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CEC Edgy About Solar Accreditation Scheme’s Future

Australian solar accreditation scheme

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…]

How To Beat The Solar Panel Oversize Rule With Grid-Tied Solar And Batteries

Australian solar oversize rule

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?

Home battery subsidies in Australia

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

Customer QR Codes - Solar Victoria

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

Ian Macfarlane - Coal

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

City of Whittlesea - solar energy

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

Wollongong City Council solar PPA

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

Renewable Energy Storage Target (REST)

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

Neighbourhood batteries - Victoria

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

Crookwell water treatment plant solar installation

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…]

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