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Solar River Project Update

Solar energy project near Robertstown

Image: skeeze

South Australia’s huge Solar River Project, in the Robertstown region in the state’s Mid-North, is gearing up to get under way. [Read more…]

75-Year-Old Corn Vendor Gets Solar – Internet Goes Nuts

Selvamma - solar powered corn vendor

Image: Pushkar V

Here’s another great example of the good that solar power can do in making struggling people’s lives a little bit easier. [Read more…]

JinkoSolar Announces Record Conversion Efficiency For Mono Solar Cell

JinkoSolar cell efficiency record

Solar manufacturer JinkoSolar says it has set a new efficiency record for a large-area N-type TOPCon monocrystalline silicon PV cell. [Read more…]

New South Wales Electric And Hybrid Vehicle Plan Unveiled

New South Wales Electric And Hybrid Vehicle Plan

The NSW Government says it will invest millions in fast charging points for electric vehicles, trial electric bus services and buy more electric and hybrid government vehicles. [Read more…]

More Coal Ash Headaches For AGL Macquarie

Coal ash - Liddell and Bayswater power stations

Image source: AGL

Coal is one of “nature’s gifts1”  that keeps on giving even after it’s burned – and not just in terms of emissions. [Read more…]

Australian Power Project Pushing For HELE Coal

A new report ranking power prices in the National Electricity Market makes some curious claims about so-called high-efficiency, low emissions (HELE) coal fired power generation. [Read more…]

Solar Installation Audit: 20% Of Installs Sub-Standard – More Than 2% Dangerous

Australian solar installation audit

CER Audit: Over 20% Of Solar Installations Are Sub-Standard And More Than 2% Are Dangerous. 0% of installers suspended by CER.

Australia’s Renewable Energy Target or RET was audited last year and a report released last month.  It’s a 25,000 word report so I’m not going into everything it covers.  There’s way too much detail for that.  It’s enormous.  If you wanted me to write that many words it would take me all day.  Even longer if you wanted them in coherent sentences. [Read more…]

Floating Solar Power’s Potential In The USA

Floating solar PV in the USA

Image: NREL

Recently published research from the USA’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory indicates “floatovoltaics” could make a significant contribution to electricity generation in the country. [Read more…]

Canadian Solar KuMax Panels For Finley Solar Farm

Canadian Solar - Finley Solar Farm

Canadian Solar has announced it is supplying KuMax modules and Engineering, Procurement and Constructions (EPC) services for Finley Solar Farm in New South Wales. [Read more…]

Solar Slashes Peak Electricity Demand On New Year’s Eve

Rooftop solar's impact on electricity demand

Image: moerschy

The Australia Institute (TAI) has taken EnergyAustralia to task over recent claims it made regarding the cost of small-scale solar to electricity customers, while ignoring its value. [Read more…]

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