Not everyone is happy about Victoria’s Mount Alexander Shire Council allowing Castlemaine smallgoods manufacturer Don KR to construct a big solar power system; with conditions. [Read more…]
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City Of Greater Geelong Celebrates Year Of 100% Renewables
City of Greater Geelong is reaping the benefits of switching to 100% renewables-based electricity for all its operations. [Read more…]
Allume SolShare Makes It Easier For Stratas To Go Solar
Putting solar panels on a Strata property is often tricky. There can be technical challenges with the design and installation, not to mention the political challenges of dealing with multiple owners and a shared roof.
Making solar power easy for people in multiple occupancy buildings is a tough nut to crack. Some good news is Allume Energy appears to have developed a powerful nutcracker in its SolShare system that distributes energy from one large solar system to multiple users in a building. [Read more…]
Australians Back National Home Battery Subsidy
A recent national survey has indicated the vast majority of Australians believe the Federal Government should help make installing household battery storage more affordable. [Read more…]
CEC Edgy About Solar Accreditation Scheme’s Future
A heads-up concerning applications for installer and designer accreditation scheme operators under Australia’s Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES) has been met with a blunt warning from the Clean Energy Council. [Read more…]
How To Beat The Solar Panel Oversize Rule With Grid-Tied Solar And Batteries
Breaking the infamous ‘133% / 75% Solar Oversize Rule’ won’t get you in trouble if you add a battery. Or will it?
It depends on who you ask… [Read more…]
Unleashing Renewable Energy Storage With Home Battery Subsidies?
A Private Members Bill introduced in February aiming to make home batteries cheaper may have lapsed, but its spirit lives on in recent recommendations from the Smart Energy Council. [Read more…]
Solar Victoria Signals QR Code Scanning Crackdown
It seems some solar installers have been naughty when it comes to customer QR code scanning practices under Victoria’s Solar Homes Program. [Read more…]
Coal Booster Ian Off Anna’s Xmas List
Annastacia Palaszczuk is keeping a list of who’s naughty or nice, and Queensland Resources Council’s Ian Macfarlane can expect a lump of coal in his stocking. He’d be completely fine with that. [Read more…]
City Of Whittlesea Plots Course To A Sustainable Future
Victoria’s City Of Whittlesea has adopted a strategy and plan to tackle climate change and environmental sustainability as it works towards a net zero emissions community by 2036. [Read more…]
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