Most Australians were hit with an electricity price increase in July. The exceptions were the ACT, which had a slight decrease, and Victoria whose electricity prices change now in August. [Read more…]
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Major Recycler Ramping Up Renewables
The Australian operation of one of the world’s largest waste and recycling companies is the midst of a solar panel rollout. [Read more…]
200,000 Solar Panels Installed On QLD Schools Under ACES
After four years, Queensland’s Advancing Clean Energy Schools (ACES) has wrapped up with 912 schools across the Sunshine State benefiting. [Read more…]
The Pragmatist’s Guide to Violating Solar Panel Exclusion Zones
When it comes to installing solar arrays on buildings, one particularly edgy subject is exclusion zones. [Read more…]
Somerset Council To Power Up More Solar Panels
Another Queensland Government grant will help Somerset Regional Council crank even more clean power from atop its buildings. [Read more…]
Legal Intervention On Australian Coal And Gas Proposals
The Environment Council of Central Queensland (ECoCeQ) is urging Australia’s Environment Minister to reconsider 19 coal and gas proposals; using what it says is a rarely used provision of the EPBC Act. [Read more…]
IEA Calls For More Solar Panel Supply Chain Diversity
China has played a huge role in pushing down the price of solar panels. But heavy reliance on China for solar gear is problematic says the International Energy Agency (IEA). [Read more…]
Redflow’s ZBM3 Flow Battery Ready To Rock
Queensland-headquartered Redflow has announced its new third generation ‘Gen3’ flow battery – the ZBM3 – is (finally) ready for commercial sale. [Read more…]
Moreton Bay Regional Council Going Green As It Grows – And Mows
Queensland’s Moreton Bay Regional Council is purchasing two solar power assisted ride-on electric mowers to help maintain its green spaces. [Read more…]
An Idiot’s Guide To Australia’s Electricity Price Problem

How most Aussies reacted when they found out their new electricity rates.
Unless you live under a rock, you’d have heard about the blowout in wholesale electricity prices in the eastern states. Things were so bad that on the 14th of June, AEMO suspended the wholesale electricity market for the first time in its history. [Read more…]
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