Weeks after the Australian Energy Regulator revealed price hikes for Ausgrid, Essential, Endeavour, Energex and SAPN customers, retailers AGL and Origin have announced their own price rises. [Read more…]
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Some Solutions To Solar Panel Recycling In Australia
Are you scratching your head over what to do with old solar panels? After dissecting solar panel recycling’s tricky challenges yesterday, today I’m plunging headfirst into solutions. [Read more…]
The Problem With Solar Panel Recycling In Australia
Australia’s solar panel recycling problem is huge. With no clear rules from government bodies, we’re left with a big mess and many questions. This two-part series will dig into this issue to clarify the confusion and find some answers. [Read more…]
Transgrid Pumps Millions into Training Powerline Construction Workers
Transgrid has cited the transition to renewables as one reason for launching a multi-million-dollar training initiative. [Read more…]
Phillip Island’s $10 Million Battery To Help Power The MotoGP
A few months later than originally expected, Ausnet Services’ $10 million Phillip Island battery was formally opened over the weekend by Victoria’s energy and resources minister Lily D’Ambrosio. [Read more…]
WA Plans Six Community Batteries with $3 Million Fed Funding
WA electricity network, Western Power and WA electricity retailer, Synergy are the latest community battery grant winners, securing $3 million to build six community batteries. [Read more…]
More Community Batteries: Narrabri and Mornington Peninsula
Narrabri. There’s a community battery going in there somewhere…
Australia is awash with new community battery stories – hardly surprising, since applications under the first round of the federal government’s $120 million Community Batteries for Household Solar program, closed in April. The government grants are starting to flow.
Today, we’re bringing two new projects to your attention, in Narrabri and in the Mornington Peninsula. [Read more…]
AER Points to Solar PV as a Factor in Electricity Price Hikes
Electricity prices in Queensland, NSW and South Australia will rise by as much as 23.9% in July, with the Australian Energy Regulator publishing its final Default Market Offer (DMO) determination for 2023-2024. [Read more…]
Eclipse To Dim Australian Skies And Solar Energy Output
With solar power playing a bigger role in Australia’s energy mix, what impact will today’s eclipse have on our electricity systems? [Read more…]
Zero Solar Export Limit Crackdown On The Horizon
The Australian Energy Regulator has released its final say on the imposition of static zero export limits on grid-connected solar power systems. [Read more…]
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