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Australian Solar Systems Interest Index – March 2019

auSSII report covering February 2019

The trend towards increasingly larger solar power systems continued in February as Australians sought to get the best returns from the electricity bill-busting technology.

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Victoria’s 2019/20 Minimum Solar Feed In Tariff Rates Finalised

Victoria solar feed in tariff - 2019/20

Victoria’s  Essential Services Commission (ESC) has set new rates for solar feed-in tariffs from July 2019. The single rate will be boosted,  shoulder/off-peak time-varying rates will be increased and the peak rate slashed.

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Gelion Endure – A Non-Flow Zinc Bromine Battery

Gelion Endure battery

A new type of energy storage platform was put to work at the University of Sydney last night by Gelion Technologies.

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NEM Emissions Intensity Plummets As Renewables Capacity Increases

National Energy Emissions Audit

The Australia Institute’s (TAI’s) latest National Energy Emissions Audit for the electricity sector covering January 2019 has been released. There’s good news – thanks to renewables.

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Legislation Introduced For Queensland’s CleanCo

Queensland's CleanCo

Progress on Queensland’s new publicly-owned renewables-focused electricity generator continued yesterday, with related legislation introduced to State Parliament.

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U.S. Senators Fear Huawei Solar Inverters

Huawei solar inverters

The world’s largest manufacturer of solar inverters, Huawei, won’t get a look-in with the U.S. market if a group of senators have their way.

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Another Study Confirms Solar’s Popularity Among Australia’s Battlers

Australian electricity bill study

That solar power is a plaything for the rich is a myth that has been busted time and again, but it never hurts to have a fresh reminder given the furphy still regularly pops up.

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ScoMo’s Climate Solutions Package Panned

Prime Minister Scott Morrison - Climate Solutions Package

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison yesterday announced the climate policy he’ll be going into the next election with. If the aim was to elicit negative reactions, then it was a rip-roaring success.

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SolarQuotes Vodcast Episode #5

Last Friday Ronald and I sat down in SQHQ to discuss the previous 7 days on the blog. Here are the posts we discussed, along with links to the relevant place in the video.

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Solar Panels For Woolworths’ Adelaide Regional Distribution Centre

Woolworths - solar energy

Woolworths’ expansion of its Adelaide Regional Distribution Centre (ARDC) at Gepps Cross will include the installation of a commercial-scale solar power system.

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