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AlphaESS Battery: A Warranty Struggle of Odyssean Proportions

Your shiny new solar power system has been installed. You can’t get the smile off your face as you show friends and family and smugly tell them about all the environmental benefits and the huge savings you’ll be making by providing your own electricity for years to come. [Read more…]

Greens To Support “Dutton-Proofed” Labor Climate Bill

Climate Change Bill 2022

Australian Greens Leader Adam Bandt says his party will now support Labor’s Climate Change Bill 2022 in the House of Representatives and the Senate. [Read more…]

Ballarat’s Net Zero Emissions Plan

Ballarat net zero emissions

The Ballarat community has been invited to have their say on a draft plan designed to help support the community reach net zero emissions by 2030. [Read more…]

Three Days Of Non-Insane Prices Spark Hope Wholesale Electricity Crisis Is Easing

For four months now, electricity prices in the eastern states have been crazy high. But they’ve cooled down in the last three days to the point where they’re now just high. [Read more…]

The Pragmatist’s Guide to Violating Solar Panel Exclusion Zones

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When it comes to installing solar arrays on buildings, one particularly edgy subject is exclusion zones. [Read more…]

An End To The Bookaar Solar Farm Saga?

Bookaar Solar Farm

Five years after a development application for Bookaar Solar Farm in Victoria was originally lodged, it looks like the project can finally go ahead. [Read more…]

Hume’s Hand Up For More Neighbourhood Batteries

City of Hume - community batteries

Federal Energy Minister Chris Bowen will soon be getting another request from a community keen on a neighbourhood battery – Victoria’s City Of Hume. [Read more…]

Chevron’s WA CCS Caper An Ongoing Cock-Up

Chevron Australia - Gorgon CCS

Chevron Australia says it’s proud to have the world’s largest operational carbon capture and storage (CCS) system. What it shouldn’t be proud of is the results to date. [Read more…]

South Fremantle Solar Farm A Fizzer

South Fremantle Solar decision

After being in the pipeline for years, it’s looking like a proposed urban solar farm in Western Australia’s South Fremantle won’t be going ahead. [Read more…]

Solar Panels: Parallel Imports, Support And Warranty

Solar panels - parallel imports

A solar panel brand with an Australian presence should mean expedited warranty claims and support handled locally – but that may not always be the case. [Read more…]

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