Posts By Michael Bloch On SolarQuotes

Gelion Endure – A Non-Flow Zinc Bromine Battery

Gelion Endure battery

Gelion Endure – still early days for the aesthetics

A new type of energy storage platform was put to work at the University of Sydney last night by Gelion Technologies. [Read more…]

NEM Emissions Intensity Plummets As Renewables Capacity Increases

National Energy Emissions Audit

The Australia Institute’s (TAI’s) latest National Energy Emissions Audit for the electricity sector covering January 2019 has been released. There’s good news – thanks to renewables. [Read more…]

Legislation Introduced For Queensland’s CleanCo

Queensland's CleanCo

Image: Wivenhoe Power Station

Progress on Queensland’s new publicly-owned renewables-focused electricity generator continued yesterday, with related legislation introduced to State Parliament. [Read more…]

U.S. Senators Fear Huawei Solar Inverters

Huawei solar inverters

The world’s largest manufacturer of solar inverters, Huawei, won’t get a look-in with the U.S. market if a group of senators have their way. [Read more…]

Another Study Confirms Solar’s Popularity Among Australia’s Battlers

Australian electricity bill study

That solar power is a plaything for the rich is a myth that has been busted time and again, but it never hurts to have a fresh reminder given the furphy still regularly pops up. [Read more…]

ScoMo’s Climate Solutions Package Panned

Prime Minister Scott Morrison - Climate Solutions Package

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison | via Facebook

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison yesterday announced the climate policy he’ll be going into the next election with. If the aim was to elicit negative reactions, then it was a rip-roaring success. [Read more…]

Solar Panels For Woolworths’ Adelaide Regional Distribution Centre

Woolworths - solar energy

Woolworths’ expansion of its Adelaide Regional Distribution Centre (ARDC) at Gepps Cross will include the installation of a commercial-scale solar power system. [Read more…]

Not All Sunshine For QLD 1,500MW Solar + 500MW Storage Project

Sunshine Energy solar farm
Image: Glen Butcher

An “early groundbreaking ceremony” for a huge solar power and battery storage facility in Queensland was accompanied by very little fanfare – and probably for good reason.

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JinkoSolar Ruled The Roost For Solar Panel Shipments In 2018

2018 Solar Panel Shipment Rankings

China’s JinkoSolar led the pack again in 2018 for solar panel shipments states a new report from data and analytics company GlobalData. [Read more…]

NSW Labor’s Latest Solar Power Pledge – Solar Skills Program

NSW Labor Solar Skills Program

A Labor Government in New South Wales will invest $11 million to train and accredit the thousands of electricians that will be needed for work generated by the party’s Solar Homes Policy. [Read more…]

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