The famous, termite-proof South Australian Stobie Pole that holds SA’s distribution network off the ground.
The most interesting presentation at this year’s Smart Energy virtual conference was only 9 minutes long and by Future Networks engineer, Cathryn McDonald. [Read more…]
I just flew back from a virtual conference and, boy, are my virtual arms tired. I attended the 2020 Smart Energy Conference and Exhibition by sitting at my desk — a huge improvement over hauling my arse and other body components to Melbourne as I normally do. [Read more…]
A new report shows a growing number of major super funds have targets, or have expressed an aspiration, to achieve net zero emissions for their investment portfolios by 2050. [Read more…]
Queensland’s Diamantina Shire Council is getting ready to spend its Building Our Regions cash on dozens of solar power systems. [Read more…]
An electrical safety recall notice has been issued for SolarImmersion MKIV power diverters. [Read more…]
AGL announced Monday it is to acquire Click Energy Group Holdings Pty Ltd for $115 million, providing a significant boost towards AGL’s customer targets. [Read more…]
The Australia Institute says New South Wales and Queensland are continuing to use less of their existing coal fired power stations, and this could lead to earlier retirements than currently planned. [Read more…]
Update July 30th 2022: The 3 cent DEBs feed-in tariff was reduced to 2.5 cents on July 1st 2022. The 10 cent rate from 3 pm to 9 pm remains the same.
From yesterday (31 August 2020), new residential solar power systems installed in Western Australia will no longer receive the REBS or ‘Renewable Energy Buyback Scheme’ solar feed-in tariff of 7.135 cents per kilowatt-hour. Instead, it will receive the DEBS or ‘Distributed Energy Buyback Scheme’ that will instead pay: [Read more…]
CS Energy announced last week it has inked an offtake agreement for output from University of Queensland’s Warwick Solar Farm. [Read more…]
A battery shed near Alice Springs. Photo: Lloyd Peacock
The Northern Territory has the nation’s most generous solar battery subsidy: $6,000 off a battery system. It’s already the biggest battery subsidy in Australia by a long way, and if the Country Liberals win the NT election this month they will double it to an insane $12,000. And by insane, mean they’d be nuts to make it that high. [Read more…]
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