Posts By Michael Bloch On SolarQuotes

Darwin’s Channel Island Power Station | Image source: Territory Generation

An important construction milestone has been reached for the Northern Territory’s Darwin-Katherine Battery Energy Storage System (DK BESS) project. [Read more…]

Esperance is to be the first area in regional Western Australia to benefit from another standalone power system (SPS, aka SAPS) rollout in the state. [Read more…]

WA’s Western Power recently added an interesting new electricity network reliability section to its website. [Read more…]

Did the cost of fully installed home solar power systems in Australia go up or drop in October 2022? Find out in SolarQuotes’ latest solar price report. [Read more…]

Annastacia Palaszczuk is keeping a list of who’s naughty or nice, and Queensland Resources Council’s Ian Macfarlane can expect a lump of coal in his stocking. He’d be completely fine with that. [Read more…]

Victoria’s City Of Whittlesea has adopted a strategy and plan to tackle climate change and environmental sustainability as it works towards a net zero emissions community by 2036. [Read more…]

Manufacturing of the fifth generation of REC’s TwinPeak modules is under way, with the first REC TwinPeak 5 solar panel shipments to arrive on Australian shores next month. [Read more…]

From January 1 next year, Wollongong City Council’s 18,000+ streetlights will be running on solar energy via a power purchase agreement (PPA). [Read more…]

With just a few days to go until the good folks of Victoria head to the polls, here’s some of what Victorian Labor, the Liberals/Nationals and Greens are committing to in terms of energy and climate. [Read more…]

Even with generous subsidies from the feds, a proposed SMR (Small Modular Reactor) project in the USA appears to be following the trend set by bigger nuclear power stations planned or under construction – increasingly expensive electricity. [Read more…]