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SolarQuotes Vodcast Episode #5

Last Friday Ronald and I sat down in SQHQ to discuss the previous 7 days on the blog. Here are the posts we discussed, along with links to the relevant place in the video. [Read more…]

Not All Sunshine For QLD 1,500MW Solar + 500MW Storage Project

Sunshine Energy solar farm
Image: Glen Butcher

An “early groundbreaking ceremony” for a huge solar power and battery storage facility in Queensland was accompanied by very little fanfare – and probably for good reason.

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

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…]

Underwriting New Generation Investment Program “Unconstitutional”?

Federal Energy Minister Angus Taylor

Is Minister Taylor about to miss another energy policy delivery? | Image via Facebook

Federal Energy Minister Angus Taylor apparently lacks constitutional authority over electricity and authority to fund projects under the Underwriting New Generation Investment Program in its current form. [Read more…]

CEC Flags Changes To Approved Solar Retailer Program

CEC Approved Solar Retailer

Changes to the Clean Energy Council’s Approved Solar Retailer Program will see suspended or cancelled participants publicly named. [Read more…]

TAS On-Farm Energy Audit And Capital Grant Cash Brought Forward

Cash for solar for Tasmanian farmers

Farmers in Tasmania considering going solar may want to take advantage of the state’s On-Farm Energy Audit and Capital Grant program.

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Solar Panel Validation Initiative A Success

Solar panel validation

The Clean Energy Regulator’s solar panel validation initiative has been a quiet achiever, and now covers more than half the solar panels associated with small-scale technology certificate (STC) claims. [Read more…]

NSW Government Strikes Back With Battery/ Solar + Storage Support

NSW solar and storage loans

Image: NSW Liberal

New South Wales’ Berejiklian Government is hoping to win votes with its promise of interest-free loans for solar batteries and solar power + battery systems. [Read more…]

NSW Labor Pledges Solar Rebate For 500,000 Households

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…]

Go- Ahead For Carisbrook Solar Farm

Carisbrook Solar Farm
Victoria’s Central Goldfields Shire Council has granted a planning permit for the Carisbrook Solar Farm project, which will incorporate energy storage. [Read more…]

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