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Queensland Cash For Battery Info Offer May Catch Out Some Installers

March 15, 2018 2018-07-24T11:38:01 by Michael Bloch Leave a Comment

The Queensland Government is establishing a home battery database and system owners are being offered $50 for their information. It may make some battery installers nervous and owners should be a little cautious too, but for other reasons.

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Sydney Markets Now Boasts 3MW+ Of Solar Power

March 14, 2018 2018-04-23T14:58:02 by Michael Bloch Leave a Comment

Sydney Markets today officially switched on a huge addition to its previously existing solar capacity and has laid claim to having Australia’s biggest private sector rooftop solar power system at a single site.

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Redflow ZBM2 Battery Deliveries About To Get Under Way

March 14, 2018 2021-02-10T13:41:53 by Michael Bloch Leave a Comment

Australian energy storage company Redflow announced yesterday it had completed testing of the first ZBM2 batteries using battery stacks produced by its new Thailand factory, and is now ready to start fulfilling back orders.

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SunPower Panels Power 4.4MW Campbell Soup Solar Project

March 14, 2018 2018-04-23T14:58:53 by Michael Bloch Leave a Comment

Campbell Soup Company announced yesterday a 4.4-megawatt solar power project at the company’s World Headquarters in Camden, New Jersey is officially online.

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The SA Election: Energy Policies Compared

March 13, 2018 2021-02-24T12:52:30 by Ronald Brakels 9 Comments

On Saturday the 17th of March South Australians will head to school, church, the RSL, or where ever their local polling booth happens to be to cast their ballot in the state government election. I’ve already received the piece of colored paper I’m supposed to bring with me so I can vote. It’s very different from […]

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Abbott (Again) Calls For An End To Solar Subsidies

March 13, 2018 2024-09-05T08:15:41 by Michael Bloch 13 Comments

Surprise, surprise – Tony Abbott has joined the call for an end to solar subsidies – in fact, all new renewables – after backbench colleague Craig Kelly’s recent ill-informed dummy spit.

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Jacinda Ardern Urged To End Oil And Gas Exploration In New Zealand … Now

March 13, 2018 2024-09-05T08:24:17 by Michael Bloch 1 Comment

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden’s green energy street cred is being put to the test after an open letter was published urging her government to end oil and gas exploration in the country.

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Craig Kelly (Again) Applies Pressure To Slash Australia’s Solar Subsidy

March 12, 2018 2018-03-12T14:52:12 by Michael Bloch 2 Comments

Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg is being pressured by NSW Liberal MP Craig Kelly to act on reducing Australia’s solar subsidy, which could be relatively easily done by tinkering with an important mechanism.

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