Did the high level of interest in advanced solar power system monitoring we saw in April continue in May? Find out in our latest Australian Solar Systems Interest Index (auSSII) report. [Read more…]
Inner West Council Dumps All Fossil Fuel Investments
New South Wales’ Inner West Council announced yesterday it is the first council in the state to be totally divested from fossil fuels. [Read more…]
Isaac Regional Council Considering Floating PV
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Queensland’s Isaac Regional Council has given the green light for investigating the potential of using floating solar power system installations on its water assets. [Read more…]
EPC Partner For Whyalla’s Cultana Solar Farm Announced
SIMEC Energy Australia has inked the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the Cultana Solar Farm project in South Australia – but it’s not with an Australian company. [Read more…]
SolarQuotes Vodcast Episode 18 – Shonky Solar And Tortured Inverters
Episode 18 sees Finn and Ronald discussing the ABC’s recent 7.30 report on solar in Australia, new features on SolarQuotes’ installer reviews pages, inverter torture testing results and more. [Read more…]
Sunpower To Territorians: Maxeon 3 Will Get Cyclone Rating Soon
Sunpower’s recent launch of the Maxeon range of PV panels has caught customers and installers in the Top End in a bit of a bind: the Maxeons replace the venerable but popular E-Series panels, but they haven’t yet obtained the rating needed to get approval in cyclone areas such as Darwin (or for that matter the northern regions of Queensland and Western Australia). [Read more…]
Britain Goes Two Weeks (Plus) Without Coal Power
Cottam Power Station | Image: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0
Britain has gone 16 days without using coal power for electricity generation – and according to the latest update, the coal-free run isn’t over yet. [Read more…]
Byron Shire Council Commits Cash For 5MW Solar Farm Project
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The planning, design and tender process will soon get under way for Byron Shire Council’s 5MW solar farm, which will be the largest PV power plant in the region. [Read more…]
WA Councils Again Call For State Renewable Energy Target
21 councils in Western Australia are putting pressure on the McGowan Government to implement a state level emissions reduction and/or renewable energy target. [Read more…]
Silly Queensland Solar Rule Determined Invalid
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The Supreme Court of Queensland yesterday ruled a recently introduced regulation resulting in extra costs in the construction of large-scale solar energy facilities in the state is invalid. [Read more…]
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