A report released last week reveals the world’s big banks increased “extreme” fossil fuel financing last year, but there was a glimmer of silver lining on the coal black clouds hanging over Australian banks. [Read more…]
First Fully Thai-Made Redflow Batteries Roll Off Production Line
Australian energy storage company Redflow says it is on schedule to start commercial production of complete ZBM2 zinc-bromine flow batteries in Thailand by June. [Read more…]
Rise Of Renewables Pushing Down UK Energy Sector Emissions
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The UK is continuing to break renewable energy records and making headway on carbon emissions reduction, while coal power is laying bleeding in the gutter. [Read more…]
100 Schools Join Victoria’s Greener Government School Buildings Pilot
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The one hundred schools participating in a Victorian Government program seeking to drive down school carbon emissions and energy costs have been named. [Read more…]
STP Knob Turned The Right Way For Small-Scale Solar Power
Tony Abbott and Craig Kelly may be gearing up for more bluster after news knob-fiddling that relates to Australia’s solar subsidy has gone the right way. [Read more…]
Germany’s SolarWorld Starts Bankruptcy Proceedings (Again)
Just months after Germany’s SolarWorld AG was resurrected as SolarWorld Industries GmbH, the new company has filed for bankruptcy. [Read more…]
Kelly Compares Replacing Liddell With Renewables To A Dog With Rabies
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NSW Liberal MP Craig Kelly has said replacing Liddell Power Station with solar panels, wind turbines and batteries is “as dangerous to the economy as rabies is in a dog”. [Read more…]
JinkoSolar’s Stellar Solar Panel Shipment Tally
JinkoSolar recently announced it had shipped a very impressive 9,807 MW of solar panel capacity in 2017, a 47.3% increase on 2016 – and the company expects to better last year’s figure in 2018. [Read more…]
Solar Company Penalised For Telemarketing Infringements
An Australian solar energy company recently found itself shelling out $21,600 as a penalty for telemarketing to consumers on the Do Not Call Register without their consent. [Read more…]
JFY Solar Inverter Delisting Appeal Denied
A Clean Energy Council decision to delist a solar inverter model manufactured by Shenzhen JingFuYuan Tech (JFY) has been upheld after an appeal from the company was unsuccessful. The situation has also flagged what may be broader issue. [Read more…]
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