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
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.
[Continue reading…]Queensland’s Government Kicks Off Solar For Rentals Rebate Trial
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.
[Continue reading…]Sono Motors Unveils Final Design Of The Solar Electric Sion
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.
[Continue reading…]Yarranlea Solar Farm Construction Update
Better late than never – construction of Risen Energy’s 100MW (AC) Yarranlea Solar Farm west of Toowoomba in Queensland is moving along.
[Continue reading…]Victoria’s Karadoc Solar Farm Officially Opened
Karadoc Solar Farm was officially opened last week, while not far away its sister project at Yatpool is under construction.
[Continue reading…]Australian Solar Systems Interest Index – March 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.
[Continue reading…]Victoria’s 2019/20 Minimum Solar Feed In Tariff Rates Finalised
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.
[Continue reading…]Gelion Endure – A Non-Flow Zinc Bromine Battery
A new type of energy storage platform was put to work at the University of Sydney last night by Gelion Technologies.
[Continue reading…]NEM Emissions Intensity Plummets As Renewables Capacity Increases
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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