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Noosa Council To Crank Up Its Solar Capacity (Again)

Noosa Council - solar power

In another step towards its goal of carbon neutrality by 2026, Noosa Council is installing more solar power – this time expanding the installation on its Tewantin Administration Building.

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Hanwha Q Cells Claims Patent Infringement By Jinko, Longi And REC

Hanwha Q Cells solar patent complaint

In a fight between Hanwha Q Cells and JinkoSolar, Longi Solar and REC Group, who would win? We’re going to find out.

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Tongwei Solar: The Biggest Solar Company You’ve Never Heard Of

tongwei solar factory

Tongwei Solar is not well known in Australia.  While it’s possible goldfish fans are aware Tongwei Group is the world’s largest producer of fish food, their solar subsidiary is very low key.  This is despite it being one of the world’s largest producers of solar cells (if not the largest) with a production capacity of 12 […]

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Solar And Battery Upgrade For Mount Frankland Communications Tower

Mount Frankland solar upgrade

After 20 years of service in what were probably at times pretty harsh conditions, the solar panels and batteries at Western Power’s communications tower at Mount Frankland needed replacing . It wasn’t an easy task.

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SolarQuotes Vodcast Episode #6

Join Ronald and I from the SolarQuotes office in Adelaide CBD where we discuss the previous week’s happenings on the blog:

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Esperance Farms To Go Off-Grid With Solar + Storage And Generators

Stand-alone solar power for Esperance farms

Fourteen remote farms in Western Australia’s Esperance region will soon be ditching electricity supplied via conventional powerlines for solar energy based micro power systems (MPS) from Horizon Power.

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Queensland’s Government Kicks Off Solar For Rentals Rebate Trial

Solar For Rentals rebate - Queensland

A huge number of Australian households who are renters are locked out of solar power savings. A new initiative from the Queensland Government is trialling a way to help address this – but there are a few catches.

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Sono Motors Unveils Final Design Of The Solar Electric Sion

Sono Motors - Sion Solar Electric Car

Germany’s Sono Motors has released the first images of its solar power assisted electric car – the Sion – as it will appear at market launch.

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Yarranlea Solar Farm Construction Update

Yarranlea Solar Farm

Better late than never – construction of Risen Energy’s 100MW (AC) Yarranlea Solar Farm west of Toowoomba in Queensland is moving along.

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Victoria’s Karadoc Solar Farm Officially Opened

Karadoc Solar Farm

Karadoc Solar Farm was officially opened last week, while not far away its sister project at Yatpool is under construction.

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