Residential solar systems installed in Victoria are getting bigger and battery rebates remain popular according to a Solar Homes industry update sent out yesterday. There’s also news of another feed-in tariff reduction on the horizon. [Read more…]

Not everyone is happy about Victoria’s Mount Alexander Shire Council allowing Castlemaine smallgoods manufacturer Don KR to construct a big solar power system; with conditions. [Read more…]

The first trickle of power from the huge New England Solar project near Uralla into the grid should be followed by a mighty flow next year. [Read more…]

It shouldn’t be too long before the people of Palau benefit from a big injection of renewable energy into their electricity system; thanks in part to Australia. [Read more…]

Engie ANZ is gearing up for a proposed large-scale solar + battery project outside Yass in the Southern Tablelands region of New South Wales. [Read more…]

Another pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) project has received millions of dollars from the NSW Government to progress feasibility studies. [Read more…]

Buzz about batteries was again stirred up over the weekend by Federal Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen. Here’s what’s happening. [Read more…]

A rooftop solar power system installed atop an aquatic center in the Melbourne suburb of Frankston has given the local council’s total PV capacity a mighty boost. [Read more…]

New Zealand’s Meridian Energy announced yesterday it will kick off construction of its 100MW / 200MWh Ruakākā Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project in the first quarter of next year. [Read more…]

From July next year, certain air-conditioner types newly installed or connected in South Australia will need to meet demand response capability requirements. [Read more…]