Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre’s sustainability street-cred gets another lift, going from gold to platinum in EarthCheck certification. [Read more…]
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Bundaberg Council Diverting Solar Panels From Landfill
Queensland’s Bundaberg Regional Council has introduced a hefty charge on disposing of unwanted solar panels at its waste facilities. [Read more…]
BHP Boosts Offtake From Merredin Solar Farm
A solar power purchase agreement (PPA) between Risen Energy and BHP has been expanded for BHP’s Nickel West operations. [Read more…]
LG Energy Solution Inks Major Australian Battery Metals Deal
South Korean EV battery manufacturer LG Energy Solution is to take all the nickel and cobalt from Australian Mines’ proposed Sconi Project based in Queensland. [Read more…]
How Time Of Use Tariffs Can Boost Your Solar Battery Savings
I’ve been given a mission. It’s to determine how much money a home can save using a battery with a time-of-use tariff in every Australian capital.
This isn’t easy to do. [Read more…]
Phytomining: Mining Battery Metals With Plants
Researching the potential for plants to pull battery metals out of the ground has received backing from the Queensland Government. [Read more…]
SMA Supplying Inverters For Huge Australian Battery Project
Germany’s SMA has been selected to supply central inverters for AGL’s 250 MW/250 MWh battery project at Torrens Island in South Australia. [Read more…]
Victorian Big Battery Fire Update
Victoria’s Big Battery project has experienced a setback after a fire broke out in a Tesla Megapack unit at the project site on Friday morning. [Read more…]
Another Callide Power Station Unit Back To Polluting
A third generating unit of Queensland’s black coal-burning Callide Power Station returned to service yesterday. [Read more…]
2021 Solar Panel Torture Testing: ET, & SunPower Do Well
At the moment we’re locked down in Adelaide. Because I’m no longer able to smuggle badgers across the border in my beard as I’d planned, I’m catching up on stuff I should have written about weeks or months ago.
One of these things is the PVEL 2021 Module Reliability Scorecard report that came out in May. While I’ve been tardy bringing it to your attention, it’s far too interesting to let slip by. [Read more…]
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