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How Monitoring Solved A Savvy Solar Owner’s High Voltage Problem

Solar monitoring helps solve high voltage issue

Good solar monitoring has a long list of benefits. Now we can add ‘solving high voltage problems’ to that list.

The phrase “the power of data” is already a cliche, but only because it’s true. This week, we recount the story of how Solar Analytics’ R&D head Jonathon Dore used his company’s monitoring data to dramatically reduce curtailment of output from the solar power system at his Blue Mountains home. [Read more…]

Solar Energy Helps Woollahra Council Achieve Carbon Neutrality

Woollahra Council and solar energy

Sydney’s Woollahra Municipal Council says it is third local government in New South Wales to attain net-zero emissions. [Read more…]

Blacktown Council Trialing Electric Garbage Truck, Doubling Solar Capacity

Blacktown City Council electric garbage truck

Sydney’s Blacktown City Council is taking more steps towards its emissions goals with the boosting of its solar capacity and the trial of an electric garbage truck. [Read more…]

Chargefox Reveals Engineering Challenges Of Its Australian Car Charging Network

Chargefox electric car charging station

A Chargefox electric vehicle charging station in Adelaide.

If you’re running a still-growing network of 500 EV charging stations across a continent as vast as Australia, you want to avoid low-value maintenance/repair visits to your locations wherever possible. [Read more…]

Sydney’s Inner West Council Racking Up More Solar Installations

Inner West Counci - solar energy

Inner West Council is in the midst of having its 36th solar power system installed; another step towards Council’s 100% renewable energy goal. [Read more…]

Moree Artesian Aquatic Centre Splashes Into Solar Savings

Solar panels - Moree

Solar panels recently installed at a very popular and energy-hungry attraction in the NSW town of Moree are expected to slash the facility’s electricity bill by 36%. [Read more…]

Shane Rattenbury: The Federal Government Is Renewable Energy’s Problem

Shane Rattenbury on renewable energy and the Federal Government

State energy ministers can rightly claim that they have acted well in advance of the Federal Government. But there remain worrying divisions between the states that could turn into faultlines. [Read more…]

Call For Solar Panels And Batteries At All QLD Public Hospitals

Solar energy and Queensland hospitals

Four health and medical associations are calling for solar power and battery systems to be installed at all 122 public hospitals in Queensland. [Read more…]

Gulgong Solar Farm Application Denied

Gulgong solar farm development application refused

Development approval for a proposed small utility-scale solar farm to be built near the town of Gulgong in New South Wales has been denied. [Read more…]

Climate Council: Just Say No To Narrabri Gas Project

Coal seam gas wells

Image: Lock The Gate

The Climate Council hasn’t minced words in its submission to the NSW Independent Planning Commission (IPC) on the Narrabri Gas Project. [Read more…]

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