Australia’s Redflow has announced it is now shipping its ZBM2 flow batteries, which also form the basis of Redflow’s ZCell energy storage solution, to Australian and international customers. [Read more…]
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City of London Corporation Commits To 100% Renewables
The City of London Corporation has announced it will source all of its electricity from renewables from October this year – and solar power will play a role. [Read more…]
New Solar Homes Robbed Of Choice In ACT: Demand Or Time-of-Use Tariffs Only
If you live in ACT and install solar – you are forced to choose between 2 not very great electricity tariffs.
If you are getting a new house built or having solar power installed in the ACT I have some bad news. You will lose the ability to freely choose between electricity plans. You will no longer be able to select a standard tariff; which is usually best for solar households. Instead you will be forced on to either a time-of-use tariff or a demand tariff. [Read more…]
Australian Councils Flock To Solar Power
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The Australian Local Government Climate Review 2018, published early this month, reveals the nation’s councils are performing well in delivering energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. [Read more…]
Solar Payback Time For Each Australian Capital
The cost of rooftop solar continues to fall despite the fact that the Australian dollar has been falling too. It has been a while since I’ve harped on about how cost effective rooftop solar is, so I stayed up all night to make beautiful graphs of the simple solar payback time in every capital city. In other words I will show you how many years it will take the savings on your electricity bills to cover the cost of your solar power system. [Read more…]
Powershop Removes Mystery About Reposit GridCredits
Powershop Reveals Dollar Value Of Reposit Payments For Exporting Battery Power To Grid During ‘Critical Peaks’
Reposit is a smart controller that helps households make more effective use of battery systems. One advantage Reposit provides is during certain — very limited — periods of time, you can be paid $1 for each kilowatt-hour of electricity your battery exports to the grid. Reposit calls these payments GridCredits. [Read more…]
National Energy Guarantee (NEG) – Where’s It At?
While perhaps not as exciting as the latest solar panel or battery technology, the evolution of the National Energy Guarantee is something worth keeping tabs on. [Read more…]
Adelaide’s CBD Could Host More Than Half A Million Solar Panels
Image: Spatial Analysis of Solar Potential in Adelaide
Analysis released yesterday by the Australian PV Institute indicates Adelaide’s CBD could support 129MW of solar panels on the rooftops of its buildings. [Read more…]
NSW Labor Pledges Cooler Schools, Powered By Solar Panels
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NSW Opposition Leader Luke Foley has announced a Labor government will divert hundreds of millions of dollars destined for the controversial Sydney stadiums project to provide air-conditioning for the State’s public schools, the electricity for which will be offset by solar panels. [Read more…]
Tony Abbott And Craig Kelly Want Frydenberg To Fiddle With His Small-scale Knob
Tony Abbott And Craig Kelly Want Frydenberg To Adjust The Small-scale Technology Percentage
Tony Abbott recently made a comment about the STCs that reduce the cost of rooftop solar to households and are commonly called the “solar rebate“1. Guess what he wants to do with them? Do you need a hint? Tell you what, I’ll make it easy for you and put it in the form of a multiple choice question. [Read more…]
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