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Construction Commences On WA’s Merredin Solar Farm

Merredin Solar Farm

Image: Risen Energy

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…]

More Solar Pledges From NSW Coalition And Labor

Labor vs. Coalition - solar energy

In New South Wales, the Coalition and Labor have sweetened the pot in the leadup to this Saturday’s election in a bid to attract more solar-supporting voters. [Read more…]

Esperance Farms To Go Off-Grid With Solar + Storage And Generators

Stand-alone solar power for Esperance farms

Image: Horizon Power

Fourteen remote farms in Western Australia’s Esperance region will soon be ditching electricity supplied via conventional powerlines for solar energy based micro power systems (MPS) from Horizon Power. [Read more…]

More Solar Power For Mornington Peninsula Shire Council

Mornington Peninsula Shire Council - Solar Energy
Several of Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula Shire’s largest buildings are about to become clean power stations harnessing the energy of the sun. [Read more…]

Robertstown Solar Plans Publicly Released

Robertstown Solar

Plans have been publicly released for another proposed large-scale solar + energy storage facility near Robertstown in South Australia, the second major project for the area. [Read more…]

75-Year-Old Corn Vendor Gets Solar – Internet Goes Nuts

Selvamma - solar powered corn vendor

Image: Pushkar V

Here’s another great example of the good that solar power can do in making struggling people’s lives a little bit easier. [Read more…]

City Of Melbourne (Council) Now 100% Renewable Electricity Powered

City Of Melbourne - Renewable Energy

The City Of Melbourne says it is the first Australian capital city council powered by 100 per cent renewable electricity. [Read more…]

$407 Million Darlington Point Solar Farm Approved

Darlington Point Solar Farm

The NSW Department of Planning and Environment announced yesterday it had approved a 275-megawatt solar power project to be situated approximately 10km south of Darlington Point, near Griffith. [Read more…]

Noosa Council Slashing Emissions And Electricity Costs With Solar

Solar power in Noosa Shire

Image: Noosa Council

Queensland’s Noosa Council says it has installed 252 kilowatts of on-site solar power capacity across six of its facilities in the past five months. [Read more…]

Recent Redflow Energy Storage News

Redflow ZCell and ZBM2 battery storage

Australia’s Redflow has signed a supply deal in Victoria for 32 of its ZBM2 batteries, and is working towards ZCell’s inclusion under South Australia’s Home Battery Scheme.  [Read more…]

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