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Health Care Workers Stage Coal Power Protest At AGL HQ

Coal power protest - AGL Melbourne

Doctors, nurses and other health care workers gathered at AGL’s Melbourne headquarters yesterday, calling on the company to totally ditch coal power and replace it with renewables by 2030. [Read more…]

Melbourne Airport’s Solar Farm Officially Opened

Melbourne Airport solar farm

A 12MW solar farm near the north-south runway of Melbourne Airport has finally officially had its day in the sun (with a lot more to come). [Read more…]

Top 10 Solar Panel Manufacturers In 2021 (Shipments)

Top solar panel manufacturers

In spite of various challenges during 2021, shipments of solar panels and cells continued at a rapid clip. Here’s who the top manufacturers were in each category. [Read more…]

5B Looks To Robots To Slash Solar Costs

5B Maverick - ARENA solar funding

Australia’s 5B is aiming to slash the capital costs of producing and deploying its revolutionary Maverick “solar farm in a box” solution by more than a third – and has received a helping hand from ARENA to do so. [Read more…]

Tonga Eruption Won’t Cool Planet Or Reduce Solar Output

Tonga eruption impacts on cooling and solar power

After I heard about the Tongan volcanic eruption, the first thing I did was determine if the Tongans I knew were all right.  While conditions there are serious, they aren’t as bad as they could have been, so they’re probably okay.  Australia and New Zealand are sending relief, which is a relief.  [Read more…]

Sandy Creek Solar Farm Finally Gets Green Light

Sandy Creek Solar Farm project

A proposed 12MW solar farm pretty much on the doorstep of a town near Wagga Wagga in New South Wales is good to go (Note: this story was updated 19th January with a couple of corrections). [Read more…]

Victorian Embedded Networks Review Complete

Embedded networks review - Victoria

An end to new residential embedded electricity networks – but with a renewable energy exemption – and reform of existing networks are a step closer in Victoria. [Read more…]

Sunman Energy Cranks Up Lightweight Solar Production Capacity

Sunman Energy solar panel factory

Lightweight solar pioneer Sunman Energy, which has a strong Australian connection, has celebrated the opening of its new 1GW production facility in Yangzhong City, Jiangsu Province, China. [Read more…]

Sun Metals Hooks Up With Energy Vault

Energy Vault and Sun Metals

Australia’s Sun Metals’ parent company Korea Zinc is ploughing a significant chunk of cash into Swiss energy storage developer Energy Vault. [Read more…]

Goulburn River Solar Farm Project Progress

Goulburn River Solar Farm - New South Wales

A huge proposed solar and battery storage project in New South Wales’ Upper Hunter Region has taken another small step forward. [Read more…]

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