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Late last year, Australia was experiencing somewhat of a frenzy of interest in solar + battery storage. How has that panned out? [Read more…]
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More Solar To Power Up In Mareeba Shire
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Queensland’s Mareeba region will be racking up a bunch of solar panels in the near future after another large-scale PV project was granted the go-ahead last week. [Read more…]
Merry Christmas And A Happy Old Year
Well, another year is almost gone and so to everyone I say, Merry Christmas and a Happy Old Year! [Read more…]
140MW Solar Farm Proposed For Mulwala
A 140MW solar farm that may include battery storage has been proposed for a site near the town of Mulwala in New South Wales. [Read more…]
CEFC Clocks Up 1GW+ Of Large-Scale Solar Investments
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Australia’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation is finishing the year on a strong note, committing $207 million in debt finance to accelerate the development of two large-scale solar farms. [Read more…]
NAB Ends Coal Mine Financing, Creates New Renewables Portfolio
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National Australia Bank announced yesterday funding for new thermal coal mining projects was now off the table and a Low Carbon Shared Portfolio, a new way for institutional investors to back renewable energy projects. [Read more…]
Australian Small Scale Solar Installation Statistics For November 2017
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November was a busy month in Australia for <100kW capacity solar power installations according to the Clean Energy Regulator, and concurrent battery installations picked up again. [Read more…]
Johns Hopkins University To Divest From Thermal Coal
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One of the USA’s leading research universities, Johns Hopkins, has hopped on the coal divestment bandwagon after ongoing pressure from a student group. [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…]
PM Turnbull Receives Dear Malcolm Letter Re: Adani Coal Loan
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Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has made good on an election promise to veto a $1 billion concessional loan to Adani for the Northern Galilee Basin Rail Project, part of its Carmichael mine project. [Read more…]
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