-06-04T15:07:58 by Michael Bloch 1 Comment

ClearVue has installed its solar PV glass at a shopping centre in Western Australia, converting an atrium’s windows into clean power generators.

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Robertstown Solar Plans Publicly Released

January 30, 2019 2019-01-30T07:11:14 by Michael Bloch Leave a Comment

Plans have been publicly released for another proposed large-scale solar + energy storage facility near Robertstown in South Australia, the second major project for the area.

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Solar River Project Update

January 30, 2019 2019-01-31T05:19:25 by Michael Bloch Leave a Comment

South Australia’s huge Solar River Project, in the Robertstown region in the state’s Mid-North, is gearing up to get under way.

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New Record Set For Corporate Clean Energy PPAs In 2018

January 29, 2019 2019-01-29T06:55:23 by Michael Bloch 4 Comments

Renewable Energy Power Purchase Agreements

BloombergNEF (BNEF) reports corporations across the world entered into agreements covering 13.4GW of renewable energy capacity in 2018, more than double 2017’s figure of 6.1GW.

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