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Even Bigger Battery For South Australia

Simec ZEN - South Australia big battery

Tesla’s Big Battery in South Australia could soon lose its crown as Australia’s largest single-site battery installation to another project announced today for the state.

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More Backing For Small-Scale Solar + Storage From ARENA/CEFC

ARENA and CEFC - solar and battery storage

Both the Australian Renewable Energy Agency and Clean Finance Corporation have announced initiatives for further supporting the adoption of small-scale solar power, battery storage and energy efficiency.

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Tony Abbott And Craig Kelly Want Frydenberg To Fiddle With His Small-scale Knob

Tony Abbott recently made a comment about the STCs that reduce the cost of rooftop solar to households and are commonly called the “solar rebate“1.  Guess what he wants to do with them?  Do you need a hint?  Tell you what, I’ll make it easy for you and put it in the form of a […]

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Large-Scale Battery Storage : GE Reservoir

GE Reservoir battery

Last week, GE unveiled its large-scale energy storage solution, which is based on the 1.2 MW/4 MWh Reservoir Storage Unit.

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Queensland Cash For Battery Info Offer May Catch Out Some Installers

Queensland solar battery database

The Queensland Government is establishing a home battery database and system owners are being offered $50 for their information. It may make some battery installers nervous and owners should be a little cautious too, but for other reasons.

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Sydney Markets Now Boasts 3MW+ Of Solar Power

Sydney Markets solar power system

Sydney Markets today officially switched on a huge addition to its previously existing solar capacity and has laid claim to having Australia’s biggest private sector rooftop solar power system at a single site.

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Redflow ZBM2 Battery Deliveries About To Get Under Way

Redflow ZBM2 battery deliveries

Australian energy storage company Redflow announced yesterday it had completed testing of the first ZBM2 batteries using battery stacks produced by its new Thailand factory, and is now ready to start fulfilling back orders.

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SunPower Panels Power 4.4MW Campbell Soup Solar Project

Campbell's Soup - Solar Energy

Campbell Soup Company announced yesterday a 4.4-megawatt solar power project at the company’s World Headquarters in Camden, New Jersey is officially online.

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The SA Election: Energy Policies Compared

On Saturday the 17th of March South Australians will head to school, church, the RSL, or where ever their local polling booth happens to be to cast their ballot in the state government election.  I’ve already received the piece of colored  paper I’m supposed to bring with me so I can vote.  It’s very different from […]

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Abbott (Again) Calls For An End To Solar Subsidies

Tony Abbott - solar subsidies

Surprise, surprise – Tony Abbott has joined the call for an end to solar subsidies – in fact, all new renewables – after backbench colleague Craig Kelly’s recent ill-informed dummy spit.

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