Western Australia’s McGowan Government announced yesterday it is providing every household in the state a one-off $600 credit on their residential electricity bills. [Read more…]
ARENA/SAPN Announce Flexible Solar Exports Trial
A project seeking to help integrate more rooftop solar into Australia’s grid and increase export limits is about to kick off. [Read more…]
Moreton Bay Council Steaming Ahead With Weed Control
Queensland’s Moreton Bay Regional Council is now using steam to whack weeds instead of herbicides, with a little help from solar power. Emphasis on the little. [Read more…]
Eyre Peninsula Link Requested Funding Approved – Well, Most Of It
The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) has approved funding for a proposed new, high-voltage transmission line project for South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula – Eyre Peninsula Link. [Read more…]
Victorian Community Groups Get Cash For Solar Projects
More than $1 million in grants have been announced as part of Round five of the Victorian Government’s New Energy Jobs Fund that will support hundreds of kilowatts of new PV and hundreds of kilowatt-hours of battery storage capacity. [Read more…]
Floating Solar + Hydropower’s Huge Potential
Adding floating solar panels to hydropower plant reservoirs has the technical potential to supply a significant chunk of the world’s electricity needs. [Read more…]
Victoria’s “Off-Grid” Transition Village Gets Solar Grant
An ambitious project just outside of Melbourne addressing homelessness will use solar panels to power a small village of tiny homes. [Read more…]
New Standards For Solar In SA Now In Effect
The introduction of new standards relating to solar power systems in South Australia yesterday may not have led to the Earth suddenly exploding, or even just SA, but the rushed implementation has created some headaches and confusion. [Read more…]
Woolworths Gets SBTi Emissions Reduction Target Tick
Woolworths Group says the company has had its emission reduction targets endorsed by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). [Read more…]
World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2020 Released
The WNISR2020 report released late last week indicates nuclear energy is continuing to lose ground to wind and solar power. [Read more…]
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