The Environment Council of Central Queensland (ECoCeQ) is urging Australia’s Environment Minister to reconsider 19 coal and gas proposals; using what it says is a rarely used provision of the EPBC Act. [Read more…]
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Conduit & Solar Inverters: The Good, Bad & Fugly
Looks fine from my house…
The $200, 2-inch thick, spiral-bound ‘AS/NZS 3000 Electrical Installations’ is also known as The Wiring Rules, The Book, or The Bible. Electricians use it to beat each other over the head when they feel a fellow sparkie has strayed from the true path of holy electrical compliance. [Read more…]
Neighbourhood Batteries: Sharing The Power (And Knowledge)
A Victorian study has produced a guide to developing neighbourhood batteries as community assets. [Read more…]
IEA Calls For More Solar Panel Supply Chain Diversity
China has played a huge role in pushing down the price of solar panels. But heavy reliance on China for solar gear is problematic says the International Energy Agency (IEA). [Read more…]
Queensland Iron Flow Battery Hub Construction Begins
A sod-turning ceremony was held in Maryborough yesterday at the site of what will be Australia’s first large-scale iron flow battery manufacturing facility. [Read more…]
Yarra Ranges To Save Even More With Renewable Energy
From this Friday, Victoria’s Yarra Ranges Council is shifting all its market electricity accounts to a renewables contract – and the amount it will save is eye-popping. [Read more…]
NSW Circular Solar Grants Phase 2 Recipients Announced
A New South Wales Government initiative has awarded $7.4 million to projects seeking to divert solar panel and battery system waste from landfill. [Read more…]
ESB NEM Capacity Mechanism Design: Reactions
The Energy Security Board has released its thoughts on a proposed capacity mechanism to help heal what ails the National Electricity Market. [Read more…]
UN Chief: More Fossil Fuel Funding “Delusional”
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has again called for OECD countries to fully ditch coal power by 2030, and all others by 2040. [Read more…]
Chris Bowen: Australia’s New Minister For Climate Change And Energy
Chris “Community Battery” Bowen was sworn in as Australia’s Federal Minister for Climate Change and Energy yesterday, and he’s pretty chuffed about it. [Read more…]
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