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Gladstone Getting Its Large-Scale Solar On

Solar farms for Gladstone, Queensland

A proposed solar farm project near Gladstone may be shifting sites, while a couple of other projects in the pipeline for the region will be among the largest PV facilities in Australia.

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Jinko Maxim Panels With Cell String Optimization Will Not Be Sold In Australia

Jinko Maxim solar panels

Last Tuesday I went to Sydney to attend the Smart Energy Conference & Exhibition.  I learned many things, one being that Jinko Maxim panels that use use cell string optimization — described in  this article — will not be sold in Australia because they were unable to stop them interfering with television reception.

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SolarEdge HD Wave Inverter Wins Edison Award

SolarEdge HD-Wave inverter

SolarEdge was named the gold winner in the renewable energy category of this year’s Edison Awards for its HD-Wave inverter technology.

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An End To New Offshore Oil And Gas Permits In New Zealand

Jacinda Ardern ends new offshore gas and oil permits

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced last Thursday that no further offshore oil and gas exploration permits will be issued by the Government, but this doesn’t mean activities will end overnight – not by a long shot.

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Ronald Checks Out 5 Electric Cars On The Streets Of Adelaide

Electric car review - Charge Together

Ronald attended the Charge Together electric vehicle event In Adelaide. Here’s what happened… I attended an electric car event here in Adelaide on Sunday.  I thought it was a reasonable thing to do as I’d recently written about how electric cars don’t result in more CO2 emissions than the typical petrol car. Because some people have […]

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CEC To Solar Installers : Check The Approved Products List

Approved Products List - CEC

Many solar panel and some inverter models have been removed from the Clean Energy Council Approved Products Lists this year – and the CEC has again warned installers not to get caught out.

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Solar To Help Power Queensland Hospital Linen Services

Group Linen Services - Commercial Solar

One of the largest linen service providers in Australia is to have solar panels installed on its facilities in order to cut electricity costs and emissions.

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ABC Check Out Home Solar Power In Australia

ABC The Checkout - Solar Power

ABC’s The Checkout ran a jam-packed 10-minute segment on home solar power basics on Tuesday night, covering a broad range of topics – and SolarQuotes received a couple of mentions. 

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Adelaide’s CBD Could Host More Than Half A Million Solar Panels

Centrepoint Building with solar

Analysis released yesterday by the Australian PV Institute indicates Adelaide’s CBD could support 129MW of solar panels on the rooftops of its buildings.

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Regulator Issues Agent Warning On Non-Existent Solar Installations

STC compliance - solar panels

Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator has alerted registered agents of a scam involving the creation of small-scale technology certificates (STCs) for solar power systems that don’t exist.

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