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Grattan: How To End Petrol And Diesel Car Sales By 2035 

Zero emissions vehicles - Grattan Institute

Sales of new petrol and diesel cars should be phased out in Australia by 2035 says the Grattan Institute – and it has recommendations to help make it happen.

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Can A Home Battery On A Time-Of-Use Tariff Pay For Itself Yet?

Home Battery - Time-Of-Use Electricity Tariff

If you have a home battery, a time-of-use tariff can save you money.  How much depends on… Battery Capability:  This includes usable storage capacity, power output, and flexibility. Location:  Time-of-use tariffs vary greatly from state to state.  To a lesser degree, they can vary within states. Electricity consumption habits and solar electricity production Whether or […]

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Heritage Bank Switches HQ To Renewables

Heritage Bank - GreenPower

Heritage Bank announced on Friday its Head Office building in Toowoomba, Queensland is now running on 100% renewable energy.

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Sydney Solar Installations On Hold

Sydney solar installations - COVID-19

Like many other trades, solar installers in Sydney will need to down their tools for a couple of weeks at this point due to the COVID-19 situation.

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Green Light For 400MW Solar, 200MWh Battery Facility In NSW

Stubbo Solar Farm

A huge solar power and battery storage facility for New South Wales’ Mid-Western Regional Council area has been given the State Government’s blessing.

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Maxeon Unveils SunPower Performance 3 AC Solar Panel

SunPower Performance 3 AC Solar Panel

Maxeon Solar Technologies has taken the wraps off another AC solar panel – and it looks like this one will be heading to Australia very soon.

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Clean Energy Council Compliance Activity Update

CEC solar installer compliance

The CEC has provided a snapshot of  its Solar Accreditation Scheme related compliance activity between the beginning of July last year and the end of June this year.

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Rethinking Solar Panel Shipping – PVpallet

PVpallet

Touted as a sustainable solar panel shipping solution, PVpallet is about to hit prime time.

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More Solar Hosting Capacity For Broome

Solar power hosting capacity in Broome

Imagine wanting to go solar and not being able to install panels because the local electricity network can’t handle it. That’s a scenario Broome residents have been living with for years.

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Trina Solar Joins Science Based Targets Initiative

Trina Solar - SBTi

Chinese solar panel manufacturing giant Trina Solar says it has formally joined the global Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).

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