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$40 Million Funding For Australia’s Solar 30 30 30 Goal

Solar 30 30 30 - Australia

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is throwing a fistful of cash at making solar power even cheaper than it is now.

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Coal Uses 100x More Mined Material Than Solar Per kWh Generated

Solar vs. coal - mining materials

On Christmas Eve, on Twitter, DaveMySpace asked this question:

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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.

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Fortescue Forks Out For Battery Electric Locomotives

Battery electric trains - Fortescue Metals Group

In another step towards achieving carbon neutrality, Australian iron ore producer Fortescue Metals Group has recently signed on the dotted line for a couple of battery-electric locomotives.

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What’s Being Installed On Tesla’s Giga Texas Roof?

Giga Texas solar panels

Boxes of solar panels, inverters and racking systems started appearing on the Tesla Gigafactory Texas roof recently – find out what’s being used.

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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.

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Enphase Finalises EV Charging Solutions Acquisition

Enphase Energy and ClipperCreek

Microinverter and battery storage manufacturer Enphase Energy announced on Wednesday it had completed acquisition of EV charging solutions company ClipperCreek.

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Fronius – 30 Years Of Solar

Fronius - 30 years in the solar industry

There aren’t many companies around today that have been in the solar hardware game for as long as Austrian inverter manufacturer Fronius.

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GAF Energy’s “Nailable” Timberline Solar Shingles

GAF Energy Timberline Solar roof shingles

US company GAF Energy unveiled its Timberline Solar roof shingle product yesterday, and it’s created a fair bit of buzz.

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Canberra A Renewable Energy Jobs Powerhouse

Renewable energy jobs in the ACT

The number of people employed in smart and renewable energy related jobs in the ACT is surprising – but not so much where they are concentrated given the nature of Canberra.

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