The multi award-winning Solar my School initiative has just picked up another gong – a Good Design Award. [Read more…]
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Byron Shire’s Draft Net Zero Emissions Plan Up For Public Comment
New South Wales’ Byron Shire Council has invited the local community to provide feedback on its Net Zero Emissions Action Plan. [Read more…]
ANU Claims Hydrogen At $2-3 A KG By 2030 — I Say Not Bloody Likely
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Hydrogen won’t be $2-3 per kilogram by 2030. It’ll be much cheaper!
Hydrogen is the car fuel of the future. Just not our future.
Sydney’s Inner West Council Residents Can Become “Solar Gardeners”
Some of the many residents of Sydney’s Inner West Council area currently locked out of solar savings will have the opportunity to access them through a proposed PV project 500 kilometres away. [Read more…]
emPOWER Homes – Solar For Social Housing In Queensland
Queensland Council of Social Service (QCOSS) has jointly launched a proposal that would see solar panels installed and energy efficiency upgrades performed on social housing across the state. [Read more…]
How Monitoring Solved A Savvy Solar Owner’s High Voltage Problem
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Good solar monitoring has a long list of benefits. Now we can add ‘solving high voltage problems’ to that list.
The phrase “the power of data” is already a cliche, but only because it’s true. This week, we recount the story of how Solar Analytics’ R&D head Jonathon Dore used his company’s monitoring data to dramatically reduce curtailment of output from the solar power system at his Blue Mountains home. [Read more…]
Solar Energy Helps Woollahra Council Achieve Carbon Neutrality
Sydney’s Woollahra Municipal Council says it is third local government in New South Wales to attain net-zero emissions. [Read more…]
Blacktown Council Trialing Electric Garbage Truck, Doubling Solar Capacity
Sydney’s Blacktown City Council is taking more steps towards its emissions goals with the boosting of its solar capacity and the trial of an electric garbage truck. [Read more…]
Chargefox Reveals Engineering Challenges Of Its Australian Car Charging Network
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A Chargefox electric vehicle charging station in Adelaide.
If you’re running a still-growing network of 500 EV charging stations across a continent as vast as Australia, you want to avoid low-value maintenance/repair visits to your locations wherever possible. [Read more…]
Sydney’s Inner West Council Racking Up More Solar Installations
Inner West Council is in the midst of having its 36th solar power system installed; another step towards Council’s 100% renewable energy goal. [Read more…]
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