A plan to pursue sourcing 100 per cent of the City of Newcastle Council’s operational electricity requirements from renewables-based generation has been approved. [Read more…]

Dr. Tim Read MP | via Facebok

The Victorian Greens will move an amendment in State Parliament this week to boost the Victorian Renewable Energy Target for 2030 to 100%. [Read more…]

Property developer Stockland is officially opening a shopping centre in a new Sunshine Coast suburb this weekend, a facility that will feature solar power. [Read more…]

Finn and Ronald chat about payback on solar vs. batteries, the cheapest electricity plans for solar power system owners, the stoush between Walmart and Tesla and more. [Read more…]

Plans to build a solar farm next to a residential area in a Melbourne suburb have been met with backlash from some in the local community. [Read more…]

Three solar farm development applications for the Shepparton region have been given the nod by Victoria’s Minister for Planning, Richard Wynne. [Read more…]

Australia’s 5B confirmed yesterday its Maverick system has been selected as the preferred technology for Sun Cable’s 10GW solar farm. [Read more…]

Western Australia’s City Of Bayswater has voted to support a draft Renewable Energy and Emission Reduction Position and Action Statement (PAAS). [Read more…]

All going well, the New England region of New South Wales will have gigawatts of additional large-scale solar energy capacity in the not-too-distant future. [Read more…]

Roseworthy campus – University of Adelaide

Work commenced yesterday at the University of Adelaide’s Roseworthy campus on a solar farm with battery storage that will form part of a microgrid. [Read more…]