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Regulator To Establish Solar Panel Serial Number Ledger

December 1, 2020 2024-06-05T15:05:24 by Leave a Comment
Clean Energy Regulator - solar panel serial number ledger

In an effort to further strengthen the integrity of Australia’s Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES) and the nation’s solar industry, the Clean Energy Regulator is developing a ledger to record serial numbers of all solar panels installed in Australia under the SRES.

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Why Your Solar Feed-In Tariff Is Lower Than Your Electricity Usage Tariff

November 30, 2020 2021-05-18T12:28:24 by 35 Comments
Why solar feed-in tariffs are lower than retail electricity prices

In this article, I am going to take a typical electricity bill and break it down into its components.  I told Finn I was doing this for two sensible reasons: To let people know where their electricity dollar goes. To show where solar feed-in tariffs come from and why they are significantly less than electricity’s […]

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Solar Energy’s Role In A More Sustainable Wollongong

November 30, 2020 2020-11-30T11:29:01 by 2 Comments
Solar panels - City of Wollongong

The next steps towards a sustainable Wollongong have been taken with the adoption of two strategic documents by City of Wollongong council last week.

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Renewable Energy: Sharing The Benefits With Workers

November 30, 2020 2020-11-30T05:25:44 by Leave a Comment
Employment in Australia's renewable energy sector

While creating an employment bonanza, Australia’s renewable energy sector has created too many insecure jobs says the Australian Council of Trade Unions.

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Barnaby Said Stuff Again

November 27, 2020 2020-11-27T06:10:17 by 7 Comments
Barnaby Joyce - Fossil fuels and renewable energy

Barnaby Joyce isn’t happy about the Electricity Infrastructure Investment Bill passing through New South Wales Parliament’s upper house – and a bunch of other energy related stuff.

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TRY’s VPP A VIC Premier’s Sustainability Awards Finalist

November 26, 2020 2020-11-26T06:58:51 by Leave a Comment
Totally Renewable Yackandandah

Totally Renewable Yackandandah’s Virtual Power Plant project was recently named a finalist in Victoria’s Premier’s Sustainability Awards 2020 – community category.

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Lithgow City Council’s Solar + Tesla Powerwall Installation

November 26, 2020 2020-11-26T05:47:26 by Leave a Comment
Tesla Powerwall - Lithgow City Council

New South Wales’ Lithgow City Council’s Administration Building roof now boasts a bunch of solar panels – and below it is a battery of Tesla Powerwalls. This installation has special significance.

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Solar Analytics’ Nigel Morris Talks Sungrow, Distributed Control & Interoperability

November 25, 2020 2020-11-25T10:53:58 by 5 Comments
Nigel Morris - Solar Analytics - Sungrow

When I asked Solar Analytics’ head of business development Nigel Morris for a chat about the company’s partnership with Sungrow, I didn’t expect to end up in a conversation about system interoperability and standardisation.

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Outrage At Green Light For Narrabri Coal Seam Gas Project

November 25, 2020 2020-11-25T06:52:50 by 6 Comments
Coal seam gas wells

The Morrison Government has granted final approval required for the controversial Santos Narrabri gasfield project in New South Wales. But many locals and their supporters are still determined to see it never goes ahead.

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Victoria’s Budget: Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy And EVs 

November 25, 2020 2020-11-25T05:17:45 by Leave a Comment
Victoria Budget 2020/21 - Renewable Energy

$1.6 billion has been earmarked in Victoria’s Budget 2020/21 for supporting renewables, related infrastructure, electric vehicles and energy efficiency initiatives.

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