SolarQuotes Vodcast Episode 17 – Bureaucracy, Batteries And Beans

Finn and Ronald cover the outcome of the recent election, solar rebates in Victoria, REC’s new solar panels, Ronald’s New Energy Tech Consumer Code submission, beans and more. [Read more…]

ACT Feed-in Tariff Audit Could End With More Customer Refunds

feed in tariff ACT

Evoenergy have miscalculated a whole bunch of feed-in tariff credits.

We assume ACT solar installers already know that Evoenergy has had data problems, but we thought we’d take a look at what’s going on in case solar feed-in tariff schemes run into issues anywhere else. [Read more…]

Angus Taylor – Minister For Lowering Electricity Prices *And* Emissions

Angus Taylor - Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction

Image: Angus Taylor via Facebook

Angus Taylor, the “Minister for Lowering Electricity Prices” is now also the minister for getting emissions down, or doing stuff that appears to achieve that. [Read more…]

Solar Powering Huggies Production Plant

Solar Energy - Kimberly Clark - Huggies Factory

Kimberly-Clark has flipped the switch on huge rooftop solar power system that will generate equivalent to 15% of the electricity used by its Huggies diaper (nappy) and baby wipe factory in Tuas, Singapore. [Read more…]

Solar Power For Orange Regional Airport

Orange Regional Airport - solar energy

Image via Cox Architecture (a company involved with 2012-2015 airport expansion)

Orange Regional Airport’s new solar power system won’t be a particularly big ‘un, but every panel and every clean kilowatt-hour counts. [Read more…]

Solar Energy Key To Achieving Electricity Access For All

Electricity Access For All

The world is falling short of meeting UN global energy targets states a new report, but solar power can play a bigger role in helping it get there. [Read more…]

REC Unveils Alpha Series Solar Panels – Up To 380 Watts

REC Alpha Series solar panels

Last week REC Group unveiled its much-hyped Alpha Series solar panels, which the company says includes the highest power 60-cell module in the world. [Read more…]

Victorian Solar Rebates For Many Who Jumped The Gun

Victoria Solar Homes package rebate

Otherwise eligible households in Victoria that installed solar power systems during the first phase of the Solar Homes Package but didn’t follow the correct process will still get their rebate. [Read more…]

More Solar Power For Finland’s Helsinki Airport

Helsinki Airport - solar energy in Finland

Finland may have long, dark winters, but it still pays to make use of sunlight for generating electricity says Finavia, which maintains and develops 21 airports around the country. [Read more…]

Walkout Thwarts City Of Hobart Climate Change Emergency Debate

City of Hobart - Climate Change

Image: Barrylb

A debate on whether City of Hobart (Council) would officially declare a “climate and biodiversity emergency” had to be abandoned after three councillors walked out. [Read more…]

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