The Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources has released electricity generation statistics covering last year in Australia that show solar energy’s continued ascent and coal power’s ongoing decline. [Read more…]
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More Solar Power For Blue Mountains City Council
Blue Mountains City Council has announced another four solar installations on its facilities have been recently completed. [Read more…]
Cuts To Electricity Prices And Feed-in Tariffs From July Will Extend Solar Payback
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…]
Brisbane’s South Bank Solar Lighting Switched On
A fully solar powered light is now operating at Brisbane’s South Bank Promenade as a test installation. [Read more…]
Solar Power Is Getting Cheaper, Faster Than Anyone Predicted
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…]
SA Home Battery Scheme’s New Calculator Gives Dismal Results (If You Can Find It)
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…]
Bathurst Council Readying For More Solar Power
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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…]
Myocum Solar Farm Hopefuls Shortlisted
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…]
The Grid Wants To Control Your Solar Inverter — But Only For Good, Not Evil
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…]
National Geographic Gives You A Peek At Your Hometown’s Climate – In 2070
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…]
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