Sunpower’s recent launch of the Maxeon range of PV panels has caught customers and installers in the Top End in a bit of a bind: the Maxeons replace the venerable but popular E-Series panels, but they haven’t yet obtained the rating needed to get approval in cyclone areas such as Darwin (or for that matter the northern regions of Queensland and Western Australia). [Read more…]
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WA Councils Again Call For State Renewable Energy Target
21 councils in Western Australia are putting pressure on the McGowan Government to implement a state level emissions reduction and/or renewable energy target. [Read more…]
SolarQuotes Episode 16 – Finn And Ronald Go Nuclear
Finn and Ronald discuss fuel efficiency standards, the rise and fall of SMA, big renewables in Australia, new SQ installer reviews features, nuclear power in Finland and more. [Read more…]
Port Augusta Vanadium Redox Flow Battery Project Progressing
Canada’s CellCube has announced the signing of a Letter of Intent concerning a 50MW / 200MWh flow battery for a Pangea Energy project in Port Augusta, South Australia. [Read more…]
Public Comment Opens For WA’s Huge Wind, Solar And Storage Project
The Environmental Review Document for the Asian Renewable Energy Hub (AREH), an 11+ GW wind/solar project with storage proposed for Western Australia, has been made available for public comment. [Read more…]
Labor’s Proposed Renewable Energy Zone For SA Announced
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A “Renewable Energy Zone” (REZ) will be established in South Australia under a Shorten Labor Government – and its location was revealed yesterday. [Read more…]
Another Electricity Price Hike On The Cards For WA Households?
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In a situation that’s become all too common, households in Western Australia may again be paying more for electricity from July 1 this year. [Read more…]
Applications For Synergy’s 2019 Community Solar Fund Close Soon
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Community groups in Western Australia only have until Sunday, March 31 to lodge their applications for Synergy’s 2019 round of its Community Solar Fund. [Read more…]
Construction Commences On WA’s Merredin Solar Farm
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Last Friday saw a groundbreaking ceremony for the 132 MW Merredin Solar Farm project, which is being constructed just a few clicks from Merredin in Western Australia’s central wheatbelt. [Read more…]
Stage Two Of Onslow Microgrid Project Kicks Off
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Western Australia’s McGowan Government has announced work on the second stage of Onslow’s microgrid project – the Onslow Renewable Energy Pilot – has commenced. [Read more…]
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