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Solar Panel Scammers Active In Perth’s South-East

Solar panel scams

Door-to-door solar power system sales have somewhat of a bad reputation. Unfortunately, it’s well-deserved.

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Coal Vying For Underwriting New Generation Investments Cash

Coal and Underwriting New Generation Investments

66 submissions were received for the Morrison Government’s Underwriting New Generation Investments program – and coal power reportedly features heavily.

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Australian Solar Systems Interest Index – February 2019

auSSII report covering January 2019

Temperatures climbed in January and so too did interest in installing solar panels – 2019 is gearing up to be another big year for small scale solar power in Australia.

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How To Power Through A Heatwave – In Comfort – On 100% Solar Energy

heatwave

Last week I received a phone call from an ABC journalist. Unfortunately he didn’t want to invite me on Gruen to talk about the joys of solar advertising, or book Ronald & Tonto23 to perform on Mad As Hell. Rather, he’d been told that solar panels lose efficiency when it gets hot, and was keen to […]

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WA’s Future Battery Industry Strategy Launched

Western Australia battery industry strategy

WA Premier Mark McGowan says the battery industry offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Western Australia.

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40% Of Victoria’s Coal Power Out Of Action During Heatwave While Solar Soldiers On

rusty valve

As I’m sure you’re aware, South Australia and the eastern states were hit by a short but intense heatwave last week.  In Adelaide temperatures hit 46.6 degrees on Thursday.  A sweaty record.  It was almost unbearable.  Or at least I think it was unbearable.  I’m not sure because I passed out at about 10 in […]

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OECD Calls Out Australia On Emissions And Energy

Australia Environmental Performance - OECD

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development says Australia it is one of the most resource/carbon-intensive OECD countries, and basically the Government needs to pull its finger out.

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ClearVue’s Solar Glass Approaches Prime Time

ClearVue - solar energy glass

ClearVue has installed its solar PV glass at a shopping centre in Western Australia, converting an atrium’s windows into clean power generators.

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Robertstown Solar Plans Publicly Released

Robertstown Solar

Plans have been publicly released for another proposed large-scale solar + energy storage facility near Robertstown in South Australia, the second major project for the area.

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Solar River Project Update

Solar energy project near Robertstown

South Australia’s huge Solar River Project, in the Robertstown region in the state’s Mid-North, is gearing up to get under way.

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