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Wholesale Electricity Prices Plummet, But…

AEMO electricity report

The good news is wholesale electricity prices in Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM) dropped a long way during the December quarter. The bad news is prices were still well above a year prior. [Read more…]

UWA On Its Way To Energy Carbon Neutrality

The University of Western Australia - renewable energy

The University of Western Australia is aiming to be an “energy-neutral” campus by 2025, and of course solar energy is playing a role. [Read more…]

Vicinity Powering Up Battery Storage Pilot For Shopping Centres

Vicinity Centres - battery storage

Building on its substantial shopping centre solar power street cred, work has commenced on the first onsite battery storage systems for Vicinity Centres. [Read more…]

WA Domestic Gas Supply Disruptions “Unprecedented”

Chevron Wheatstone gas plant failure

A gas plant failure has added further strain to Western Australia’s domestic gas supplies; but the McGowan Government says everything is under control. [Read more…]

Solar’s Up For Surfing WA

Surfing WA solar installation

Sun, surf, sand and solar power – Surfing WA’s new multi-million-dollar facility at Trigg Beach has it all (plus a battery). [Read more…]

Walpole Mini Pumped Hydro Microgrid Project Excitement Builds

Walpole pumped hydro project

Completion of a renewables powered pumped-hydro microgrid project is being eagerly anticipated by the residents of Walpole in Western Australia. [Read more…]

New Solar SPS Rollout In Esperance Soon

Solar stand-alone power systems in regional Western Australia

Esperance is to be the first area in regional Western Australia to benefit from another standalone power system (SPS, aka SAPS) rollout in the state. [Read more…]

8 Tesla Powerwall Alternatives To Consider (And One You Shouldn’t)

Tesla Powerwall alternatives

I remember the Tesla Powerwall 2 hitting the Australian market like it was just 7 years ago.  It was the shining white pioneer that lit the way, the stroke of marketing mastery, the name now appropriated by an entire industry to describe a brick full of batteries. [Read more…]

Inverter Manufacturers Hit Back On QLD Emergency Backstop

QLD emergency backstop - solar power

Several major solar inverter manufacturers have expressed their concerns over Queensland’s plans to introduce a very blunt tool to manage some new solar and battery systems remotely. [Read more…]

The Juice Media Take On Woodside, Er, WA Government

The Juice Media team are back, this time with a video tackling the controversial Burrup Hub oil/gas project in Western Australia. Funny, disturbing, brutal and definitely NSFW. [Read more…]

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