SolarQuotes founder Finn Peacock answers a common electric car charging question: single-phase vs. three-phase chargers – which are better?
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Cities Power Partnership 2021 Climate Awards Winners Announced
Australia’s largest local government climate network recognised outstanding council-led initiatives from across the country yesterday in the fourth annual Cities Power Partnership Climate Awards.
[Continue reading…]Autonomous Electric Vehicles Trialled At Solar Farm Construction Site
Honda has been putting prototype autonomous battery electric vehicles through their paces at the site of what will be a 120MW solar farm in the US state of New Mexico.
[Continue reading…]City Of Newcastle Celebrating Solar Energy Success
City Of Newcastle’s solar farm started cranking clean electricity two years ago, and Council has continued to install panels across its assets since.
[Continue reading…]EV Charging Chat With Chargefox’s Evan B.
Evan Beaver from Chargefox shows us his home EV charger setup and discusses differences in electric car charging.
[Continue reading…]Chevron Australia Buying Offsets For CCS Fail
Chevron Australia’s Gorgon carbon capture and storage (CCS) project wasn’t – and probably still isn’t – living up to expectations.
[Continue reading…]NSW NPWS Aims To Be Carbon Positive By 2028
Solar power is set to help New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service achieve its carbon emission reduction goals.
[Continue reading…]75% of Home Batteries Faulty In Long Term Battery Testing
Canberra Battery Test Centre just released Report #11 describing its third round of battery testing and the results. I’ll give details below but, if you want a quick overview, I can tell you the new batteries didn’t do well. Only 2 of the 8 battery brands tested worked as they were supposed to. The […]
[Continue reading…]Risen Energy Spruiks Alloy Steel Solar Panel Frames
Major Chinese solar panel manufacturer Risen Energy says it is addressing the emissions footprint of aluminium module frames through the use of coated alloyed steel. But there’s a lot of missing detail in its announcement.
[Continue reading…]EV Charger Recommendations From A Solar Installer
This seasoned Australian solar installer has branched out into EV chargers. Find out what he’s installing, the cost involved and other electric car charging recommendations for solar owners.
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