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Off-Site Solar Scheme: Don’t Buy AGL’s Golden Handcuffs

March 25, 2019 2019-03-26T08:41:15 by 11 Comments
AGL Offsite Solar - Solar Power For Renters

Tenants who ‘invest’ in AGL’s Offsite Solar are emotionally handcuffed to their tariffs for 7 years

If you are lucky enough to own an unshaded roof over your head, solar power is a no brainer.

Millions of homeowners have realised this and, for those who have done it right, they are living a life free of energy bill worries for the foreseeable future.

But what about the 30% of Australians who rent? They are seemingly stuck having to pay electricity retailers for overpriced, dirty grid electricity. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Solar Innovations

Making Approved Solar Retailer Status Mandatory in Victoria Would Be Disastrous

March 12, 2019 2024-12-10T09:26:50 by 20 Comments

Approved Solar Retailers In Victoria

In Orwell’s Animal Farm, animals were told that doing extra work was voluntary, yet those who didn’t volunteer got their rations reduced.

In November 2013 the Clean Energy Council told solar companies that becoming an Approved Solar Retailer (ASR), which requires extra work, was voluntary. But in 2018  solar companies that had not signed up started to lose their opportunity to benefit from participation in state government solar rebate and zero interest loan schemes.

Beware of schemes that claim to be voluntary but force you into applying by other means. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Solar Policy

NEM Emissions Intensity Plummets As Renewables Capacity Increases

February 28, 2019 2019-02-28T05:31:59 by 3 Comments

National Energy Emissions Audit

The Australia Institute’s (TAI’s) latest National Energy Emissions Audit for the electricity sector covering January 2019 has been released. There’s good news – thanks to renewables. [Read more…]

Filed Under: General Solar & Storage News

JinkoSolar Ruled The Roost For Solar Panel Shipments In 2018

February 22, 2019 2019-02-22T05:17:16 by Leave a Comment

2018 Solar Panel Shipment Rankings

China’s JinkoSolar led the pack again in 2018 for solar panel shipments states a new report from data and analytics company GlobalData. [Read more…]

Filed Under: General Solar & Storage News

Craig Kelly Calls SA Big Battery A Failure – After It Works Exactly As Expected

February 21, 2019 2019-02-21T19:17:07 by 60 Comments
Liberal backbencher Craig Kelly MP and the Big Battery

Liberal backbencher Craig Kelly is upset the SA big battery is not magical.

Craig Kelly is…

  • A Liberal Member of Parliament.
  • A supporter of health damaging and environmentally destructive coal power.
  • The only Federal MP with a nuclear reactor lodged in his seat.
  • A man who resembles a big cuddly koala bear with a shaved face.

Recently he published a 419 word essay on his facebook page titled, “THE GREAT BATTERY CONJOB EXPOSED”. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Battery Storage

Canberra Battery Test Centre Update — BYD Battery Comes Out On Top

February 20, 2019 2019-02-20T13:01:02 by 25 Comments
Lithium Ion Battery Test Centre Results

The results show some big name batteries performing pretty poorly…

The Lithium Ion Battery Test Centre in Canberra has released a new report.  They released it 5 months ago but I’ll make apologies for tardy reporting later.  [Read more…]

Filed Under: Battery Storage

Even More Solar Power And Battery Storage For SA’s Robertstown Area

February 19, 2019 2019-02-19T05:33:44 by Leave a Comment

Solar power in Robertstown

SA Water has a couple of large-scale PV + energy storage projects in the pipeline (so to speak) for the Robertstown region in South Australia’s Mid-North. [Read more…]

Filed Under: General Solar & Storage News

Shell To Acquire Solar Battery Manufacturer Sonnen

February 18, 2019 2019-02-22T10:27:07 by 1 Comment

Shell to acquire Sonnen

Shell announced on Friday its intention to acquire German battery maker Sonnen – the company will become a wholly owned subsidiary of the fossil fuel giant.  [Read more…]

Filed Under: General Solar & Storage News

NSW Labor Pledges Solar Rebate For 500,000 Households

February 11, 2019 2019-02-11T06:49:55 by Leave a Comment
Labor's NSW solar rebate

Image: Michael Daley

NSW Labor likely had the Liberals in a flap on the weekend with the announcement of a generous solar rebate should it win the upcoming state election. [Read more…]

Filed Under: General Solar & Storage News

Coal Vying For Underwriting New Generation Investments Cash

February 4, 2019 2019-02-04T16:42:41 by 2 Comments

66 submissions were received for the Morrison Government’s Underwriting New Generation Investments program – and coal power reportedly features heavily. [Read more…]

Filed Under: General Solar & Storage News
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