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Sydney Markets Now Boasts 3MW+ Of Solar Power

Sydney Markets solar power system

Image: Sydney Markets

Sydney Markets today officially switched on a huge addition to its previously existing solar capacity and has laid claim to having Australia’s biggest private sector rooftop solar power system at a single site. [Read more…]

Knitting Nannas Needling Cowper MP Over Coal And Renewables

Knitting Nannas Against Gas - KNAG

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Knitting Nannas Against Gas (KNAG) is quite possibly the most likeable pro-renewables and anti-fossil fuels activist group  in Australia. [Read more…]

NZ PM Jacinda Ardern Pledges $5 Million For Solar Power In Niue

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Image: Niue Power Corporation solar array | Source: Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern isn’t only popular at home (and here in Australia, particularly with a certain 60 Minutes reporter) – she’s just won a bunch of new fans in Niue with the promise of more solar power. [Read more…]

More Solar Power For University Of Newcastle

2018 will see Australia’s University of Newcastle (UON) boost its solar power street cred significantly with more PV to be installed at its Callaghan and Ourimbah campuses. [Read more…]

Ronald’s Hints, Tips, And Tricks For Commercial Solar

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Here at SolarQuotes we’ve put together a resource on commercial solar power called:

Solar For Your Business ‘101’:  A Beginner’s Guide

If you have a business but no solar panels, it’s made for you.  Or if you work at a business without solar and want some cred for suggesting a money saving idea you may want to run your eyeballs over it for that reason.  It’s full of solid advice and I highly recommend it.  The only way I could recommend it more is if I wrote it myself.  And I didn’t do that because I actually had no involvement with it at all. [Read more…]

Progress On WA’s Merredin Solar Farm

Merredin Solar Farm - Western Australia

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Several milestones have been reached in the development of what is claimed will be Western Australia’s largest solar farm, which may also include battery storage. [Read more…]

Installing Solar Panels On A Flat Roof — All The Angles Covered

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Beautifully installed frameless solar panels on an almost flat (3º N) roof. Photo credit: Gippsland Solar

If you are checking out this article because you are planning to put solar panels on a flat roof, then odds are you’re looking to install a commercial solar system.  While there are homes with flat roofs, they’re not nearly as common as flat business roofs.  But whether it’s for a home or a business the basic principles of installing on a flat roof are the same.  It’s just that commercial systems tend to be a lot larger. [Read more…]

Solar Power At Sea – Offshore Solar Farm Project Commences

Oceanic solar farms

A really, really, big potential platform for solar panels? | Image : Kantasimo

Installing solar panels on large bodies of water such as lakes and reservoirs is one thing, on the open ocean quite another. [Read more…]

Kalbarri Microgrid Project Powers Ahead

Kalbarri renewable energy microgrid project

The awarding of a $6.8 million contract for a 100 per cent renewable energy-powered microgrid project for Kalbarri in Western Australia was announced yesterday. [Read more…]

More Solar Power For Club Mulwala

Club Mulwala - solar power

A new solar energy project at Club Mulwala in the Riverina region of New South Wales will mean lower electricity bills for the club and cooler customers. [Read more…]

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