Posts By Michael Bloch On SolarQuotes

Wind And Solar Powered Saildrones On CCS Mission In Australia

Saildrone - wind and solar power

A fleet of unmanned ocean vehicles were unveiled in Hobart on Friday in the lead-up to a couple of the craft undertaking their maiden voyage on Australian waters. [Read more…]

Queensland’s Solar For Public Housing Trial Update

The Queensland Government has announced close to 500 households in the state are now benefiting from its solar energy for public housing rollout. [Read more…]

Panel Manufacturers Line Up For Trump Solar Tariff Exclusions

Trump Solar Tariffs - Solar Products Safeguard Measure

Some of the biggest names in the solar panel manufacturing industry have filed requests to be excluded from U.S. punitive duties on imported modules and cells – and one applicant may raise a few eyebrows. [Read more…]

IPART Signals Benchmark NSW Solar Feed In Tariff Reduction, But…

The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal has indicated it’s considering reducing benchmark solar feed in tariff rates in New South Wales from July – but bear in mind, the rates it sets are just a guide. [Read more…]

University Of Hawai’i Rolling Out More Solar Power And Battery Storage

University Of Hawai'i solar + storage

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The University of Hawai’iĀ  says its Maui College campus will be among the first in the USA to source 100 percent of its energy from on-site solar power systems paired with battery storage – with other UH campuses to follow. [Read more…]

Work Begins On WA’s Northam Solar Farm

Northam Solar Farm Project

Carnegie CEO Michael Ottaviano; Cedric Jacobs, Elderr, Perth Noongar Foundation; and Ben Wyatt, Minister for Energy

A ground breaking ceremony was held yesterday for a solar farm project outside of Northam in Western Australia, which is expected to be operational by October this year. [Read more…]

Powerwall, Meet Marshall-Wall – Tesla SA Virtual Power Plant’s Future Uncertain

Tesla Powerwall - Steven Marshall

Whether the 50,000- household strong solar + Powerwall 2 battery based virtual power plant will go ahead in South Australia remains unclear this morning. [Read more…]

Clean Energy Regulator To Visit SRES Registered Agents

Clean Energy Regulator

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As part of its ongoing efforts to ensure compliance among agents creating small-scale technology certificates within the REC Registry, Clean Energy Regulator representatives will be paying a visit to registered agents across the country from next month. [Read more…]

Business As Usual Trumps National Energy Guarantee

Do nothing better than National Energy Guarantee

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With Labor out of the way in South Australia, a barrier to the adoption of the National Energy Guarantee (NEG) has been removed. But it remains Australia may be better served in terms of emissions reduction without it. [Read more…]

New Stand-Alone Power System Trial In Western Australia

Stand alone solar hybrid systems

Image: Western Power

WA’s Energy Minister has given the go-ahead for Western Power to proceed with a demonstration project to install stand-alone power systems at up to 60 sites across the state. [Read more…]

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