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Darwin’s Mayor has declared a climate emergency, while Brisbane City Council’s failure to do so has landed it in hot water with Keep Queensland Beautiful. [Read more…]
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SA Energy Minister — Dan Pellekaan — Says $9,300 For A Tesla Powerwall 2 Is “Very Expensive”
Does the SA Energy Minister understand battery payback?
Last month my boss, Finn, received a letter inviting him to a “Home Battery Forum” hosted by South Australia’s Minister for Energy and Mining, Daniel Cornelius van Holst Pellekaan, at the Marion RSL. As Finn couldn’t make it and I was curious what the Dutchest of all Australian Energy Ministers had to say, I attended. [Read more…]
Cedar Grove Environmental Centre Construction Update
Construction of a wastewater treatment facility with a curious name – Cedar Grove Environmental Centre – is 40% complete says Queensland’s Logan City Council. [Read more…]
Noosa, City Of Melbourne Councils Declaring Climate Emergencies
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Two more Australian councils are joining the growing number of local governments to declare climate emergencies – Noosa Shire and City of Melbourne. [Read more…]
Atherton Solar Farm Gets Development Approval
Queensland’s Tablelands Regional Council has approved the development of a solar farm near Tolga – but it wasn’t a slam-dunk decision and some confusing aspects of the project remain. [Read more…]
Yarranlea Solar Farm Shaping Up
Construction of Risen Energy (Australia)’s 121 MWdc/100 MWac Yarranlea Solar Farm in Queensland is expected to be completed by October this year. [Read more…]
QLD Large Scale Solar Supreme Court Decision Appeal Dismissed
The Queensland Government has again been defeated in its efforts to apply a silly regulation to large-scale solar energy installation projects in the state. [Read more…]
Fourex Beer Now Brewed With A Helping Hand From Solar Energy
Solar powered Fourex beer – a lot of shading on those panels – perhaps it was early morning/late afternoon.
There will be a bit of sunshine in every Fourex beer thanks to a rooftop solar power system installed at the Castlemaine Perkins brewery in the Brisbane suburb of Milton. [Read more…]
NSW Solar-Battery Interest Free Loans Update
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The NSW Government has flagged its interest-free solar-battery loans program – Empowering Homes – could commence towards the end of this year. [Read more…]
New Solar Panel Reliability Scorecard For 2019 — GCL, JA, And Longi Do Well
A new Module Reliability Scorecard was published earlier this month. It reveals the sadistic practices of a standards organization that subjected solar panels to torturous tests so they could announce which ones came out on top. [Read more…]
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