Posts By Michael Bloch On SolarQuotes

SunnySavers – QLD’s Solar On Public Housing Trial Kicking Off

SunnySavers - solar power systems for public houses

Image : Colmkay

Starting next week, some of up to 2,300 households in Cairns and Rockhampton will be invited to participate in a trial putting solar panels on public housing.

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More Steps Towards 100% Renewables In Yackandandah

Yackandandah solar panels

Solar panels arrive at Yackandandah | Image: TRY

Excitement is building in the small town of Yackandandah in northeast Victoria as it moves towards a fossil fuel-free energy future.

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Kerfuffle Over Potential Liddell Power Station Sale And Life-Support

Liddell Power Station - Coal Fired Clunker

Ageing Liddell Power Station’s ears are burning as well as its coal

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s attempts to keep an old coal fired power station in New South Wales operating past its use-by date has caused quite a stir.

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Australian Solar System Interest Index – September 2017

Australian Solar System Interest Index - September 2017

August saw a significant increase in the proportion of Australians wanting to install battery-ready PV systems according to the latest SolarQuotes Australian Solar System Interest Index (auSSII) report.

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U.S. Utility Energy Storage Snapshot Report

Energy Storage - USAEnergy storage in the USA is a small but growing market according to SEPA’s 2017 Utility Energy Storage Market Snapshot – and many utilities have residential customers in their sights.

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Agriculture And Electricity Generation – Solar + Fungus Farms

Kikurage and solar electricity production - Japan

Kikurage is being grown under solar panels in Japan

A new solar PV project in Japan is combining electricity generation and agriculture, making the most of what was abandoned farmland.

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129MW Solar Farm Flagged For Bathurst Region

Brewongle Solar Farm

Proposed site layout – Brewongle Solar Farm

Photon Energy Australia has proposed construction of a 129 MW solar power plant near Bathurst in New South Wales and provided a progress update on its Suntop Solar Farm project.

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17.5MW Of Solar PV For Massive NT Prawn Farm Project

Solar power for Northern Territory prawn farm.

Solar panels image: andreas160578

 

Update: This ‘proposed’ project didn’t – in the end – happen :-(.   HT:Phil Maker

 

A proposed Northern Territory aquaculture project of huge proportions that will utilise solar power has moved a step closer to reality.

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Larger Solar PV Systems Eligible For FiT Incentives In Regional QLD

solar power system size limit increase

Solar panel image: B137, CC BY-SA 4.0

Thousands of regional Queensland households and businesses with large solar power systems installed will now be able to receive a solar feed in tariff (FiT).

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Solar Power For 800,000 UK Social Housing Households

Solar panels on public housing

Solar Energy Systems For UK Public Housing | Image: P-Association

A social housing solar panel installation programme in the UK will see 800,000 households save up to £192m on electricity costs annually and generate more than a thousand jobs.

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