If you wanted to block the expansion of renewable energy, a good place to start is to put bureaucratic roadblocks in the way of new, long distance electricity transmission infrastructure. Discussing his participation in last week’s 100% renewable energy workshop at ANU, the university’s Professor Andrew Blakers told SolarQuotes transmission is the biggest short-term problem […]
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SMA Says Their Inverter’s ShadeFix Software Reduces Effects Of Shade
A couple of weeks go a reader asked me to write about ShadeFix. ShadeFix is the software German manufacturer SMA include in their solar inverters. This request made me feel a bit stupid because I had no idea what ShadeFix was.
[Continue reading…]100% Renewables-Based Electricity For Telstra By 2025
Telstra CEO Andrew Penn yesterday announced three new goals for the company relating to carbon emissions reduction and boosting renewable energy use.
[Continue reading…]Canterbury Bankstown Council Seeking More Solar
Sydney’s City of Canterbury Bankstown has kicked off an expression of interest process for the development of an urban solar farm within its boundaries.
[Continue reading…]Tasmanian Government Sets New Renewable Energy Target
Tasmanian Premier and Minister for Climate Change Peter Gutwein has again lifted the bar for his state’s renewable energy future.
[Continue reading…]100% Renewables Is Hard – But 96% Is Easy Says Windlab’s David Osmond
A common delaying tactic of the enemies of our environment is to repeatedly remind us getting to 100% renewables, even for electricity generation, is difficult and expensive. 100% renewable is expensive, says Windlab’s David Osmond – but getting nearly all the way there, 96%, is easy and relatively cheap.
[Continue reading…]FIMER Acquisition Of ABB’s Solar Inverter Business Complete
Italy’s FIMER has completed acquisition of ABB’s solar inverter business – and is eager to get cracking on next steps.
[Continue reading…]Longi Supplies Panels For Huge Floating Solar Farm
Chinese solar panel manufacturer Longi has announced its modules have been used in a major floating solar energy project in China’s Hunan Province.
[Continue reading…]Australian Solar Systems Interest Index – March 2020
In our latest auSSII report we’ve added stats to answer the question everyone has been asking – what proportion of Australian solar buyers are interested in microinverters?
[Continue reading…]NSW Solar + Battery Scheme Finally Kicks Off – Sort Of
The NSW Government’s Empowering Homes scheme that offers interest-free loans for battery and solar-battery systems launched on Friday as a pilot program.
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