Western Australia’s Dunsborough Community Energy aims to see 1,000 households join a Virtual Power Plant (VPP) project. [Read more…]
Solar Citizens Seethes Over Angus Taylor Snub
Angus Taylor running away from Solar Citizens? | Image via Angus Taylor : Facebook
Grassroots advocacy group Solar Citizens has come out swinging after being informed newly-minted Federal Energy Minister Angus Taylor was too busy to meet with them. [Read more…]
Solar Power Shines In Gannawarra Shire Council Region
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It’s all happening in Victoria’s Gannawarra Shire on the solar energy front – Cohuna Solar Farm is just one of a number of PV projects for the region. [Read more…]
More Accolades For Sunshine Coast Solar Farm
Queensland’s Sunshine Coast Solar farm has picked up another award, this time at the Australian Regional Development Conference Awards 2018. [Read more…]
SunPower’s Reprieve From Trump’s Solar Tariffs
It was a happy day at SunPower HQ yesterday after the company’s solar panels were granted an exclusion from Trump’s solar tariffs, dodging what has been a taxing situation for SunPower both figuratively and literally. [Read more…]
Angus Taylor – No Extension For Australia’s Renewable Energy Target
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Australia’s Energy Minister Angus Taylor confirmed in Question Time yesterday that the nation’s Renewable Energy Target (RET) will wind down from 2020 with nothing to replace it – that is assuming the Morrison Government is still in power after the next election. [Read more…]
Final Rule On National Solar And Battery Storage Register Published
Last week the Australian Energy Market Commission released its final rule on establishing a distributed energy resources (DER) register for the National Electricity Market. [Read more…]
Solar + Flow Battery Installation For Queensland’s Heron Island
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University of Queensland’s Heron Island Research Station (HIRS) on the Great Barrier Reef will soon build on its existing solar installation and add battery storage. [Read more…]
Greenpeace Pushes For 500,000 New Solar + Battery Installations In NZ
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Greenpeace has a plan that would put solar and storage on half a million New Zealand homes over the next decade – supported by diverting cash spent on subsidies for the oil and gas industry. [Read more…]
Australian Energy Storage Market Analysis 2018
Up to 35,000 Australians could be working in the nation’s energy storage industry by 2020 and up to 450,000 small scale storage systems installed across the country states a new report from the Smart Energy Council. [Read more…]
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