Peter Dutton’s Home Battery Claim Half-Baked

Peter Dutton on home batteries

Opposition leader Peter Dutton’s assumptions about home battery performance could do with some tweaking. [Read more…]

Climate Change A Hot Topic For SA’s City Of Onkaparinga

City of Onkaparinga - climate emergency declaration

Police were called to a council meeting in Adelaide’s southern suburbs on Monday night after things got a little heated. One of the items on the agenda was in relation to climate change. [Read more…]

2022 A Weird Year For Australian Home Solar

Solar installations in Australia - 2022

New figures from the Clean Energy Regulator provide an initial look at the number of small-scale solar power system installations in Australia last year. [Read more…]

Towards Net-Zero: Critical Minerals Grants Guidelines Released

Critical minerals - Australia

The Albanese Government has released guidelines for a new grants program to support the development of Australia’s critical minerals sector, which has the potential to play a much bigger role in global efforts to slash greenhouse gas emissions. [Read more…]

Renewables Could Improve Healthcare For A *Billion* People

Renewable Energy In Healthcare

Close to a billion people across the planet are served by healthcare facilities with unreliable access to electricity, or none at all. This is a life and death situation that can be addressed with renewable energy states a new report. [Read more…]

Making The Most Of Queensland’s Battery Boom

Battery industry opportunities for Queensland

Stakeholders have the opportunity to help shape Queensland’s future battery industry after a discussion paper was released yesterday by Acting Premier Steven Miles. [Read more…]

Monster Mine Truck’s Monster Battery Arrives In Australia

Battery electric T 264 mine haul truck

WAE Technologies has delivered a really big battery to Australia – said to be the largest of its kind – for a really big prototype zero-emission battery electric mining haul truck. [Read more…]

Hybrid Systems Australia Secures WA Schools VPP Project Slice

WA Schools VPP Pilot

Hybrid Systems Australia will be installing four fairly chunky solar and battery setups for a Virtual Power Plant (VPP) pilot project in Western Australia. [Read more…]

Solar Panel Manufacturers Spreading Their Wings

QCells, JA and Tindo Solar

There’s been some interesting stuff happening at JA Solar, Qcells and Australia’s very own Tindo Solar this week. [Read more…]

Solar System Servicing: Energy Safe Victoria Reminder 

Solar inspections and servicing

After several fires in the last few weeks involving older solar power systems, Energy Safe Victoria (ESV) has reminded Victorians about the importance of regular solar inspections and servicing. [Read more…]

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