South Australia’s gone from embarrassingly expensive to the cheapest wholesale electricity in just 10 years.
Over the past 12 months wholesale electricity prices have tumbled across Australia. For the nation overall, they’re the lowest they’ve been for nine years. But one state did particularly well and a large part of its success was because it now generates over 60% of its electricity from wind and solar. [Read more…]
Senator Matt Canavan via Facebook
The National Party’s Backbench Policy Committee released its Manufacturing 2035 plan on Tuesday – it was no surprise to see coal mentioned. [Read more…]
Wildlife welfare concerns have been raised over a potential trial of solar powered compacting bins by New South Wales’ Blue Mountains City Council. [Read more…]
Evee is a website that rents out Teslas but does not own any Tesla electric cars…
Recently I rented a Tesla Model 3 through an online service called Evee. I had a really great time just driving around, sightseeing, and engaging in criminal activity. [Read more…]
Updated data released last week by the Clean Energy Regulator shows it was another corker of a year for small-scale solar power in Australia. [Read more…]
New South Wales’ Blue Mountains City Council says its lighting and solar power projects are making great environmental and financial sense. [Read more…]
My boss, Finn, gave me a nice little Christmas present this year. A Tesla Model 3 electric car…
There have been several fire incidents in New South Wales in the last week or so involving solar power systems – and at least two are thought to have been caused by rooftop isolator switches. [Read more…]
Many Australian homes are not allowed to export more than 5 kW to the grid. If they want a big solar system with an inverter larger than 5 kW, they must ‘export limit’ the inverter. Here’s what that means. [Read more…]
In what’s been a rather dark year, it’s always nice to have a bit of good news. Electricity costs look set to continue to fall for many Australian households over the next couple of years, but their mileage will vary. [Read more…]
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