A consortium has inked an agreement with Queensland’s Townsville City Council to investigate the viability of constructing of a huge battery manufacturing facility capable of churning out one million home batteries annually.
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Queensland’s 50MW Kidston Solar Project (Phase 1) On Track
Phase One of the Kidston Solar Project (KSP1) remains on budget and on track for first electricity generation in the final quarter of this year according to the project’s developer, Genex Power.
[Continue reading…]DCS Batteries Make Wild Payback Claims
Power is boring. But the struggle to obtain it? That is interesting. In 10 year’s time powering homes with batteries may be so commonplace it will be boring. But at the moment it’s not so dull.
[Continue reading…]More Funding For Australian Movable Solar Farm
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will reportedly today announce it has committed a further $2.1 million to support the commercialisation of a 1 megawatt relocatable solar farm being developed by SunSHIFT.
[Continue reading…]Australia’s Already Expensive Gas To Become Even More So
A new report to be released today will state gas prices in Australia are set continue to increase for the foreseeable future. The Climate Council’s “Pollution and Price: The Cost of Investing in Gas” will say a mad dash for cash in exporting Australia’s Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) has pushed up the price of gas […]
[Continue reading…]Australian-Built Solar Powered Nanosatellites Launched
Early this morning Australian time, the first Aussie-built satellites to be launched for 15 years left terra firma from Cape Canaveral in Florida. One of the tiny nanosatellites, or CubeSats, was built at University of Adelaide and is being delivered along with two other locally-made devices by NASA on an Atlas V rocket bound for […]
[Continue reading…]JA Solar Hits 1GW Capacity Milestone In India
Chinese solar panel manufacturing giant JA Solar says its cumulative module shipments to India have reached 1 gigawatt; two years after it entered that market.
[Continue reading…]Don’t Buy Second Hand Solar For Your Home
“Psssssst! Wanna buy some slightly used solar panels? They fell off the back of a truck. Or possibly off the back of a roof. Maybe they even fell off the back of a roof of a truck. We just don’t know. But what I do know is they are tier one panels in great condition […]
[Continue reading…]Tesla Says Powerwall 2’s Return Will Be 8-15%. Really?
Last month, Lyndon Rive, Tesla’s Vice President for Energy Products, stood up in front of a large group of people, including me, and promised the Powerwall 2 will deliver a return between 8% and 15%.
[Continue reading…]Scheme To Donate Solar To The Sydney Opera House Is A Boondoggle
This morning the Australian Financial Review reported on how the Sydney Opera House and Energy Australia, and apparently even the CSIRO, are teaming up to create a solar energy trading scheme that, on the face of it, is completely useless. But, once you think it through, it clearly makes the world a worse place.
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