QLD Solar For Rentals Bit Of A Fizzer?

Solar power for renters in Queensland

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The Queensland Government’s Solar For Rentals trial for the private market kicked off in March this year. Uptake to the end of the financial year was less than stellar. [Read more…]

Cutting Red Tape For Solar And Energy Storage In New South Wales

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The New South Wales Government wants to make it easier to install battery storage and commercial-scale solar energy systems – and is inviting feedback on proposed planning policy changes. [Read more…]

Crunch Time For Australian Rooftop Solar: AEMC

AEMC - Rooftop solar power

Rooftop solar penetration has reached a stage in Australia where big decisions need to be made by electricity distribution network businesses says the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC). [Read more…]

Alpha-ESS Opens New SA Battery Assembly Facility, Partners On VPP

Alpha-ESS solar batteries

Solar battery manufacturer Alpha-ESS is pumping up production at a new assembly plant in Adelaide’s south and also partnering in a new virtual power plant (VPP). [Read more…]

JinkoSolar Pledges To Power Operations With 100% Renewable Electricity

JinkoSolar - RE100

Solar panel manufacturing giant JinkoSolar is among a bunch of companies that have recently signed on to the RE100 initiative. [Read more…]

LG Unveils NeON R ACe Solar Panels

LG NeON R ACe AC solar panel

LG is showing off its latest AC solar panel – and this one doesn’t have an Enphase microinverter on the back. [Read more…]

South Australian Government Releases Hydrogen Action Plan

South Australia Hydrogen Action Plan

South Australia’s Marshall Government has taken the wraps off its plan for making the state a major green hydrogen producer and exporter. [Read more…]

SolarQuotes Vodcast Episode 31 – The C Word

SQ cops a cranky caller, getting the most from solar power, concerns over the CEC’s Approved Solar Retailer Scheme and more. [Read more…]

Canberra’s Second Zero Emissions School To Open In 2021

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The ACT Government has announced the builder of the Territory’s second zero-emissions school, and says detailed design work for construction has already begun. [Read more…]

Yarra City Council’s 100% Renewables Powered Electric Tipper

Yarra City Council - electric tipper

Victoria’s Yarra City Council recently acquired an electric tipper truck, said to be the first of its type in Australia. [Read more…]

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