Closing Liddell Power Station Could Save More Than $1.3 Billion

Lidell Power Station

A new report states shuttering the ageing coal-fired Liddell Power Station on schedule and replacing it with a “clean energy package” would not only slash emissions, but save a truckload of cash. [Read more…]

Source : Drinking Water From Air With Solar Power

Zero Mass Water - Source

Source is a completely off-grid, solar powered and self-contained device that creates drinking water from sunlight and air. [Read more…]

Construction Starts On Lismore’s Floating Solar Farm

Lismore City Council floating solar farm

A 99kW floating solar array at the East Lismore Sewage Treatment Plant in New South Wales will provide 12% of the facility’s energy requirements. [Read more…]

Australia Shuns Powering Past Coal Alliance

Australia and coal

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20 countries have joined the Powering Past Coal Alliance launched earlier today at the COP23 talks in Germany. Australia isn’t one of them.  [Read more…]

Western Australian Solar Installer Donates System To Local Charity

It’s always great to see Australian solar installation companies supporting the communities that help support them. [Read more…]

CEC Recommends Home Battery Storage Grants For Queensland

Battery system grants - Queensland

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Among its policy priority recommendations ahead of Queensland’s election, the Clean Energy Council has suggested a small battery grants scheme and other actions to support energy storage be implemented in the state. [Read more…]

SMA Battery Inverters For 20 MW Energy Storage Project

Sunny Central Storage battery inverter

Sunny Central Storage battery inverter

Solar inverter manufacturer SMA has announced it is supplying Sunny Central Storage battery inverters for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s (LADWP’s) Beacon Energy Storage System. [Read more…]

More Big Solar Planned For The Northern Territory

2018 could be the year large-scale solar really starts to make its presence felt in the Northern Territory, with at least two major projects in the works. [Read more…]

CEC Warns On Looming Approved Solar Panel Listing Expiries

Approved solar panels listing

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More than half the currently listed solar modules on the CEC’s Approved Products List are scheduled to expire on February 1 next year. [Read more…]

International Solar Alliance Nears Prime Time

International Solar Alliance

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A “curtain-raiser” event for the founding ceremony of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) took place in Bonn, Germany yesterday. [Read more…]

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