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Dumb Solar Shutdown Device: Queensland Goes It Alone On GSD

Generation Signalling Device (GSD) - Queensland solar shutdown strategy

Queensland is taking the lead in going backwards on solar power, with Energy Queensland mandating a new device, a few new acronyms, a new layer of complexity for installers and a new expense for owners of some new solar power systems. [Read more…]

Queensland Microgrid Pilot Fund: Applications Open

Queensland Microgrid Pilot Fund

First Nations and storm-prone regional communities in Queensland can now apply for a helping hand to boost their energy independence and resilience through the Palaszczuk Government’s microgrid pilot fund. [Read more…]

Big Iron Flow Battery Arrives At Queensland Testing Centre 

Iron flow battery

Queensland’s National Battery Testing Centre (NBTC) has a new energy storage system to tinker with – what’s said to be Australia’s first large-scale iron flow battery. [Read more…]

Queensland Pumping Up Renewable Energy Goals

Annastacia Palaszczuk - Queensland Energy and Jobs Plan

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk was pretty pumped about a “bold clean energy future” for Queensland yesterday – particularly concerning the role pumped hydro will play. [Read more…]

Queensland Iron Flow Battery Hub Construction Begins

ESI Maryborough - Iron flow battery factory

A sod-turning ceremony was held in Maryborough yesterday at the site of what will be Australia’s first large-scale iron flow battery manufacturing facility. [Read more…]

Cairns A Queensland Battery Blitz Beneficiary

Cairns - network battery

Cairns has been announced as one of the locations that will benefit from the Queensland Government’s recently announced battery blitz. [Read more…]

BS Called On Queensland “Sun Tax” Scare

Queensland "Sun Tax"

An article claiming a “sun tax” looms for solar power system owners in Queensland had the interwebs abuzz yesterday; well, a corner of it. [Read more…]

Cool Solar Schools In Queensland

Cooler Cleaner Schools Program - Queensland

The Queensland Government says every state school is now air conditioned, with solar panels to help offset increased energy use. [Read more…]

Queensland Reforms To Better Back Homeowner Solar Rights

Queensland homeowner solar power rights

A bill introduced to Queensland’s Parliament yesterday seeks to reinforce the rights of homeowners in the state to install solar panels. [Read more…]

Queensland Electric Vehicle Subsidy Announced

Electric car subsidy - Queensland

The Queensland Government has announced a pretty generous subsidy for electric car purchases, but Tesla buyers need not apply. [Read more…]

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