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Basslink Failure Row Continues

Basslink cable failure

There wasn’t a lot of peace and goodwill between Hydro Tasmania and Basslink Pty Ltd last week, with the pair clashing over the 2015/16 Basslink outage.

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More Solar Road Pilot Projects Completed

Solar road in Monaco

Despite the technology’s challenges, the solar roads concept captured the public’s imagination a few years back – and projects have been ongoing.

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Australian Solar + Battery Installation Statistics

solar and battery installations - Australia

Late last year, Australia was experiencing somewhat of a frenzy of interest in solar + battery storage. How has that panned out?

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UK : Record High For Renewables, Record Low For Coal And Gas

Renewable energy - UK

Renewable energy’s share of electricity generation in the UK hit a new Q3 record, while coal and gas based generation experienced a record low.

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More Solar To Power Up In Mareeba Shire

Solar energy in Mareeba Shire, Queensland

Queensland’s Mareeba region will be racking up a bunch of solar panels in the near future after another large-scale PV project was granted the go-ahead last week.

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Merry Christmas And A Happy Old Year

A Big Picture

Well, another year is almost gone and so to everyone I say, Merry Christmas and a Happy Old Year!

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Floating Solar Power Plant For Adelaide Reservoir

Floating solar power - Adelaide, South Australia

A floating solar plant will be installed at a metropolitan reservoir in Adelaide – part of a much larger solar PV rollout announced today by SA Water.

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Renewables Continue To Squeeze Out Coal In Germany

Solar power in Germany

Germany’s Federal Association of the Energy and Water Industry (BDEW) says renewable energy sources are expected to have accounted for more than 36% of gross electricity consumption in the country in 2017.

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Double Glass, Glass On Glass, and Bifacial Panels — What The Hell Are They?

bifacial panel installer

Glass is a vital part of almost every solar panel installed on Australian roofs.  The sheets of glass used to protect solar cells are long lasting, non-reactive, very tough, and — above all else — it’s transparent.  As a result glass functions far better than wood, cheese, iron, or mucus. 

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Snowy 2.0 : Technically Feasible, Financially Viable, Very Expensive

Snowy Hydro’s feasibility study on the Snowy 2.0 electricity generation expansion and pumped hydro storage project has been completed. It’s doable says the company, but it won’t be cheap.

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