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Door-To-Door Solar Sales: Know Your Rights

If you own an unshaded roof in Australia, filling your roof with solar is probably the best investment you can make. That sounds like a smarmy sales pitch, but the numbers are there for everyone to see. Yet over 75% of Australian roofs still don’t have panels. So how can the solar industry get the […]

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Monash University Sets Its Sights On 100% Renewable Energy

Monash University - solar power system

Australia’s largest university has announced it will be fully powered by renewable energy by 2030 through a $135 million project called the Net Zero Initiative.

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Community Solar Kickstart For Geelong Sustainability

Geelong Sustainability - Community Solar Power

The Victorian Government is providing a $140,000 grant to support the implementation of Geelong Sustainability’s community solar investment model.

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Tony Abbott : Solar And Wind “Intermittent And Unreliable Power”

Tony Abbott - Global Warming Policy Foundation

In his speech to the Global Warming Policy Foundation in London, Australia’s ex-Prime Minister Tony Abbott expressed little love for renewables again – particularly wind and solar power.

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JinkoSolar Breaks Solar Cell Efficiency Record (Again)

JinkoSolar panels

The conversion efficiency for P-type mc-Si PERC cells has exceeded the 22% mark for the first time – and the technology will be integrated into JinkoSolar’s production lines.

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U.S. Solar Power Growth Blows Away Historical Expectations

NRDC Fifth Annual Energy Report

The amount of solar energy capacity in place in the United States by the end of last year was 4,500 percent more than government experts forecast 10 years earlier.

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Final Approvals For South Australia’s Bungala Solar Project

Bungala Solar - Port Augusta, South Australia

Enel Green Power has reportedly received final approvals for a major solar farm under construction near the South Australian city of Port Augusta.

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North America’s Largest Electric Bus Factory Unveiled

BYD electric bus

On Friday, BYD officially opened its expanded battery-electric bus manufacturing facility in the U.S. city of Lancaster in southern California – and it’s fully powered by renewable energy.

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Australian Solar System Interest Index – October 2017

Australian Solar System Interest Index - September 2017

This month’s Solar Quotes Australian Solar System Interest Index report includes some interesting new information on the preferences of Australians regarding price vs. quality of solar power systems.

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Politics Holding Back Australia’s Energy Transition

Powering a 21st Century Economy

Australia’s transition to a grid powered by renewable energy and supported by storage is only being held back by ongoing climate and energy policy deadlock states a new Climate Council report.

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