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Inverter Manufacturers Hit Back On QLD Emergency Backstop

QLD emergency backstop - solar power

Several major solar inverter manufacturers have expressed their concerns over Queensland’s plans to introduce a very blunt tool to manage some new solar and battery systems remotely. [Read more…]

Surf Coast Shire Microgrid Project Progress

Surf Coast Shire microgrids

Victoria’s Surf Coast Shire Council is encouraging Torquay and Lorne residents to have their say on potential renewables-based microgrids. [Read more…]

The Juice Media Take On Woodside, Er, WA Government

The Juice Media team are back, this time with a video tackling the controversial Burrup Hub oil/gas project in Western Australia. Funny, disturbing, brutal and definitely NSFW. [Read more…]

Adelaide’s SMRF A Waste Award Winner

Southern Region Waste Resource Authority (SRWRA) - Adelaide

Adelaide’s Southern Materials Recovery Facility (SMRF) has scooped up the “Outstanding Facility Award” at this year’s national Waste Innovation and Recycling Awards. But it’s not just the handling of waste that makes the overall site outstanding. [Read more…]

Norfolk Island: Power Trouble In Paradise

Norfolk Island electricity generation

The Australian Federal Government has stepped in to give the folks on Norfolk Island some relief from their diesel-based electricity generation cost woes. [Read more…]

Ballarat Net Zero Emissions Plan Adopted

Ballarat Net Zero emissions

In Victoria, City of Ballarat Councillors have signed off on an ambitious plan that includes an aspirational community-wide target of reaching net zero emissions in the municipality by 2030. [Read more…]

Federal Budget 2022-23 And Renewable Energy

Federal Budget 2022-23: renewable Energy and climate change

Last night’s Federal Budget delivered by Treasurer Jim Chalmers saw the Albanese Government make good on renewable energy election commitments – and put the sword to Angus Taylor’s energy abomination. [Read more…]

Sydney’s Northern Beaches’ Super Solar Savings

Sydney's Northern Beaches Council and solar energy

Northern Beaches Council is reaping significant financial benefits from a focus on energy efficiency and renewables for its operations. [Read more…]

Revealed: The Pioneers Of Australian Solar Energy

Australian solar energy pioneers

This article celebrates some of the events and people who pioneered the modern solar energy revolution in Australia over the past 80 years. Without these pioneers, Australia would not be the world leader in residential solar that it is today. [Read more…]

Spruiking The Sunshine Coast Using Solar Power

Sunshine Coast solar powered ad

The virtues of Queensland’s Sunshine Coast have been showcased in what’s claimed to be the world’s first solar powered ad. [Read more…]

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