MPower’s Mannum Solar Farm projected is now completed and Terregra Renewables has been given the green light for several solar projects in the Murray Bridge region. [Read more…]
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Central Highlands Water Installing Solar For Sustainability – And Savings
Victoria’s Central Highlands Water is increasing its use of solar energy – and its new PV project is thanks in part to people power. [Read more…]
SA’s First Electric Garbage Truck Doing The Rounds
What’s said to be South Australia’s first zero-emissions electric-powered kerbside garbage and recycling collection truck went into service in Adelaide last week. [Read more…]
How To Get A Credit Refund From Your Electricity Company
If you expect your energy retailer to send you any money they owe you without you asking for it, you may be disappointed.
A reader’s email last week led me down too many rabbit holes, but I think it was worth it. The reader asked us to look into how electricity companies handle refunds of customer credits accumulated under solar feed-in tariffs (FiTs). Can customers get credit refunds automatically, and what happens to credits at the end of a contract? [Read more…]
Solar Scammers On The Prowl
Solar shysters are reportedly doing the rounds in Echuca, Victoria, and across the border in New South Wales an elderly woman had her purse stolen by a fake solar salesperson. [Read more…]
Climate Emergency Declared By City of Stonnington
At a council meeting yesterday, Victoria’s City of Stonnington joined 89 other Australian local governments to have declared a climate emergency. [Read more…]
Has Chief Scientist Alan Finkel Got It Wrong On Hydrogen And Natural Gas?
On Wednesday last week Australia’s Chief Scientist, Alan Finkel, gave a talk on Australia’s energy future at the National Press Club. While there’s no doubt Australia’s Chief Scientist is a smart cookie, I think a couple of predictions he made are fairly obviously wrong. [Read more…]
Goulburn Valley Water Solar Power Rollout Progress
Victoria’s Goulburn Valley Water’s PV project is well under way, with thousands of solar panels already installed and more than a thousand modules yet to be. [Read more…]
Heywood Interconnector Failure Hammers SA Battery Owners On Tesla VPP
Screen captures from a Tesla VPP customer’s monitoring app. Look at that battery go! Green is battery, grey is grid. Above the line is using battery/grid. Below the line is charging battery/exporting to the grid.
Tesla Powerwall owners taking part in South Australia’s Virtual Power Plant (VPP) project have a continuing exciting ride for a few more days yet. [Read more…]
Clean Energy Finance Corporation Cash For Stockland
Australian property developer Stockland has sourced $75 million in finance from the CEFC for further energy efficiency and renewable energy initiatives. [Read more…]
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