Posts By Michael Bloch On SolarQuotes

Victoria’s Karadoc Solar Farm Commences Electricity Exports

Karadoc Solar Farm

Renewables developer BayWa r.e. announced yesterday that Victoria’s largest solar farm to date has started exporting energy into the national grid – and soon it will be helping to power beer production. [Read more…]

Development Plan For SA’s Pallamana Solar Farm Published

Pallamana Solar Farm

The development plan for a huge solar + energy storage project just outside Murray Bridge in South Australia has been released for public viewing. [Read more…]

Solar Power For New Sydney Fish Markets

New Sydney Fish Markets

Image: UrbanGrowth NSW

The new Sydney Fish Market will include solar panels – but it won’t be a straightforward installation given the “fish-scale” roof design. [Read more…]

3D Printed Solar Powered Vehicle Bound For Antarctica

Solar Voyager

Image: Clean2Antarctica

Built in part using plastic waste and powered by the sun, the Solar Voyager will begin its journey to the South Pole towards the end of this month. [Read more…]

WA’s PowerBank Community Battery Storage Trial Gets An Early Start

PowerBank energy storage trial

Western Power/Synergy built it, and they have come. Interest in the PowerBank battery storage trial was such that it has started three months early; going live yesterday. [Read more…]

Australian Solar Systems Interest Index – November 2018

auSSII solar report covering October 2018

Solar installations broke records again in Australia last month, and interest remained strong throughout October from potential solar buyers. Here’s what they were looking for. [Read more…]

Go-Ahead Given For Vales Point Solar Farm

Vales Point solar project

Vales Point Power Station | Image: Public Domain

The New South Wales Department of Planning & Environment has approved an application for a large-scale solar farm at the site of the coal-fired clunker, Vales Point Power Station. [Read more…]

SolarEdge Ships 3 Million Optimizers In Q3

SolarEdge Q3 results

Israel-based SolarEdge has reported record revenue for the third quarter, racking up USD $236.6 million – up significantly year-over-year. [Read more…]

NSW Coal Exports Facing Terminal Decline – And Soon : IEEFA

New South Wales coal exports

Image: 4283258

New South Wales coal export volumes have peaked and are now facing a terminal long-term decline, says a new report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis – but the NSW Minerals Council disagrees. [Read more…]

Cannon-Brookes Throws Down Gauntlet On PM’s “Bullshit” Fair Dinkum Power

Fair Dinkum Power - Mike Cannon Brookes

Images: Mike Cannon-Brookes

Atlassian CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes has taken exception to Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s “fair dinkum power” approach and is creating a brand from the three words. [Read more…]

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