Power Your Hot Shower With Solar – Image: Nicole-Koehler, CC BY-SA 3.0
Households and businesses in Victoria can still take advantage of added incentives for upgrading their gas and electric hot water systems to solar units.
Pollution Impacting Solar Yields In India
Coal giving the final finger to solar power in India? Image: Ville Miettinen, CC BY 2.0
India has taken great strides in boosting its use of renewables, but its efforts in relation to solar energy are being impacted in some parts of the country by heavy air pollution.
Hawaii Hurtles Towards 100% Renewables
A small-scale solar led energy revolution in Hawaii – Image: Hawaiian Electric Companies
26 percent of the electricity used in Hawaii last year came from renewable resources – up from 23 percent in 2015. Hawaii’s impressive energy transformation has been a customer-led revolution.
REC Launches TwinPeak 2S 72 Series Solar Panels
REC is half cut again – TwinPeak 2S 72 Series
Touted as the “highest power 72-cell multicrystalline solar panel in the world”, REC has announced the start of production of its TwinPeak 2S 72 Series modules.
South Australian Town Considering Solar + Storage Backup Power
Kimba Looks To Solar Energy + Batteries – Image: Thom Devereux, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link
The District Council of Kimba is looking into the viability of using solar and batteries to provide backup power for important buildings in the Kimba township.
Redflow Pauses Battery Delivery Due To Electrolyte Concerns
Unwelcome bumps in the road for Australia’s Redflow
Australian energy storage company Redflow has temporarily suspended delivery of new battery stock after detecting the presence of impurities beyond an acceptable level in battery electrolyte.
Submaran – The Wind And Solar Powered Submersible Drone
More Than Meets The Eye – Submaran S10 Hybrid UUSV – Image: Ocean Aero
This wind and solar powered unmanned underwater and surface vessel (UUSV) can operate for months at sea and dive to depths of 200 metres.
Massive Battery Plant Could Bring Jobs Boom To Townsville
Townsville – Beautiful One Day, Battery Powered Economy The Next? – Image: ROxBo, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link
A consortium has inked an agreement with Queensland’s Townsville City Council to investigate the viability of constructing of a huge battery manufacturing facility capable of churning out one million home batteries annually.
Queensland’s 50MW Kidston Solar Project (Phase 1) On Track
Soon to be home to 540,000 solar panels – Image: Genex Power
Phase One of the Kidston Solar Project (KSP1) remains on budget and on track for first electricity generation in the final quarter of this year according to the project’s developer, Genex Power.
More Funding For Australian Movable Solar Farm
SunSHIFT movable solar farm – Image: ARENA
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will reportedly today announce it has committed a further $2.1 million to support the commercialisation of a 1 megawatt relocatable solar farm being developed by SunSHIFT.
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