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Cuts To Electricity Prices And Feed-in Tariffs From July Will Extend Solar Payback

May 25, 2020 2020-05-26T16:05:43 by 37 Comments
Electricity price and solar feed in tariff reductions

COVID-19 has contributed to wholesale electricity prices cuts, which should be reflected in your power bills from July.

The coronavirus has killed more than 340,000 people worldwide and taken a big bite out of economic activity.  Fortunately, Australia’s death toll has been low thanks to the effective response from medical professionals.

While we’ve gotten off lightly with regard to lives lost, there has been a sizable economic downturn.  This has caused wholesale electricity prices to drop, which you should see reflected your bills from July.  Unless you’re in Western Australia. [Read more…]

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Brisbane’s South Bank Solar Lighting Switched On

May 21, 2020 2020-05-21T06:32:01 by Leave a Comment

Solar light - Brisbane

A fully solar powered light is now operating at Brisbane’s South Bank Promenade as a test installation. [Read more…]

Filed Under: General Solar & Storage News

Solar Power Is Getting Cheaper, Faster Than Anyone Predicted

May 18, 2020 2020-05-18T15:12:05 by 6 Comments
Ramez Naam on the cost of solar energy

Solar energy is getting cheaper faster than anyone predicted says Ramez Naam.

Utility-scale solar electricity is going to drive fossil fuels out of the power generation market, sooner rather than later, according to clean energy investor and advocate Ramez Naam. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Economics Of Solar

SA Home Battery Scheme’s New Calculator Gives Dismal Results (If You Can Find It)

May 18, 2020 2024-10-03T09:54:32 by 17 Comments
SA Home Battery Scheme calculator

The SA Government commissioned a calculator for their home battery scheme. It shows that, for most homes, even subsidised solar batteries don’t add up yet. So they buried it on their website.

Finally, after one and a half years, the South Australian Home Battery scheme has added a battery calculator to their site. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Battery Storage

Bathurst Council Readying For More Solar Power

May 15, 2020 2020-05-15T06:01:45 by Leave a Comment
Solar energy for Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre

Image: Google Maps

Bathurst Regional Council is preparing to have another significant solar power system installed – this one on the Memorial Entertainment Centre; and it’s likely not the last. [Read more…]

Filed Under: General Solar & Storage News

Myocum Solar Farm Hopefuls Shortlisted

May 12, 2020 2020-05-12T08:13:18 by Leave a Comment

Dingo Lane Solar Farm, Myocum - Byron Shire

New South Wales’ Byron Shire Council has chosen five companies to progress to the design and construction documentation stage of its proposed 5MW solar farm at Myocum. [Read more…]

Filed Under: General Solar & Storage News

The Grid Wants To Control Your Solar Inverter — But Only For Good, Not Evil

May 11, 2020 2023-11-22T13:14:57 by 39 Comments
Solar inverter control

Thanks to a deficit of trust in government, people are rightly worried when they hear that ‘the government wants to be able to switch off their solar systems’.

On the 30th of April the AEMO or — as it’s known by the long-winded — Australian Energy Market Operator, published a significant report called Renewable Integration Study 1.  A few people read the summary and then wrote articles on how the grid wants to take control of people’s solar inverters; switching them on and off as they desire. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Solar Inverters

National Geographic Gives You A Peek At Your Hometown’s Climate – In 2070

May 7, 2020 2020-05-07T13:33:30 by 18 Comments
Your Climate, Changed

What will your local climate be like in 2070?

Okay, this is cool: National Geographic’s latest contribution to climate change education is to try and give people a way to understand what their home cities will be like 50 years from now, if climate change follows the RCP 8.5 scenario. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Solar and the Environment

City Of Ryde’s New EVs To Be Charged With Solar Power

May 4, 2020 2024-05-15T13:47:01 by Leave a Comment

Electric Vehicles - City of Ryde

Sydney’s City of Ryde announced on Friday it has acquired two electric vehicles that will be charged using solar energy. [Read more…]

Filed Under: General Solar & Storage News

Michael Moore Attacks Renewable Industry By Detonating His Own Credibility

May 1, 2020 2020-05-02T10:29:16 by 81 Comments
Planet Of The Humans review

Planet Of The Humans:  Earth Day documentary by Jeff Gibbs and promoted by Michael Moore. It’s zero stars from me in this review.

Two days ago I watched a documentary called Planet of the Humans that was released on Earth Day on April 22.  It’s by Jeff Gibbs and promoted by Michael Moore, who was its executive producer. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Solar and the Environment
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