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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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NSW Coal Exports Facing Terminal Decline – And Soon : IEEFA

New South Wales coal exports

New South Wales coal export volumes have peaked and are now facing a terminal long-term decline, says a new report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis – but the NSW Minerals Council disagrees.

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Cannon-Brookes Throws Down Gauntlet On PM’s “Bullshit” Fair Dinkum Power

Fair Dinkum Power - Mike Cannon Brookes

Atlassian CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes has taken exception to Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s “fair dinkum power” approach and is creating a brand from the three words.

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NSW Finally Emerging On Energy?

New South Wales Emerging Energy

The NSW Government announced its Emerging Energy program yesterday that will support commercialisation of new, large‑scale, electricity projects in the state using emerging, dispatchable technology. 

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Everything You Need To Know About The SA Battery Scheme Now It’s Up & Running

SA battery scheme update

When I first wrote about South Australia’s battery subsidy not all the details were available to me.  But now the Home Battery Scheme website is up and running I still don’t have all the details.  However — and this is the important point — I have more details than I had before. 

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JinkoSolar, SunPower And Trina Solar Announcements

Trina Solar, SunPower and JinkoSolar

Three of the world’s biggest solar panel manufacturers have published announcements in the last couple of days relating to significant solar projects, two of which are in Australia.

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