Posts By Michael Bloch On SolarQuotes

AVL Vanadium Redox Flow Battery Project Update

VSUN E22 vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB)

A 300 kWh vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) earmarked for an Australian miner should be making its journey across the ocean soon – and a residential VRFB solution is still in the works. [Read more…]

ESB NEM Capacity Mechanism Design: Reactions

ESB - capacity market mechanism design

The Energy Security Board has released its thoughts on a proposed capacity mechanism to help heal what ails the National Electricity Market. [Read more…]

Majority Of SA Drivers Considering An Electric Vehicle

Electric vehicle interest in SA

An RAA survey indicates most motorists in South Australia are considering acquiring an EV when next purchasing a car. [Read more…]

Electricity Price Hike, Solar Feed-In Tariff Boost For Tasmania

Electricity price rise in Tasmania

The bad news on electricity prices continues, with Tasmanian households and businesses also hit by power cost increases. But solar owners will see a better feed-in tariff. [Read more…]

Electricity Crisis: What Is “Lack Of Reserve”?

Australia's electricity system - lack of reserve

There have been many mentions of “lack of reserve” at various levels during the electricity crisis in Australia’s eastern states – what does it all mean? [Read more…]

UN Chief: More Fossil Fuel Funding “Delusional”

UN Secretary-General António Guterres - fossil fuels and renewable energy

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has again called for OECD countries to fully ditch coal power by 2030, and all others by 2040. [Read more…]

BS Called On Queensland “Sun Tax” Scare

Queensland "Sun Tax"

An article claiming a “sun tax” looms for solar power system owners in Queensland had the interwebs abuzz yesterday; well, a corner of it. [Read more…]

Better Feed-In Tariffs For NSW Solar Owners

NSW solar feed-in tariffs - 2022/23

There’s some good news for owners of solar power systems in New South Wales from the state’s Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART). [Read more…]

Solar Energy Shoves WA Coal Power Out The Door

Coal power in Western Australia

Muja Power Station circa 2001 – Image: Nachoman-au, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Rooftop solar power and other renewables have put the final nails in WA’s state-owned coal-fired power stations. [Read more…]

The Rush On Solar Panels: Installation Timeframes

Finn Peacock and Andy Park - home solar power

SolarQuotes founder Finn Peacock spoke with ABC Radio National’s RN Drive’s Andy Park last night about the recent – and and at this point ongoing – rush on solar power systems resulting from looming electricity price rises, and feed-in tariffs. [Read more…]

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