Posts By Michael Bloch On SolarQuotes

Proposed Mooroopna Large-Scale Solar Project Progresses

Mooroopna Solar Farm

Image: Greater Shepparton City Council

Greater Shepparton City Council announced last week it intends entering into a lease arrangement for a site that will host a proposed $40m solar farm. [Read more…]

Australia’s Leading Postcodes For Solar Installations In 2018

Australia's top solar postcodes

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Which Australian postcodes are shaping up to have the highest number of small-scale solar power systems installed this year? Let’s see what the most recent Clean Energy Regulator data reveals. [Read more…]

4.98MW Solar Farm For Renmark, South Australia

Solar farm for Renmark

Image: Akuo Energy

France-based Akuo Energy will invest $12 million in the Jane Eliza Solar Farm, to be built in South Australia’s Renmark Paringa Council area. [Read more…]

6-7kW Solar Power System Installations Up 135%

Solar installations in Australia - statistics

193,960 small-scale (<100kW) solar PV installations with a combined capacity of  1,337 megawatts had been validated this year as at last Monday says the Clean Energy Regulator. [Read more…]

Energy Minister Angus Taylor Warns On Home Solar Power Safety

Angus Taylor - home solar power safety

Angus Taylor via Facebook

Federal Energy Minister Angus Taylor and The Australian have created a stir, indicating that a large number of rooftop solar installations across the country may be unsafe. [Read more…]

LG Chem Puts Dibs On Australian Lithium Hydroxide

Kidman Resources and LG Chem - lithium deal

Kidman Resources Limited has inked a non-binding Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) with battery giant LG Chem for the supply of lithium hydroxide from the Mt Holland Lithium Project. [Read more…]

More NSW Large-Scale Solar, Energy Minister Takes On Taylor

Large-scale solar energy in New South Wales

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NSW Department Of Planning & Environment appears to be pulling out all the stops, squeezing in some more large-scale solar approvals before the holiday week. Meanwhile, NSW Energy Minister Don Harwin has taken on the Federal Government regarding its climate and energy policy approach. [Read more…]

Community Renewables, Hydrogen Get A Boost In Victoria

Community renewable energy - Victoria

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The Victorian Government issued several energy-related announcements yesterday relating to community renewables, a new hydrogen program and simplifying comparing energy deals. [Read more…]

GCL Solar Panels Struck From CEC Approved Products List

GCL solar panels

Australia’s Clean Energy Council has announced all GCL System Integration solar panel models will be removed from its Approved Products List today. [Read more…]

Queensland Government’s CleanCo Is Go

CleanCo - renewable energy

Image: Queensland Government

CleanCo, Queensland’s new publicly owned renewables and low-emissions electricity generator, officially became an entity at midnight on Sunday. [Read more…]

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