Community Funded Solar Installations Officially Opened In Bendigo

Community solar power Bendigo

Image: Community Housing Limited

Solar energy projects funded by Bendigo’s local community were officially opened last week in an event attended by Victorian Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change Lily D’Ambrosio. [Read more…]

ACCC Again Calls For Solar Subsidy Axing

Solar subsidy - ACCC

Image: Chris Chow

In a report released on Friday, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has repeated its earlier recommendation that Australia’s major solar subsidy should be prematurely ended. [Read more…]

BrownPower: Finally Some Innovative Thinking From The Coal Industry

BrownPower - Accredited Coal-Fired Energy

Finally! Some innovation from the traditional energy industry.

During the recent kerfuffle about the Approved Solar Retailer scheme, I had an epiphany.

It dawned on me that the ‘new energy’ media landscape in Australia has become a victim of the ‘filter bubble’ culture – and is, in 2019, horribly lopsided. To be specific, scrolling through the news feeds there is very little coverage of what the other side of the energy industry are up to. Rather narcissistically the ‘Clean Energy’ industry only ever publish news about low emissions technology, blatantly ignoring any innovation from ‘the other side’. [Read more…]

City Of Sydney (Council) To Go 100% Renewable (Electricity)

City of Sydney - solar power

In a decision endorsed by Council this week, the City of Sydney has committed to using 100 per cent renewable energy sources to meet its electricity needs. [Read more…]

Thermal Battery Unveiled In South Australia

Thermal battery - South Australia

Image: CCT Energy Storage

Adelaide company CCT Energy Storage yesterday took the wraps off its thermal battery, a device it says has unique capabilities. [Read more…]

SA Voters Back 100% Renewable Energy By 2030

Renewable energy poll - The Australia Institute

New polling indicates 69% of South Australian voters support a transition to 100% renewables-based electricity in the state by 2030. Even One Nation supporters seem pretty keen on the idea. [Read more…]

Pumped Hydro Storage: An Underwriting New Generation Standout

Pumped hydro energy storage

Goat Hill Project | Image: Altura Group

Pumped hydro storage projects made up half of the projects shortlisted under the Morrison Government’s Underwriting New Generation Investments program. [Read more…]

More Large-Scale Solar For Far North Queensland – Atherton Solar Farm

Atherton Solar Farm

An application for a solar farm near Tolga in Queensland is currently in its public notification phase. [Read more…]

SolarQuotes Vodcast Episode 9: The Approved Solar Retailer Edition

Round 9 of the SolarQuotes Vodcast, where Ronald and I address the worrying development of the CEC Approved Solar Retailer Scheme (ASR) becoming effectively mandatory in Victoria, plus other recent solar news. [Read more…]

Australia’s Solar Waste Problem “Underestimated”

Solar panel waste in Australia

Good quality solar panels will last decades. The problem is not all solar panels installed in Australia have been of good quality. [Read more…]

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