Posts By Michael Bloch On SolarQuotes

Cyborg Cockroach Gets A Solar Power Boost

Solar powered cyborg cockroach

Researchers have come up with a system for creating remote-controlled “cyborg” cockroaches that involves the use of a tiny solar cell and lithium ion battery. But why? [Read more…]

Calls For A National Sustainable Healthcare Unit

Healthcare emissions in Australia

Leading health organisations have teamed up to create an implementation plan to slash health-related carbon emissions in Australia that will not only save money, but improve patient care. [Read more…]

Solar Panels To Help Power Tasmanian Irrigation Pumping

Irrigation in Tasmania

A Tasmanian Irrigation initiative will see the first use of solar energy to help power some of the pumps associated with the company’s schemes. [Read more…]

September 2022 Australian Solar Systems Interest Index

SolarQuotes auSSII report - September 2022

What’s the proportion of Australians considering buying a solar power system with cash vs. finance? Discover this and a whole lot more in the latest auSSII report. [Read more…]

Victoria University Switching On More Solar Power

Victoria University - solar power

A bunch of solar panels are being installed on rooftops at Victoria University’s Footscray Park, Werribee and St Albans campuses. [Read more…]

50 Years Of Carbon Capture And Storage (CCS)

Carbon Capture And Storage (CCS) report

You’d think after 50 years of doing something, you’d be pretty good at it. But when it comes to carbon capture and storage, the results are generally abysmal. [Read more…]

Haystacks Solar Garden Offer Launch Is Go

Haystacks Solar Garden

After 5 years in the pipeline, the first large-scale solar garden project in Australia is finally ready to launch its offer. [Read more…]

Singleton Council Celebrates Solar Pledge Fulfilment

Solar power in Singleton LGA

New South Wales’ Singleton Council seems pretty pleased with progress on its Cities Power Partnership pledges. [Read more…]

NSW Street-Side Power Pole EV Charging Trial Announced

Street-side power pole EV charging

50 sites across nine local government areas in NSW are to have EV chargers mounted on power poles to service electric car owners who don’t have off-street parking. [Read more…]

Townsville Residents Back More Renewables

Townsville - renewable energy

Polling of hundreds of Townsville residents shows a healthy appetite for making the region a centre for renewables-powered industry and manufacturing. [Read more…]

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