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While the QLD Government says its battery and solar + storage grants and loans are the next wave in the state’s renewable energy revolution, its effect will be more of a ripple. [Read more…]

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University of Queensland’s Heron Island Research Station (HIRS) on the Great Barrier Reef will soon build on its existing solar installation and add battery storage. [Read more…]

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says the state does not need Clive Palmer’s proposed 700 MW coal fired power station – and Mr. Palmer is not happy. [Read more…]

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The Palaszczuk Government announced yesterday afternoon it has commenced establishing CleanCo, Queensland’s new renewable energy, publicly owned electricity generator. But it won’t be all renewables. [Read more…]

Logan based PowerWells has been producing off grid micro-solar kits for remote communities in Indonesia and has turned its attention to the unfolding situation in earthquake-ravaged Lombok. [Read more…]

A tender process has commenced for the Queensland Government’s $97 million Advancing Clean Energy Schools (ACES) program, which will see solar power systems installed on the rooftops of hundreds of schools. [Read more…]

Gladstone Regional Council has approved the development application for Rodds Bay Solar Farm, a 300MW PV-based facility to be built near the township of Bororen; approximately 50km south of Gladstone. [Read more…]

Canadian Solar’s $29 million Longreach Solar Farm project had its official inauguration yesterday. The 15MW AC (17.472 MWp DC) clean power station is being progressively commissioned and is currently operating at 50% capacity. [Read more…]

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Some Queenslanders waiting on the State Government’s interest-free loans initiative before going solar or installing/adding a battery system may need to reconsider their position. [Read more…]