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More Solar Panels Racked Up For Bathurst Rail Museum

Bathurst Rail Museum solar upgrade

Bathurst Rail Museum has again built on its solar panel capacity and added a couple of batteries to boost the attraction’s solar energy self-consumption. [Read more…]

Sandy Creek Solar Farm Finally Gets Green Light

Sandy Creek Solar Farm project

A proposed 12MW solar farm pretty much on the doorstep of a town near Wagga Wagga in New South Wales is good to go (Note: this story was updated 19th January with a couple of corrections). [Read more…]

EV Ranges In The Real World — How Far Will You Really Go?

Real-world electric vehicle range

Electric car manufacturers know exactly how much range drivers get on average from a full charge.  Despite this, they continue to give inflated figures based on unrealistic tests rather than a realistic real-world range. [Read more…]

Goulburn River Solar Farm Project Progress

Goulburn River Solar Farm - New South Wales

A huge proposed solar and battery storage project in New South Wales’ Upper Hunter Region has taken another small step forward. [Read more…]

Canberra A Renewable Energy Jobs Powerhouse

Renewable energy jobs in the ACT

The number of people employed in smart and renewable energy related jobs in the ACT is surprising – but not so much where they are concentrated given the nature of Canberra. [Read more…]

Clive’s Carbon-Spewing Coal Burner Project Called In

Clive Palmer - Waratah Coal power station in Queensland

It looks like Clive Palmer didn’t get the lump of coal in his stocking he may have been hoping for at Xmas. [Read more…]

Big Bucks For Big Batteries In Australia

Grid scale battery funding - ARENA

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced a $100 million competitive funding round for grid scale batteries. [Read more…]

Geelong Joins Cities Race To Zero

Solar power in Geelong

The City of Greater Geelong is signing on to the United Nations’ Cities Race to Zero climate action campaign. [Read more…]

Shonky Solar Begone? New Australian Regulations Become Law

Rooftop solar regulations in Australia

New laws governing rooftop solar will help level the playing field and provide Australians buying solar power systems better protections. [Read more…]

Solar And Battery Powered Pimpama Sports Hub Opens

Pimpama Sports Hub - solar panels and battery storage

Close to two thousand solar panels and a battery system are helping to power the newly opened Pimpama Sports Hub on Queensland’s Gold Coast. [Read more…]

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