Australia’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) announced yesterday it had committed $30 million in debt finance to the Coleambally Solar Farm project. [Read more…]
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Darling Downs Solar Farm Progress
Image: RCR Tomlinson (EPC contractor for Darlings Downs Solar Farm)
Work has commenced on the transmission line that will connect APA’s Darling Downs Solar Farm in Queensland to the state’s electricity network. [Read more…]
Alinta To Roll Out More Renewables, But Loy Yang B To Burn On – For Decades
Loy Yang B (left), Loy Yang A (right) | Image : Marcus Wong (Wongm), CC BY-SA 3.0
Alinta Energy says acquisition of the brown-coal fired Loy Yang B power station in Victoria will enable it to significantly increase the company’s investment in renewable energy assets. [Read more…]
Want Hundreds Of Dollars Worth Of Cool Cash? Buy An Energy Efficient Fridge
Ronald’s fridge yesterday.
Disaster has struck the Brakels household! And I’m not talking about a minor disaster like a son or daughter breaking a leg.
Development Approval For WA Solar + Wind + Battery Project
Image via Northampton Shire Council
Advanced Energy Resources’ proposed Yallabatharra solar and wind project, which will include battery storage, has received development approval from Western Australia’s Northampton Shire Council. [Read more…]
Rooftop Solar And Exclusion Zones: Where Solar Panels Dare Not Go
How close to the edge of the roof should your solar panels go?
In the past I’ve written about solar panel clamping zones which determine where, on a solar panel’s edge, you can place the clamps that attach the modules to their mounting rails. What I didn’t do was go into just where on a roof solar panels can and can’t be installed. [Read more…]
Queensland’s Oakey 2 Solar Farm Reaches Financial Close
Australia’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has committed $55 million in debt finance to the 55MW Oakey 2 solar farm project in south-east Queensland, construction of which will start soon. [Read more…]
Should you scrap your 1.5kW solar and replace it with a bigger system?
Should you bite the bullet and scrap your 1.5kW solar system so you can fit a bigger system on your roof?
Five to eight years ago, just as the Australian solar industry was getting underway, many people locked in high feed in tariffs for their new, cutting-edge solar power systems. For example, many people in Victoria with systems installed before 2012 are now getting 71.3 cents per kilowatt-hour of solar electricity exported into the grid. And they will continue to receive this for almost 7 more years. [Read more…]
Want $0 Electricity Bills? On-Grid Solar Beats Batteries.
Want Free Future Electricity Without Blowing The Bank? Get On-Grid Solar Without Batteries.
When it comes to buying rooftop solar and batteries, people have a wide range of motivations. Some want to save money, most are environmentally concerned, there are tech-heads interested in the technology, while others just want to be trendy. Then there are confused people who ordered a battery thinking they were buying artillery or possibly a chicken.
But one motivation that pervades our society is love. Love for free stuff. In this case, free electricity. Most people I know would love to have $0 electricity bills or better yet, be paid for providing clean solar electricity to the grid.
If $0 bills are what you want, it’s okay to admit it. You’re among friends here. [Read more…]
Huge Floating Solar Farm For Indonesia
Image: MrRick
Our neighbours to the north-west are getting into floating solar in a big way. A 200MW solar farm is a major project by any benchmark – put that on water and it’s quite extraordinary. [Read more…]
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