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Wind & Solar Power Use Far Less Land Than Coal

Wind and solar energy vs coal - land use

The lowest cost way to replace the coal power now providing 63% of Australia’s electricity is to replace it with a combination of wind and solar generation plus energy storage. 

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Barnaby’s Back And There’s Gonna Be Trouble

Barnaby Joyce and coal

He’s been gone for such a long time, now he’s back and things will be fine? Hey-la-day-la, Barnaby’s back!

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Solar Panels Installed At Port Macquarie Airport

Port Macquarie Airport solar panels

NSW’s Port Macquarie-Hastings Council is another small step toward its renewable energy goals after the installation of a solar array at Port Macquarie Airport.

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How Well Does Solar Work Through Winter?

Solar panel performance in winter

Over the next week or so I’ll write some articles busting solar myths because, if I’ve learned anything from 25 years of internet use, it’s way easier to complain about something than go through the effort of doing something useful.  Today I’m tackling solar energy output in winter in Australia.

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3 Things I Wish I’d Thought About Before Joining A VPP

SolarQuotes Founder Finn Peacock offers some important advice for Australians considering signing up for a VPP (Virtual Power Plant) program.

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Clarence Valley Council Considering Solar Farm Near Grafton

Proposed solar farm for Grafton

A preliminary investigation has been undertaken for New South Wales’ Clarence Valley Council for a solar farm at the Grafton Regional Landfill & Resource Recovery Facility.

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Another Victorian Solar Panel Rebate Reduction Looms

Victoria solar panel rebate

If you’re in Victoria and considering going solar (or know someone who is),  you/they may want get cracking to maximise the amount of subsidy on a system.

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Kurri Kurri Gas Power Plant Proposal Cops It In Submissions

Kurri Kurri Gas Plant - Hunter Power Project

It appears many Australians are unhappy about the Federal Government’s proposed Kurri Kurri gas-fired power plant, aka the Hunter Power Project.

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Sussan Ley Puts Australia’s Solar Panel Industry “On Notice”

Solar panel recycling - Sussan Ley

In an address to the National Press Club yesterday, Federal Minister for the Environment Sussan Ley issued a warning to the solar panel industry regarding solar panel recycling.

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NT Tweaking Home And Business Battery Scheme

Northern Territory NT Tweaking Home And Business Battery Scheme

The Northern Territory Government says upcoming changes to its Home and Business Battery Scheme (HBBS) will improve the initiative’s equity, efficiency and effectiveness.

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