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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
Solar powers on in Boggabilla | Image source: Adam Marshall
Boggabilla, a small town in the far north of inland New South Wales, has been put on the map with a recently completed privately funded solar farm.
Removing barriers to commercial solar uptake in South Australia | Image: Roofjockey, CC BY-SA 4.0
New regulations now in effect in South Australia could help boost the number of solar power systems installed on tenanted commercial buildings throughout the state.
Gilgandra Solar Farm Preliminary Layout
NSW Department of Planning and Environment has approved four major solar power projects to be constructed in the west of the state.
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Residents of Junee in New South Wales have been invited to a Council-supported meeting that will gauge the level of interest in solar power and other alternative energy technologies in the area.
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