Tony Abbott | Image: via Facebook
Surprise, surprise – Tony Abbott has joined the call for an end to solar subsidies – in fact, all new renewables – after backbench colleague Craig Kelly’s recent ill-informed dummy spit. [Read more…]
Jacinda Ardern Urged To End Oil And Gas Exploration In New Zealand … Now
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern | Via Facebook
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden’s green energy street cred is being put to the test after an open letter was published urging her government to end oil and gas exploration in the country. [Read more…]
Craig Kelly (Again) Applies Pressure To Slash Australia’s Solar Subsidy
Craig Kelly | Image: NSW Liberals
Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg is being pressured by NSW Liberal MP Craig Kelly to act on reducing Australia’s solar subsidy, which could be relatively easily done by tinkering with an important mechanism. [Read more…]
Knitting Nannas Needling Cowper MP Over Coal And Renewables
KNAG via Facebook
Knitting Nannas Against Gas (KNAG) is quite possibly the most likeable pro-renewables and anti-fossil fuels activist group in Australia. [Read more…]
Community Energy Storage Trial For Western Australia
Image: Ricinator
WA’s Western Power will soon give owners of solar panels in the suburb of Meadow Springs a way to “bank” their solar electricity. [Read more…]
Australia’s University Of New England’s Solar + Storage Project Approved
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The University of New England in Armidale, New South Wales has received the green light for construction of a solar farm that will also incorporate battery storage. [Read more…]
AEMC Wants Your Solar Power And Battery System Information
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The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) wants to establish a national register of small-scale distributed energy resources – including battery storage and rooftop solar power systems. [Read more…]
Castlemaine’s Historic Market Building Going Solar
Image: Mount Alexander Shire Council
Old meets new – the Market Building in Castlemaine will have solar panels installed this month, with the blessing of Heritage Victoria.
NZ PM Jacinda Ardern Pledges $5 Million For Solar Power In Niue
Image: Niue Power Corporation solar array | Source: Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern isn’t only popular at home (and here in Australia, particularly with a certain 60 Minutes reporter) – she’s just won a bunch of new fans in Niue with the promise of more solar power. [Read more…]
A Sting In The Tail Of QLD’s No-Interest Solar And Battery Loans Program
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The upcoming Queensland Government’s “no-interest” solar and battery loans program holds an unpleasant surprise for some installers looking forward to a bit of extra work – and it will limit consumer choice. [Read more…]
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