Australian residential battery system standards | Image: Ricinator
Further development of aspects of controversial Australian battery storage standards will be paused after a huge response to the draft of AS 5139.
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CEC Challenges Home Battery Storage Standards Overkill
Separate, external battery enclosures not needed : CEC | Image: samfabersf
Australia’s Clean Energy Council has lodged a submission with Standards Australia in an effort to change draft home battery standards it views as overkill and that will threaten residential energy storage uptake.
Huge Solar Thermal Power Plant Project Secured For Port Augusta
Kudos to Repower Port Augusta, which campaigned hard for years for a solar thermal power station.
A 150MW solar thermal power plant to be built near Port Augusta in South Australia will be the largest of its type in the world and supply electricity even when the sun isn’t shining.
Parkes Harnesses Solar Energy To Slash Electricity Costs
Solar Power In Parkes | Image : Public Domain
Two 100kW solar power systems have been installed for Parkes Shire Council in New South Wales, which combined will generate 612 megawatt hours of clean electricity a year.
Solar Power Slashing City of Canterbury Bankstown’s Electricity Costs
Solar panels to play a key role in the City of Canterbury Bankstown’s energy future
The City of Canterbury Bankstown has announced it will install solar power systems on more buildings to make further substantial savings on its electricity bills and increase local efforts on addressing climate change.
Unapproved Solar Panels In Clean Energy Regulator’s Crosshairs
CER crackdown on non-compliant solar panels
The Clean Energy Regulator has announced it is targeting installations of unapproved solar panels for which STC’s have been claimed – and has already taken its first scalp.
Power-To-Gas Trial For Adelaide
Australia’s gas network potentially a “bottomless battery” for storing renewables-based hydrogen.
A power-to-gas trial using a new electrolyser will seek to produce cheap hydrogen from splitting water, with the hydrogen then injected into the gas grid.
Australia’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Creep Up – Again
Australia’s GHG emissions continue to rise
The latest Australian National Greenhouse Gas Inventory quarterly update reveals a reduction in electricity sector emissions, but an increase at a national level.
Victorian Hydrogen Refuelling Station Will Use Wind And Solar Power
Waste collection trucks to be powered by rain, wind and sun | Image: Orderinchaos, CC BY-SA 3.0
Victoria’s Moreland City Council has received government funding for an ambitious project to transition its diesel-fuelled waste trucks to hydrogen extracted using wind and solar power.
1,000 MW Queensland Solar Energy Project Approved
Equis Energy’s Wandoan South Solar Project Approved
The massive Wandoan South Solar Project, which could become the largest operating solar farm in Australia, has been granted approval to proceed by Western Downs Regional Council.
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