A heads-up concerning applications for installer and designer accreditation scheme operators under Australia’s Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES) has been met with a blunt warning from the Clean Energy Council. [Read more…]
Search Results for: council
How To Beat The Solar Panel Oversize Rule With Grid-Tied Solar And Batteries
Breaking the infamous ‘133% / 75% Solar Oversize Rule’ won’t get you in trouble if you add a battery. Or will it?
It depends on who you ask… [Read more…]
Unleashing Renewable Energy Storage With Home Battery Subsidies?
A Private Members Bill introduced in February aiming to make home batteries cheaper may have lapsed, but its spirit lives on in recent recommendations from the Smart Energy Council. [Read more…]
Solar Victoria Signals QR Code Scanning Crackdown
It seems some solar installers have been naughty when it comes to customer QR code scanning practices under Victoria’s Solar Homes Program. [Read more…]
Coal Booster Ian Off Anna’s Xmas List
Annastacia Palaszczuk is keeping a list of who’s naughty or nice, and Queensland Resources Council’s Ian Macfarlane can expect a lump of coal in his stocking. He’d be completely fine with that. [Read more…]
City Of Whittlesea Plots Course To A Sustainable Future
Victoria’s City Of Whittlesea has adopted a strategy and plan to tackle climate change and environmental sustainability as it works towards a net zero emissions community by 2036. [Read more…]
Wollongong Switching To Solar To Power Streetlights
From January 1 next year, Wollongong City Council’s 18,000+ streetlights will be running on solar energy via a power purchase agreement (PPA). [Read more…]
Australian Renewable Energy Storage Target Push Continues
Australia’s Climate Council says $42 billion of private investment and around 100,000 jobs in renewable energy could be created through the implementation of a Renewable Energy Storage Target (REST). [Read more…]
Victorian Labor Promises Neighbourhood Battery Blitz
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews yesterday pledged to spend a bunch of bucks on neighbourhood batteries if Labor is returned to power. He also revealed his own rooftop solar status. [Read more…]
Crookwell Water Plant Gets PV Power Boost
NSW’s Upper Lachlan Shire Council (ULSC) has jumped into solar power with the installation of a ground-mount system at the Crookwell water treatment plant. [Read more…]
Currently Raging Debates: