Green Light For Byron Shire Council Solar Farm

Byron Shire Council Myocum solar farm

Are we there yet? Not quite. But Byron Shire Council’s proposed solar farm project for Myocum just moved another step closer. [Read more…]

Unleashing Renewable Energy Storage With Home Battery Subsidies?

Home battery subsidies in Australia

A Private Members Bill introduced in February aiming to make home batteries cheaper may have lapsed, but its spirit lives on in recent recommendations from the Smart Energy Council. [Read more…]

Solar Victoria Signals QR Code Scanning Crackdown

Customer QR Codes - Solar Victoria

It seems some solar installers have been naughty when it comes to customer QR code scanning practices under Victoria’s Solar Homes Program. [Read more…]

Darwin’s “Big Battery” Project Progresses

Darwin's Channel Island Power Station

Darwin’s Channel Island Power Station | Image source: Territory Generation

An important construction milestone has been reached for the Northern Territory’s Darwin-Katherine Battery Energy Storage System (DK BESS) project. [Read more…]

New Solar SPS Rollout In Esperance Soon

Solar stand-alone power systems in regional Western Australia

Esperance is to be the first area in regional Western Australia to benefit from another standalone power system (SPS, aka SAPS) rollout in the state. [Read more…]

Revealed: Electricity Network Reliability In Western Australia’s SWIN

Electricity network reliability in Western Australia

WA’s Western Power recently added an interesting new electricity network reliability section to its website. [Read more…]

Australian Solar Prices: November 2022 Update

SolarQuotes Australian Solar Price Report  - November 2022

Did the cost of fully installed home solar power systems in Australia go up or drop in October 2022? Find out in SolarQuotes’ latest solar price report. [Read more…]

Coal Booster Ian Off Anna’s Xmas List

Ian Macfarlane - Coal

Annastacia Palaszczuk is keeping a list of who’s naughty or nice, and Queensland Resources Council’s Ian Macfarlane can expect a lump of coal in his stocking. He’d be completely fine with that. [Read more…]

City Of Whittlesea Plots Course To A Sustainable Future

City of Whittlesea - solar energy

Victoria’s City Of Whittlesea has adopted a strategy and plan to tackle climate change and environmental sustainability as it works towards a net zero emissions community by 2036. [Read more…]

REC TwinPeak 5 Solar Panel Production Kicks Off

REC TwinPeak 5 panels

Manufacturing of the fifth generation of REC’s TwinPeak modules is under way, with the first REC TwinPeak 5 solar panel shipments to arrive on Australian shores next month. [Read more…]

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