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How Virtual Power Plants Can Improve Battery Payback

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I’m really excited to have this opportunity to tell you about Virtual Power Plants.  I’m virtually beside myself with excitement.  That’s not just a horrible joke.  I’ve actually written little bits of this post in a variety of houses and used t’internet to store each file in the cloud.  Once I’m done pasting them all […]

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Victoria’s Karadoc Solar Farm Commences Electricity Exports

Karadoc Solar Farm

Renewables developer BayWa r.e. announced yesterday that Victoria’s largest solar farm to date has started exporting energy into the national grid – and soon it will be helping to power beer production.

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Development Plan For SA’s Pallamana Solar Farm Published

Pallamana Solar Farm

The development plan for a huge solar + energy storage project just outside Murray Bridge in South Australia has been released for public viewing.

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Solar Power For New Sydney Fish Markets

New Sydney Fish Markets

The new Sydney Fish Market will include solar panels – but it won’t be a straightforward installation given the “fish-scale” roof design.

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3D Printed Solar Powered Vehicle Bound For Antarctica

Solar Voyager

Built in part using plastic waste and powered by the sun, the Solar Voyager will begin its journey to the South Pole towards the end of this month.

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WA’s PowerBank Community Battery Storage Trial Gets An Early Start

PowerBank energy storage trial

Western Power/Synergy built it, and they have come. Interest in the PowerBank battery storage trial was such that it has started three months early; going live yesterday.

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Breaking News: Alinta Door Knocker Breaks Law

alinta energy

On Friday I was sitting at home staring at a computer screen, as is my habit on beautiful spring days, when there was a knock on my door.  I wasn’t expecting anyone so I called out “Cho-to ma-te!”1 so I could pretend not to speak English if it turned out to be the police.  When […]

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Australian Solar Systems Interest Index – November 2018

auSSII solar report covering October 2018

Solar installations broke records again in Australia last month, and interest remained strong throughout October from potential solar buyers. Here’s what they were looking for.

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Go-Ahead Given For Vales Point Solar Farm

Vales Point solar project

The New South Wales Department of Planning & Environment has approved an application for a large-scale solar farm at the site of the coal-fired clunker, Vales Point Power Station.

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SolarEdge Ships 3 Million Optimizers In Q3

SolarEdge Q3 results

Israel-based SolarEdge has reported record revenue for the third quarter, racking up USD $236.6 million – up significantly year-over-year.

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