Development approval for a proposed small utility-scale solar farm to be built near the town of Gulgong in New South Wales has been denied. [Read more…]
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First WA Schools VPP Project Participant Named
The first school has been confirmed for Western Australia’s McGowan Government’s Schools Virtual Power Plant pilot project. [Read more…]
SA Australia’s Guinea Pig For Inverter Low Voltage Ride-through Procedure
Friends, it’s arrived: the Australian Energy Market Operator has published its standard low voltage ride-through test procedure for inverters. [Read more…]
Adelaide’s Westminster School Unveils Huge Solar Installation
The equivalent to around a quarter of the electricity requirements of Westminster School in Adelaide’s south-west is now being supplied by solar panels. [Read more…]
Wyndham City’s Solar Rollout Progress
Victoria’s Wyndham City local government area is facing challenging times with COVID-19, but a bit of good news has been Council’s progress on solar power. [Read more…]
Solar Power Push For Sydney’s Northern Beaches

Manly Andrew ‘Boy’ Charlton Aquatic Centre solar panel installation
Northern Beaches Council has just installed its largest solar power system to date and is encouraging residents to join the solar energy revolution. [Read more…]
Ipswich Solar Car Park Charges Ahead
Ipswich’s first solar car park featuring electric vehicle chargers was officially opened by Queensland’s Energy Minister yesterday. [Read more…]
Colac Community Library Goes Solar
In Victoria, the Colac Community Library and Learning Centre is now reaping the emissions reduction and electricity bill-busting benefits of solar panels. [Read more…]
Bifacial Solar Car Park Starts Cranking Clean Electricity
Another solar carpark using an innovative design system and bifacial solar panels has popped up – this one outside the City of Onkaparinga’s Wakefield House at Morphett Vale in Adelaide’s south. [Read more…]
South Australian Government Push Ahead With Ill-Conceived Inverter And Smart Meter Rules

The SA government wants to unilaterally pick technology winners, write inverter standards and architect new grid control schemes. God help us!
This seems to have snuck under the radar: last week, the consultation period for proposed new South Australian smart meter and inverter rules closed and as far as we can tell, even in the renewable energy specialist media it attracted no attention. [Read more…]
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