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Solar Powered Smiley Face Speed Signs Improve Driver Behaviour

Solar road safety sign trial

A trial in the ACT of smiley face road signs powered by the sun appears to have been a success, and will be continued.

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New Solar Carport Design Allows 72 Panels To Be Installed In One Day

solar carpark

This is cool: PVDynamics in South Australia has come up with a fast, low-labour way to put solar panel roofs on outdoor structures such as pergolas and car parks.

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My ACCC Submission: The CEC Approved Retailer Scheme Is Not Voluntary & Is Anti-Competitive

definition of monopoly

The Australian Competition And Consumer Commission — ACCC for short — is seeking submissions on whether or not the Clean Energy Council’s Approved Solar Retailer scheme should be renewed.

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Western Australia’s Kalbarri Skywalk Opens

Kalbarri Skywalk

Kalbarri Skywalk in WA’s Kalbarri National Park officially opened on Friday, with the attraction’s kiosk to be powered by a stand-alone solar and energy storage system.

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Northern Territory Electricity Market Priority Reform Program

NT electricity market reforms

On Friday, the Northern Territory Government announced an electricity market reform program it says will address system security and reliability, encourage private investment and boost renewable energy.

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Cairns Council “Mini Solar Farms” Project Update

Cairns Council solar rollout

Five waste water treatment plants in the Cairns region are currently having a bunch of solar panels installed.

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UNEP: Renewables “One Of The Smartest, Most Cost-Effective Investments”

COVID-19 economic recovery - renewable energy

Governments around the world are to inject huge amounts of money into their economies as part of the COVID-19 recovery process. A new report says plowing dollars into renewables rather than fossil fuels will buy more generation capacity than ever and provide stronger action on a major threat to the entire planet – climate change.

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Seraphim Scores 50MW Solar Panel Supply Deal In Australia

Seraphim solar panels - Australia

China’s Jiangsu Seraphim Solar System Co., Ltd. has inked a solar panel supply agreement with Australian wholesaler and importer Raystech Group.

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2020 PV Reliability Scorecard: Astronergy, Canadian, Longi & REC Do Well

peel 2020 pv module reliability scorecard

PV Evolution Labs, or PVEL for short, has published their 2020 PV Module Reliability Scorecard.  This annual report reveals the Top Performers from their latest round of solar panel testing.  The information given is limited.  We’re only told which panels suffered little deterioration from testing. PVEL do not reveal which performed poorly.  They do not […]

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Multi-Million Dollar “Solar Trees” Project For Townsville

Solar Trees - Townsville

An upcoming new attraction in Townsville powered by solar energy is, well, beauty is in the eye of the beholder as they say.

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