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Nambucca Shire Council Installs EV Chargers, Solar To Come

Nambucca EV charging and solar power

Nambucca Shire Council has installed EV charging stations for public use in the towns of Nambucca and Macksville, and there could be a bunch of solar power on the way.

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Britain’s First 100+ Hours Of Coal-Free Electricity Use

Coal power in Britain

Another record has tumbled – for the first time, Britain has recorded more than 100 hours without the use of coal power for electricity supply.

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SolarQuotes Vodcast Episode 14 – Stupid Solar Rules

SolarQuotes vodcast episode 14

Finn and Ronald discuss highlights from the SolarQuotes blog from the previous week, plus a few other news items for good measure.

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Smart Energy Council Says Dumb Things About Batteries

On Thursday the 1st of May the Smart Energy Council put out a press release1that strongly implied home batteries can pay for themselves.  Unfortunately, at this time, they don’t with the possible exception of South Australia with their hefty subsidy of up to $6,000.  Anyone who says they do without a large subsidy is either […]

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How To End Dodgy Solar For Good? 100% Inspections By State Electrical Bodies

This is a guest post by John Inglis, owner of Positronic Solar. John is a veteran of the solar industry. Rumour has it that his involvement predates the invention of the sun dial. Take it away John…

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Solar Power Shines In Wonthaggi

Image: Image: Energy Innovation Co-op

Solar energy was in the spotlight in the Victorian town of Wonthaggi on Friday, with the unveiling of a PV system at its Civic Centre and a solar + storage installation at an old coal mine.

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Australian Solar Systems Interest Index – May 2019

auSSII solar report - May 2019

In this month’s Australian Solar Systems Interest Index (auSSII) report, we’ve added some interesting new statistics relating to solar power system monitoring.

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Large 72 Cell Solar Panels Can Go On Home Roofs But Beware Of Shoddy Installers

72 cell vs 60 cell panel

This article is about big solar panels.  Bigger than the standard sized 60 cell panels commonly installed on residential roofs.  Those are only around 1m by 1.65m.  I’m talking about larger ones with 72 cells that are about 1m by 2m.  These larger panels are mostly used for commercial installations and solar farms, but they […]

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New Queensland Rule To Heavily Impact State’s Commercial Solar Sector

Queensland commercial solar

Queensland Government rules set to come into force in less than two weeks will hit the state’s commercial solar energy sector hard says the Clean Energy Council.

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Labor’s Proposed Renewable Energy Zone For SA Announced

Renewable Energy Zone - REZ - South Australia

A “Renewable Energy Zone” (REZ) will be established in South Australia under a Shorten Labor Government – and its location was revealed yesterday.

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