Posts By Michael Bloch On SolarQuotes

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Renewable energy investment in Australia jumped 147% last year to a record USD $8.5 billion (around AUD $11 billion at current exchange rates) – and solar power accounted for more than half that figure. [Read more…]

Curious about what fellow Australians are looking for in solar power systems? All is revealed in the latest SolarQuotes auSSII report, covering activity in March. [Read more…]

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Development applications for two proposed solar farms in Tasmania representing up to 17.5MW capacity combined have completed their public exhibition period. [Read more…]

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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…]

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

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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…]

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…]

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…]

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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…]