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Over Estimating Electricity Price Inflation For Fun And Evil Profit

December 11, 2018 2023-01-31T11:34:24 by 33 Comments
shark salesman

A rooftop solar power system is an excellent investment for any home that isn’t at the bottom of a well or otherwise suffering from major shade problems.  Earlier this year I wrote an article on payback times in Australian capitals but it’s already out of date as they pay themselves off even faster now. 

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Oxfam Australia : 100% Renewables, No New Coal

December 11, 2018 2018-12-11T07:24:52 by 1 Comment
Oxfam on coal and renewables in Australia

Oxfam has warned Australia is at risk of falling even further behind in the climate change battle, isolating it from its neighbours in the region.

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Australia’s 43GW-61GW Of Residential Rooftop Solar Potential

December 11, 2018 2018-12-11T05:28:06 by Leave a Comment
Residential solar potential in Australia

Australian grassroots solar advocacy group Solar Citizens says while 6GW of solar capacity is currently installed on residential rooftops throughout Australia, there’s potential for much, much more.

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City-Scale Energy Storage With Molten Silicon

December 10, 2018 2018-12-10T07:43:42 by 3 Comments
Molten silicon energy storage

A group of MIT, Georgia Institute of Technology and National Renewable Energy Laboratory researchers say their molten silicon energy storage design concept could help power cities – and be much cheaper than pumped hydro.

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Sunswift Team And Solar Car Violet Set Guinness World Record

December 10, 2018 2024-10-03T09:29:13 by 6 Comments
Sunswift's Violet solar car

The UNSW Sunswift solar car team last week set a new Guinness World Record for the lowest energy consumption driving trans-Australia with an electric car.

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NSW Energy Minister Spruiks Renewables Achievements

December 7, 2018 2023-11-22T12:31:31 by 1 Comment
Wind and solar power in New South Wales

New South Wales’ Minister for Energy and Utilities Don Harwin outlined renewable energy progress in the state at the NSW Smart Energy Summit on Tuesday.

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SA Electricity Prices: Post-Coal Post-Mortem

December 6, 2018 2018-12-06T07:40:57 by 1 Comment
Wind an solar power - SA wholesale electricity prices

A report just released by the Victoria Energy Policy Center (VEPC) confirms renewable electricity generation has brought wholesale electricity prices down – and is likely to continue to do so.

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Airbus Zephyr Base Opened In Western Australia

December 6, 2018 2024-08-06T13:58:51 by 2 Comments
Zephyr Solar High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite (HAPS)

The world’s first operations base for Airbus’s Zephyr Solar High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite (HAPS) has been officially established at Wyndham Airfield in Western Australia. 

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Alpha ESS Battery Review: Everything You Need To Know About The Storion-SMILE

December 5, 2018 2024-10-03T09:59:59 by 71 Comments
Alpha ESS Review

Update: SQ’s in-house installer, Anthony, has more recently written about the Alpha ESS SMILE5 battery here. Alpha ESS is a Chinese manufacturer of home battery systems.  Because they have promised to do some assembly in Adelaide they are now the second company eligible to receive South Australia’s substantial home battery subsidy, as reported by Michael here. More […]

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Fresh Regulator Warning On Non-Existent Solar Installations

December 5, 2018 2018-12-05T06:59:32 by Leave a Comment
Small scale technology certificate scam

Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator has again warned registered REC agents to ensure solar power systems that STCs are created for actually exist.

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