Posts By Michael Bloch On SolarQuotes

Climate Action Protest Students Not Done Yet

Climate action school student protest

Image via School Strike For Climate Action

15,000 Australian students went on strike from school in each capital city and more than 20 regional centres across Australia recently. There’s more action to come, but this time outside of school hours. [Read more…]

Queensland Solar And Battery Subsidy To Be Exhausted Soon

Queensland solar battery rebate

1,000 extra subsidy packages have been added to the Queensland Government’s solar and storage scheme – but it’s likely they won’t last long. [Read more…]

City of Ryde Eyeing 60% Renewables By 2030

Ryde Council - solar power

In a meeting on Tuesday, Sydney’s City of Ryde gave the nod to investigating the potential of substantially amping up its use of renewable energy sources. [Read more…]

Opal Aged Care’s Solar Power Rollout

Opal Aged Care solar rollout

Opal Aged Care is installing more than 10,600 solar panels at 54 of its properties across New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland as part of a broader energy efficiency program. [Read more…]

Amendments To Australia’s Renewable Energy Regulations Proposed

When is a small-scale solar power system a large-scale system? The Department of Environment And Energy wants to clarify this through changes to renewable energy regulations. [Read more…]

WA’s Government Promises Renewables From Fracking Cash

Gas fracking moratorium lifted in Western Australia

Image: Lock The Gate Alliance

Western Australia’s McGowan Government has announced it has lifted a moratorium on fracking, but assures everyone things will be A-OK and has dangled a renewable energy carrot. [Read more…]

InSight’s Solar Panels Operational

NASA's solar powered InSight lander

Image: NASA

Things are looking good for NASA’s InSight lander – its solar panels were successfully deployed just hours after landing on Mars. [Read more…]

PM Morrison Admonishes School Strike 4 Climate Action

School Strike For Climate Action

Image: School Strike 4 Climate Action via Facebook

Thousands of Australian school students may ditch school on Friday and head to parliament to protest lack of action on climate change and renewable energy. [Read more…]

Utility Scale Solar A Bright Spot For SMA In Australia

SMA inverters - solar power in Australia

SMA Solar Technology AG says the company will have commissioned 1.8GW of solar inverter capacity associated with utility scale projects in Australia this year.  [Read more…]

Recent Redflow Energy Storage News

Redflow ZCell and ZBM2 battery storage

Australia’s Redflow has signed a supply deal in Victoria for 32 of its ZBM2 batteries, and is working towards ZCell’s inclusion under South Australia’s Home Battery Scheme.  [Read more…]

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