Posts By Michael Bloch On SolarQuotes

Renewed Push For Coal Power In Australia – “Monash Manifesto” Unveiled

Hazelwood 2.0?

Hazelwood Power Station – Image: Simpsons fan 66

A bunch of Liberal/National party MPs have reportedly gotten together to form a little club called the Monash Forum, a major aim of which is to push for more coal-fired power generation in Australia. [Read more…]

Deakin University Solar Powered Microgrid Project Moving Along

Deakin University microgrid project

Image: Deakin University

Deakin University has called for contractors and suppliers to register their interest in working on the construction of its microgrid project. [Read more…]

Daqo Inks Major Solar Polysilicon Supply Deal With Longi

Daqo polysilicon

Image source: Daqo New Energy

China’s Daqo New Energy Corp. has announced the signing of an agreement with Longi Green Energy Technology Co., Ltd that will see Daqo supplying  39,600 tonnes of ultra-high-quality, monocrystalline-grade polysilicon to the company. [Read more…]

Big Banks Continuing To Fund Climate Crisis

Banking on Climate Change

A report released last week reveals the world’s big banks increased “extreme” fossil fuel financing last year, but there was a glimmer of silver lining on the coal black clouds hanging over Australian banks. [Read more…]

First Fully Thai-Made Redflow Batteries Roll Off Production Line

Redflow battery manufacturing in Thailand

Australian energy storage company Redflow says it is on schedule to start commercial production of complete ZBM2 zinc-bromine flow batteries in Thailand by June. [Read more…]

Rise Of Renewables Pushing Down UK Energy Sector Emissions

Renewable energy in the UK

Image: UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

The UK is continuing to break renewable energy records and making headway on carbon emissions reduction, while coal power is laying bleeding in the gutter. [Read more…]

100 Schools Join Victoria’s Greener Government School Buildings Pilot

Solar energy in Victorian schools

Chalkboard image: geralt

The one hundred schools participating in a Victorian Government program seeking to drive down school carbon emissions and energy costs have been named. [Read more…]

STP Knob Turned The Right Way For Small-Scale Solar Power

STP - Small-scale Technology Percentage and solar power

Tony Abbott and Craig Kelly may be gearing up for more bluster after news knob-fiddling that relates to Australia’s solar subsidy has gone the right way. [Read more…]

Germany’s SolarWorld Starts Bankruptcy Proceedings (Again)

Germany's SolarWorld - Bankruptcy

Just months after Germany’s SolarWorld AG was resurrected as SolarWorld Industries GmbH, the new company has filed for bankruptcy. [Read more…]

Kelly Compares Replacing Liddell With Renewables To A Dog With Rabies

Craig Kelly and Liddell Power Station

Craig Kelly image : Liberal Party Of Australia

NSW Liberal MP Craig Kelly has said replacing Liddell Power Station with solar panels, wind turbines and batteries is “as dangerous to the economy as rabies is in a dog”. [Read more…]

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