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Queensland’s Government Kicks Off Solar For Rentals Rebate Trial

Solar For Rentals rebate - Queensland

A huge number of Australian households who are renters are locked out of solar power savings. A new initiative from the Queensland Government is trialling a way to help address this – but there are a few catches.

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Sono Motors Unveils Final Design Of The Solar Electric Sion

Sono Motors - Sion Solar Electric Car

Germany’s Sono Motors has released the first images of its solar power assisted electric car – the Sion – as it will appear at market launch.

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Yarranlea Solar Farm Construction Update

Yarranlea Solar Farm

Better late than never – construction of Risen Energy’s 100MW (AC) Yarranlea Solar Farm west of Toowoomba in Queensland is moving along.

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Victoria’s Karadoc Solar Farm Officially Opened

Karadoc Solar Farm

Karadoc Solar Farm was officially opened last week, while not far away its sister project at Yatpool is under construction.

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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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