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University Of New South Wales To Be 100% Solar Powered

Sunraysia Solar Farm - Univerisity Of New South Wales

Claiming it be the first deal of its type among universities throughout the world, UNSW announced yesterday the inking of a agreement that will see it sourcing 100% of its electricity from solar panels.

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Solar PV Electricity Cost Reduction “Remarkable” – IRENA

Renewable Power Generation Costs

A new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) that includes information on Australia shows how much the cost of electricity from solar power and other renewables has dropped in recent years.

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Third Stage Of Canberra Solar Battery Storage Grants Kicks Off

Solar battery subsidy - Canberra

The third stage of the ACT’s Next Generation Energy Storage grants program has been provided more than $3 million in funding for battery system subsidies.

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Big Batteries Projects For Queensland And Northern Territory

Utility scale battery projects in Australia

Huge battery systems could be installed in QLD and NT reasonably soon – and one may be bigger than what is currently the world’s largest operating lithium-ion battery storage facility, which is located in South Australia.

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Australian Standards Must Be Free For The Benefit Of Education, Business And The World.

australian solar standards and freddie

People say I have no standards, but that’s only true in a legal sense.  You see, I do have access to Australian Standards that have been purchased by my employer, SolarQuotes.  While these particular standards have a heavy focus on how not to kill people when mucking around with electricity, there lots of other ones […]

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Victorian Coal Power Station Unit Fails – Again

Loy Yang A power station - Victoria

A troublesome generation unit at the brown coal-fired Loy Yang A power station again experienced problems early yesterday morning – reportedly the sixth incident in just a few weeks.

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Port Augusta 150MW Solar Thermal Power Plant Approved

SolarReserve Aurora Solar Thermal Power Station - Port Augusta

SolarReserve’s $650 million Aurora solar thermal power station project has been granted development approval by South Australia’s State Government.

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Lights Out For FPL Coal Plant, While Solar Powers Up

FPL coal retirement and solar rollout

Florida Power & Light (FPL) has shuttered another coal-fired power station and brought four new solar farms online – with more to come.

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Clean Energy Finance Corporation Under Review

Clean Energy Finance Corporation Review

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

Darebin Solar Saver

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.

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