The Department of the Environment and Energy is overseeing a review examining the effectiveness of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) in boosting flows of finance into Australia’s clean energy sector.
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More Solar Savers For Victoria’s City Of Darebin
The City of Darebin is boosting its Solar Saver program in an effort to help the City increase its installed solar power capacity from 18MW to 36MW.
[Continue reading…]Construction To Start On Poland’s First “Designer” Solar Farm
A 10MW solar farm to be built in Jelenia Góra will have panels arranged in the shape of a city symbol – a deer.
[Continue reading…]Claim Australians Back HELE Coal Power Questioned
Results from a poll indicating 68% of Australians surveyed back so-called high-efficiency, low emissions (HELE) coal fired power generation have been met with a healthy degree of skepticism.
[Continue reading…]Yarranlea Solar Farm Construction To Commence Soon
The construction of a 100MW solar farm 45 kilometres west of Toowoomba is expected to start early this year after recent approval from the Australian Electricity Market Operator (AEMO).
[Continue reading…]Clock Ticking For Coal Power In Great Britain
The UK government announced last week how it intends ending unabated coal fired power generation in Great Britain by 2025 – and the date its proposed rules will come into effect.
[Continue reading…]Electric Plane Takes First Flight In Australia
Last week reportedly saw the first time a certified electric aircraft has flown in Australia – a Pipistrel Alpha Electro owned by Electro.Aero that successfully completed test flights in Perth.
[Continue reading…]Australian Solar Systems Interest Index – January 2018
While the holiday season and lead-up to it had an impact on the number of Australians looking at going solar (as it often does), interest in new solar power installations was still very strong in December.
[Continue reading…]Solar Power To Feature In Victorian Turkey Farm Expansion
Leadoux Turkeys in Bairnsdale is relocating and expanding its free-range production and processing venture, part of which will include installing a solar power system.
[Continue reading…]Rooftop Solar And Exclusion Zones: Where Solar Panels Dare Not Go
In the past I’ve written about solar panel clamping zones which determine where, on a solar panel’s edge, you can place the clamps that attach the modules to their mounting rails. What I didn’t do was go into just where on a roof solar panels can and can’t be installed.
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