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WA Hikes Electricity Bills 20% For Poorest, 1% For Billionaires

rich vs poor

  On the first of July electricity prices increased in Western Australia.  This was not a surprise as the state government had announced prices would be increasing over the next three years.  The surprise was they increased them in the worst possible way.

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Ross River Solar Farm Update

Ross River Solar Farm

Initial preparation works are under way at the site of the 148-megawatt Ross River Solar Farm near Townsville in Queensland.

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Consensus At Australian Battery Storage Standards Roundtable

Home battery system standards Australia

Sanity may prevail regarding new home battery system standards in Australia – it seems you won’t need to build a bunker to house energy storage.

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BYD Installs First B-Box HV, Snags Major Panel Supply Deal

BYD B-Box HV battery system

China’s BYD has announced it has won a multi-million dollar solar panel supply contract and also installed its first high voltage B-Box battery system.

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WA’s Synergy Feeling Solar Power’s Pinch

Solar energy and Synergy

While Synergy’s recently released 2017 Annual Report indicates solar power may be eating some of its lunch, the company is also making progress in including more PV in its diet.

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10 Little Understood Facts About Australian Consumer Law And Solar

  Here at SolarQuotes we’re all about consumers. So I am going to describe 10 features of Australian consumer law that many consumers, not to mention many solar sales companies, installers and hardware manufacturers, are unaware of. While I am no lawyer, I have read some very thick pamphlets on consumer law and I think I […]

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Explainer : Pending QLD 44c Solar Feed In Tariff Legislation Changes

Queensland feed in tariff changes

Queensland’s Energex has sent an explainer to solar installers about the ramifications of a Bill related to the state’s legacy 44c Feed-in Tariff (FiT), battery systems and array upgrades.

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French Driverless EV Manufacturer To Set Up Shop In Adelaide

Navya ARMA - autonomous electric shuttle

South Australia’s copped some flack for its passion for wind energy, solar power and battery storage, but its renewables focus is attracting interest from high-tech companies such as France’s Navya, which produces autonomous electric vehicles.

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Mandurah Aquatic and Recreation Centre Going Solar

Solar panels for Mandurah Aquatic and Recreation Centre - Western Australia

Western Australia’s Mandurah Aquatic and Recreation Centre (MARC) is about to get greener and cheaper to run after City of Mandurah councillors voted on Tuesday to install solar panels on the building.

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Will It Be A Clean Or Coal Energy Target?

Dirty energy target

The Clean Energy Target (CET) appears to be at risk of becoming somewhat of a Coal Energy Target – and the CEC has expressed serious concern.

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