The NSW Government’s Empowering Homes scheme that offers interest-free loans for battery and solar-battery systems launched on Friday as a pilot program. [Read more…]
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SA’s First Electric Garbage Truck Doing The Rounds
What’s said to be South Australia’s first zero-emissions electric-powered kerbside garbage and recycling collection truck went into service in Adelaide last week. [Read more…]
How To Get A Credit Refund From Your Electricity Company
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If you expect your energy retailer to send you any money they owe you without you asking for it, you may be disappointed.
A reader’s email last week led me down too many rabbit holes, but I think it was worth it. The reader asked us to look into how electricity companies handle refunds of customer credits accumulated under solar feed-in tariffs (FiTs). Can customers get credit refunds automatically, and what happens to credits at the end of a contract? [Read more…]
OZ Minerals Eyes Renewables For Billion Dollar Mining Project
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OZ Minerals says renewable energy could help power its proposed West Musgrave copper and nickel project in Western Australia. [Read more…]
Solar Panels Installed For Kimberley Coast Community
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160kW of solar capacity has been installed on the rooftops of several community buildings in the remote community of Bidyadanga. [Read more…]
More Off-Grid Solar + Energy Storage For The Bush?
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The bushfire crisis has some electricity distributors thinking more about utilising solar power and battery storage. [Read more…]
AEMC Report — Electricity Prices To Fall Thanks To Renewable Energy
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Electricity Prices To Fall Thanks To Wind And Solar Power — But Not In WA!
If you don’t live in Western Australia I have good news. A report released on December the 9th by the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) says electricity prices will fall in all states except WA.
Merredin Solar Farm Nears Completion
Risen Energy Australia says its 132MW Merredin Solar Farm project in Western Australia should be connected to the grid next month. [Read more…]
New Wind, Solar, Energy Storage And Gas Power For Esperance
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The town of Esperance in Western Australia is to benefit from a from a major project that will deliver cleaner and greener electricity at a greatly reduced cost. [Read more…]
WA Government Funding Renewable Hydrogen Feasibility Studies
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Western Australia’s McGowan Government has stumped up $1.68 million to support renewable hydrogen feasibility studies across the state. [Read more…]
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