Construction activity started on the weekend at the site of what will be the 121- megawatt Yarranlea Solar Farm, west of Toowoomba in Queensland.
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Battery Trial Success In South Australia’s Cape Jervis
A new mobile energy storage project led by University of Adelaide researchers is now supporting the electricity network serving Cape Jervis.
[Continue reading…]Solar Assisted Hybrid Electric Vessel To Soon Cruise Tasmania’s Gordon River
A 33-metre long vessel with electric motors and solar panels was officially given its formal name this week – and it’s not Solar McSunnyface.
[Continue reading…]Power Of Choice Meter Reforms Result In Powerful Conflicts Of Interest
On the first of December 2017 responsibility for electricity meters in the National Energy Market or NEM changed hands1. The NEM is a National Electricity Market that apparently thinks Western Australia and the Northern Territory are other countries because they’re not included. The job of installing and maintaining electricity meters was taken from Distributed Network […]
[Continue reading…]Wind And Solar Power Vs. Coal Seam Gas In Narrabri Shire
Santos’s proposed Narrabri Gas Project seeks to construct hundreds of coal seam gas wells within the Narrabri Shire area – but what if there was a focus on wind and solar power in the shire instead?
[Continue reading…]Solar Power For Humpty Doo Barramundi Farm
Humpty Doo Barramundi Farm, the first NAIF loan recipient in the Northern Territory, will soon embark on a major expansion including solar energy to help power its operations.
[Continue reading…]Queensland Leading The Charge In Large-Scale Solar
Investment value in large-scale solar power projects in Queensland make up more than half of the national total says the Clean Energy Council.
[Continue reading…]Crackdown On Dodgy Electricity Bill Discounts
Energy retailers will soon be prohibited from offering pseudo-discounts and a new investigation will determine whether Australian energy consumers are being gouged by networks in relation to corporate tax liabilities.
[Continue reading…]Arvio Supercapacitor Energy Storage — Powerful Enough To Beat Batteries At Their Own Game?
Note from Finn: People have asked me if I would recommend buying a ‘super capacitor’ over a conventional battery. My short answer is no. Personally I think the technology is too new to consider it in a residential application. As Ronald says at the end of the post: “…they are a new thing and […]
[Continue reading…]Mercury NZ Takes Big Stake In Tilt Renewables
New Zealand energy company Mercury NZ Limited has announced it will take up to a 26.8% stake in NZX and ASX-listed Tilt Renewables.
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