Vicinity Centres’ Chadstone Shopping Centre in Victoria will have thousands of solar panels installed next year, which will also provide shade for shoppers’ vehicles. [Read more…]
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Tamworth Solar Farm Gets Development Consent
The NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment has given a conditional thumbs-up for a large scale solar power and battery storage project approximately 25 kilometres west of Tamworth. [Read more…]
Why Your Solar Feed-In Tariff Is Lower Than Your Electricity Usage Tariff
To understand why solar feed-in tariffs are comparatively low, you need to understand how your electricity bill sausage is made. Image credit
In this article, I am going to take a typical electricity bill and break it down into its components.
I told Finn I was doing this for two sensible reasons:
- To let people know where their electricity dollar goes.
- To show where solar feed-in tariffs come from and why they are significantly less than electricity’s retail price.
But the main reason is I hate electricity bills and enjoy breaking them into pieces. [Read more…]
Solar Energy’s Role In A More Sustainable Wollongong
The next steps towards a sustainable Wollongong have been taken with the adoption of two strategic documents by City of Wollongong council last week. [Read more…]
Barnaby Said Stuff Again
Barnaby Joyce isn’t happy about the Electricity Infrastructure Investment Bill passing through New South Wales Parliament’s upper house – and a bunch of other energy related stuff. [Read more…]
Lithgow City Council’s Solar + Tesla Powerwall Installation
New South Wales’ Lithgow City Council’s Administration Building roof now boasts a bunch of solar panels – and below it is a battery of Tesla Powerwalls. This installation has special significance. [Read more…]
Outrage At Green Light For Narrabri Coal Seam Gas Project
Image: Lock The Gate
The Morrison Government has granted final approval required for the controversial Santos Narrabri gasfield project in New South Wales. But many locals and their supporters are still determined to see it never goes ahead. [Read more…]
City Of Newcastle Climate Action Plan 2025
City of Newcastle is readying to take further steps to reduce emissions across its operations and the community – including installing more solar panels and megawatt-scale battery storage. [Read more…]
Deepwater Plaza Goes Solar
A cooler car park for customers that generates clean and cheap electricity – it’s a win-win for Deepwater Plaza and those who visit it. [Read more…]
Dan Andrews Doesn’t Understand How Victoria’s ‘Solar Homes’ Program Works
Dan Andrews, the Premier of Victoria, has been a busy man. For four long months, Melbourne was locked in a desperate, life or death struggle with the coronavirus and only recently emerged victorious. It’s well past time he stopped to pat himself on the back and take a well-earned rest, as he has clearly been doing everything by himself. This was made apparent by a tweet he sent out yesterday showing he doesn’t understand how his own state’s Solar Homes Program works. [Read more…]
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