South Australia’s Minister for Energy and Mining Dan van Holst Pellekaan is spruiking a new solar + battery deal for South Australians building homes. But is the “battery bonus” a good deal?
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More Victorian Hospitals Going Solar
East Grampians Health Service (EGHS) has recently had solar panels installed at Willaura Healthcare and PV installation at its Ararat campus starts very soon.
[Continue reading…]Australian Renewable Energy Agency To Run Out Of Cash Soon
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will reportedly run out of money for new projects around the middle of this year. The Australia Institute says the organisation should be re-funded.
[Continue reading…]Thinner Solar Cells = Even Cheaper Solar Panels?
Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) believe thinner solar cells are the key to even cheaper solar panels and scaling up production.
[Continue reading…]Loddon Shire Council To Decide On Solar Farm
A meeting of Loddon Shire councillors this afternoon may decide the fate of a proposed BayWa r.e. solar energy project not far from Bendigo in Victoria.
[Continue reading…]SolarQuotes’ New Retail Electricity Plan Comparison Tool Can Save You Money — It Let Me Afford Pizza
I’m paying way too much for electricity. It’s driving me broke! Financially I was doing okay until I told everyone I’d buy them pizza and it end up costing me $90. How can pizza cost $90? It’s dough, tomato sauce, ham, pineapple, and maybe some corn if you’re Japanese. How can that be $90? We […]
[Continue reading…]Solar Panels Installed For Kimberley Coast Community
160kW of solar capacity has been installed on the rooftops of several community buildings in the remote community of Bidyadanga.
[Continue reading…]Better Batteries With Relectrify’s BMS+Inverter
Melbourne-based Relectrify has officially launched a battery management system (BMS) it says can boost lithium-ion battery service life by as much a third and reduce cost by up to half compared to other market-leading tech.
[Continue reading…]Sungrow Crabby With Researcher Over Inverter Security Vulnerability Disclosure
Update: patch available – see end of story A few months after I wrote about security in the home renewables space, a Brisbane engineer bought a Sungrow SH5k-20 inverter, decided to “poke around”, and claims to have turned up a crop of serious security vulnerabilities.
[Continue reading…]More Off-Grid Solar + Energy Storage For The Bush?
The bushfire crisis has some electricity distributors thinking more about utilising solar power and battery storage.
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