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Producing Food From Air With Solar Power

Solar power in food production

Solar electricity + air – the answer to world hunger? | Image: VTT Technical Research Centre

Researchers in Finland have created a protein-rich food using electricity and carbon dioxide, with help from microbes – a process that could be solar powered.

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Tesla’s Elon Musk’s Bold Battery Estimate

Elon Musk on battery storage

Tesla Founder And CEO Elon Musk | Image: National Governors Association

In an entirely solar powered USA, what would be the land area required for battery storage to ensure 24/7 electricity supply? Tesla’s Elon Musk says he has the answer.

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Liberal MP Links Winter Deaths In Australia To Renewable Energy

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Craig Kelly | Image: NSW Liberals

Liberal MP Craig Kelly cranked up the anti-renewables rhetoric to 11 this morning on ABC’s AM, linking energy price increases to subsidies for renewables that he states will cause deaths this winter. [Read more…]

Sunraysia Solar Farm Gets Green Light

Sunraysia Solar Farm

Sunraysia Solar Farm – Balranald, New South Wales – Maoneng Australia

A 200MW solar farm proposed for near Balranald in New South Wales received state government approval last week.

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July Solar Feed-In Tariff Increase Roundup

Australian solar feed in tariff increases

Solar panel image: B137, CC BY-SA 4.0

Other electricity retailers have announced solar feed in tariff increases since AGL’s recent announcement – find out how much you could be getting for your solar power from July 2017.

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NEWSFLASH – AGL Boosts Solar Feed-In Tariff Incentives By Up To 140%

AGL solar feed in tariff increase

The financial case for home solar keeps getting better | Currency image: cogdogblog, Public Domain

In some very good news for Australian solar power system owners, AGL Energy has announced huge increases to its retailer solar feed-in tariffs.

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Eurobodalla Shire Council Sets 100% Renewable Energy Goal

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Solar panels at Kianga, NSW South Coast

Eurobodalla Shire Council says it expects to source 100 per cent of its electricity from renewable energy and slash its energy-related emissions 80 per cent by 2030.

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First School In Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs To Go Solar

Kincoppal-Rose Bay School solar installation

Kincoppal-Rose Bay School Installs Solar Panels

What is currently the second largest solar power system and the first at a school in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs was officially unveiled last week.

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Australia’s Electricity Blueprint For The Future – Finkel Review Report

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What’s known as the “Finkel Review” was released on Friday, a document touted as a blueprint to optimise Australia’s ailing National Electricity Market (NEM). [Read more…]

Bellingen Shire Council Adding More Solar Energy Capacity

Solar panels in Bellingen Shire

Bellingen Shire Council Embracing Solar Power | Image: Public Domain

From bins to building rooftops, Bellingen Shire Council has been getting into solar power in various ways – with more to come.

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