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Construction commenced yesterday on a project aiming to be the world’s most sustainable retail development – Burwood Brickworks Shopping Centre in Victoria. [Read more…]
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Proposed Kalgoorlie-Boulder Lithium Refinery A Step Closer
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Australian miner Neometals (ASX: NMT) has signed an option agreement with the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder to sub-lease an industrial estate site for its proposed lithium hydroxide refining facility, which will produce battery grade products. [Read more…]
WA To Be Home Base For The 100% Solar Powered Zephyr
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Wyndham airfield in Western Australia will be used as an operations base for Airbus’s Zephyr – a 100% solar powered High Altitude Pseudo Satellite (HAPS). [Read more…]
Allegations Of Synergy Poaching Solar Power Sales
Synergy’s push into the home solar power market has led to complaints that the electricity retailer is pinching solar sales from other installation companies; claims the company denies. [Read more…]
“Power Of Choice” Pushes Costs Onto Electricity Consumers
Last week I wrote about the “Power of Choice” reforms that put electricity retailers in charge of electricity meters.
Today I’m writing how Power of Choice reforms harm the consumer by stealing the most valuable thing you possess: your time on this Earth. [Read more…]
Power Of Choice Meter Reforms Result In Powerful Conflicts Of Interest
A new scheme called “The Power Of Choice” has moved responsibility for meters to the retailers.
On the first of December 2017 responsibility for electricity meters in the National Energy Market or NEM changed hands1. The NEM is a National Electricity Market that apparently thinks Western Australia and the Northern Territory are other countries because they’re not included.
The job of installing and maintaining electricity meters was taken from Distributed Network Service Providers or DNSPs and given to Electricity Retailers. In other words, it was taken from the people who distribute electricity from long distance transmission lines to homes and businesses and given to the people who bill you for electricity. [Read more…]
Solar Power For Humpty Doo Barramundi Farm
Humpty Doo Barramundi Farm, the first NAIF loan recipient in the Northern Territory, will soon embark on a major expansion including solar energy to help power its operations. [Read more…]
WA’s Dunsborough Primary To Fuel Its School With Solar Energy
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Dunsborough Primary School in Western Australia has set a goal of running on 100% renewables, and solar power will make a significant contribution. [Read more…]
Mandatory Home Solar Goes To The Vote In California
It’s widely expected a vote later this week on making solar power compulsory for new homes in California will pass muster. [Read more…]
Application Lodged For 1,500 MW Solar Farm In Queensland
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Queensland’s Somerset Regional Council has acknowledged it has received a development application for a 1,500 megawatt solar farm to be built east of Harlin. [Read more…]
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