Between the Capacity Investment Scheme getting legs, planned actions to rein in electricity price rises and the prospect of a thriving local solar manufacturing industry, there’s been a bit happening on Australia’s energy front the past few days. Here’s a summary. [Read more…]

Sun, surf, sand and solar power – Surfing WA’s new multi-million-dollar facility at Trigg Beach has it all (plus a battery). [Read more…]

Completion of a renewables powered pumped-hydro microgrid project is being eagerly anticipated by the residents of Walpole in Western Australia. [Read more…]

A recent national survey has indicated the vast majority of Australians believe the Federal Government should help make installing household battery storage more affordable. [Read more…]

Cairns Regional Council has taken another big step towards meeting its commitment to all the organisation’s electricity being sourced from renewables. [Read more…]

Sydney’s Sutherland Courthouse is cranking and storing clean electricity to help power its operations. It’s among a bunch of courthouses in NSW now doing so and there should be more to come. [Read more…]

EnergyAustralia’s proposed 350 MW/1.4 GWh big battery project in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley is continuing to move forward. [Read more…]

A heads-up concerning applications for installer and designer accreditation scheme operators under Australia’s Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES) has been met with a blunt warning from the Clean Energy Council. [Read more…]

Nuclear power booster Ted O’Brien has launched a website and survey in an effort to see his small modular reactor (SMR) dreams come true in Australia. [Read more…]

During November, Australian households were even more eager to have a solar power system installed as soon as possible. Find out more in the latest auSSII report. [Read more…]