Posts By Michael Bloch On SolarQuotes

Australia’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Creep Up – Again

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Australia’s GHG emissions continue to rise

The latest Australian National Greenhouse Gas Inventory quarterly update reveals a reduction in electricity sector emissions, but an increase at a national level.

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Registration Period Opens For Queensland’s Renewables 400

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Solar farm image: junilly, CC BY 3.0

The Palaszczuk Government says its Renewables 400 initiative will support companies wanting to build large scale renewables and energy storage projects in the state through a reverse auction process.

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Victorian Hydrogen Refuelling Station Will Use Wind And Solar Power

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Waste collection trucks to be powered by rain, wind and sun | Image: Orderinchaos, CC BY-SA 3.0

Victoria’s Moreland City Council has received government funding for an ambitious project to transition its diesel-fuelled waste trucks to hydrogen extracted using wind and solar power.

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1,000 MW Queensland Solar Energy Project Approved

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Equis Energy’s Wandoan South Solar Project Approved

The massive Wandoan South Solar Project, which could become the largest operating solar farm in Australia,  has been granted approval to proceed by Western Downs Regional Council.

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Tesla Completes First Solar Roofs, Hints Of SA Battery Project Progress

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Tesla Solar Roof in the wild | Image: Tesla

Tesla has begun installing its Solar Roof product and the company seems to be making rapid progress on its South Australian battery project.

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Boggabilla Solar Farm Wins Praise

Boggabilla Solar Farm

Solar powers on in Boggabilla | Image source: Adam Marshall

Boggabilla, a small town in the far north of inland New South Wales, has been put on the map with a recently completed privately funded solar farm.

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Life After Coal – Lithgow City Council Contemplating Solar

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A bigger role for solar in Lithgow’s future? | Solar panels image : Lujkin8, CC BY-SA 3.0

If the Mayor of Lithgow in New South Wales has his way, solar panels could soon be installed on the Lithgow City Council building rooftop. It’s big news, as the city is in the heart of coal country.

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Building Upgrade Finance To Support Commercial Solar In SA

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Removing barriers to commercial solar uptake in South Australia | Image: Roofjockey, CC BY-SA 4.0

New regulations now in effect in South Australia could help boost the number of solar power systems installed on tenanted commercial buildings throughout the state.

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Shell Tentatively Stepping Back Into Solar Energy

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Shell eyeing Asia-Pacific solar market

Shell has sunk a chunk of change in Singapore’s Sunseap Group, with view to collaborating with the company on solar projects in the Asia Pacific.

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Banking Giant Commits To 100% Renewables

JPMorgan Chase - 100% renewable energy

Financial services goliath JPMorgan Chase has said it will source 100% renewable energy to run its global operations by 2020.

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