Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula Shire Council last week unanimously adopted its ambitious Climate Emergency Plan – and solar power plays an important role in it. [Read more…]
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Solar Energy Helps Woollahra Council Achieve Carbon Neutrality
Sydney’s Woollahra Municipal Council says it is third local government in New South Wales to attain net-zero emissions. [Read more…]
Warwick Solar Farm Supplying CS Energy
CS Energy announced last week it has inked an offtake agreement for output from University of Queensland’s Warwick Solar Farm. [Read more…]
Blacktown Council Trialing Electric Garbage Truck, Doubling Solar Capacity
Sydney’s Blacktown City Council is taking more steps towards its emissions goals with the boosting of its solar capacity and the trial of an electric garbage truck. [Read more…]
Sydney’s Inner West Council Racking Up More Solar Installations
Inner West Council is in the midst of having its 36th solar power system installed; another step towards Council’s 100% renewable energy goal. [Read more…]
Moree Artesian Aquatic Centre Splashes Into Solar Savings
Solar panels recently installed at a very popular and energy-hungry attraction in the NSW town of Moree are expected to slash the facility’s electricity bill by 36%. [Read more…]
Northern Territory’s $6,000 Solar Battery Subsidy May Become $12,000
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A battery shed near Alice Springs. Photo: Lloyd Peacock
The Northern Territory has the nation’s most generous solar battery subsidy: $6,000 off a battery system. It’s already the biggest battery subsidy in Australia by a long way, and if the Country Liberals win the NT election this month they will double it to an insane $12,000. And by insane, mean they’d be nuts to make it that high. [Read more…]
More Solar My School Installations Roll Out In Sydney’s East
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Bondi Beach Public School sporting new solar panels
An initiative in Sydney helping schools to make the switch to solar power has racked up another couple of PV installations. [Read more…]
Gulgong Solar Farm Application Denied
Development approval for a proposed small utility-scale solar farm to be built near the town of Gulgong in New South Wales has been denied. [Read more…]
Survey Seeks NSW Strata Owner/Renter Feedback On Solar
Strata apartment, townhouse and villa owners, committee members and tenants in NSW have been invited to have their say on barriers to installing sustainability infrastructure including solar panels and battery systems. [Read more…]
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