Posts By Michael Bloch On SolarQuotes

Orange Aquatic Centre Goes Solar

Solar panels at Orange Aquatic Centre

Image: Orange City Council

A 100kW solar power system has been installed at the Aquatic Centre in the New South Wales regional city of Orange.

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Clean Energy Target Dumped For National Energy Guarantee

Tony Abbott - Coal fan

Mr. Abbott said the CET’s dumping was “progress”. | Image: via Facebook

It’s a done deal. The Australian Government has dumped Dr. Alan Finkel’s recommendation of a Clean Energy Target in favour of a “National Energy Guarantee”,  which will see coal power hanging around for a lot longer and renewable energy subsidies end.

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Wave Glider Completes Great Barrier Reef Trial

Liquid Robotics Wave Glider

Image: Australian Institute of Marine Science

A wave and solar powered autonomous ocean vehicle recently completed a trial deployment at Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, where it gathered data to help assess the health of coral reefs and ecosystems.

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U.S. 300MW Battery Storage Project Looks Set To Proceed

AES 300MW battery storage project

The company that held the title of the world’s largest installed lithium-ion battery system earlier this year has cleared a hurdle for a far larger energy storage project.

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Power Prices Putting Australians Under “Unacceptable Pressure” : ACCC

Electricity prices in Australia

Electricity prices are shocking – and that’s no joke | Image: FelixMittermeier

Annual residential electricity bills have jumped 44% in real terms since 2007-08 and commercial users are paying 53% more per kilowatt hour says a report released today by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

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Small Scale Solar Power Benefiting All In New South Wales

NSW Electricity Market - solar savings

The hundreds of thousands of solar power systems installed across New South Wales are benefiting all electricity consumers – collectively to the tune of billions of dollars.

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University Of Queensland A Solar Powerhouse

Solar energy at University of Queensland

UQ’s recently released Sustainability Scorecard 2016 reveals the University generated more than 8.8 million kilowatt-hours of electricity from its 47,000+  solar panels last year.

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Community-Owned Solar Power System Opened In Port Macquarie

Community solar in Port Macquarie

The first 100% community owned solar power system in Port Macquarie, New South Wales, was officially unveiled at the St Agnes Early Education Centre yesterday.

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Battery Storage Switched On At The Art Gallery Of South Australia

Energy storage at the Art Gallery of South Australia

Image source: City of Adelaide.

The Art Gallery of South Australia has been fitted with 64kWh of battery storage, a demonstration system to help manage the gallery’s electricity demand.

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Monash University Sets Its Sights On 100% Renewable Energy

Monash University - solar power system

Australia’s largest university has announced it will be fully powered by renewable energy by 2030 through a $135 million project called the Net Zero Initiative. [Read more…]

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