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60 Million Tonnes Of Toxic Coal Ash At Lake Macquarie

Coal ash at Lake Macquarie

Accumulation of coal ash and water discharge from New South Wales’ Eraring and Vales Point power stations is creating a toxic aquatic environment in Lake Macquarie states a new report.

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More Solar Power For Port Stephens Council

Port Stephens Council - solar power

Port Stephens Council has a shiny new solar power system that will provide a very rapid payback and slash the building’s electricity related emissions.

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SunPower Announces 400W Solar Panel Availability In Australia

SunPower 400 watt solar panel

The first 400 watt solar panel for the Australian residential market is now available from SunPower – the Maxeon 3.

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Check Your Solar Is Working Properly – With This Simple & Accurate New Tool

solacast's new free tool

  TLDR: The tool is here Hey SolarQuotes crowd! Remember me? I’m the bloke who made you all sign up for the Solcast API service in order to check in on the performance of your home solar PV system. 

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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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