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Bird Proofing Solar Panels: Lessons Learnt From Bitter Experience

Preventing pests from damaging solar panels

Protecting Your Solar From Sky Rats and Other Feral Disasters I recall the days installing solar panels on a petrol station roof and the distinct feeling we were being watched.

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AGL Weighs In On QLD Emergency Solar Backstop Mechanism

Queensland emergency backstop mechanism

Electricity gentailer AGL has had its say on plans to introduce remote rooftop solar shutdown capabilities in Queensland.

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Renewable Newstead: Solar Farm Construction Commences

Renewable Newstead

It’s taken a while to clear all the hurdles, but the town of Newstead in Central Victoria is closing in on its renewable energy goals.

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Plug To Be Pulled On Some Rooftop Solar In SA Today?

Solar shutdown - South Australia

A bunch of rooftop solar power systems in South Australia could be knocked offline for a bit today. But don’t panic – the curtailment event (if it occurs) will be a feature, not a bug.

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Sanofi Australia Embracing Solar Power

Sanofi Australia solar installation - Brisbane

Major medicines and vaccines supplier Sanofi Australia has jumped on the renewable energy bandwagon in a big way – and isn’t done yet.

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ACT Renewable Energy Innovation Fund Round 3 Kicks Off

ACT Renewable Energy Innovation Fund

Innovation in Canberra’s renewable energy sector is to get another boost under the ACT Government’s Renewable Energy Innovation Fund.

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Ramsay Health Care Reaches Solar Energy Milestone

Ramsay Health and solar power

The Australian operations of a global healthcare provider’s solar power efforts to date have led to an impressive milestone, but some confusion on units of measurement.

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Revealed: The Pioneers Of Australian Solar Energy

Australian solar energy pioneers

This article celebrates some of the events and people who pioneered the modern solar energy revolution in Australia over the past 80 years. Without these pioneers, Australia would not be the world leader in residential solar that it is today.

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NSW’s Waratah Super Battery Site Confirmed

Waratah Super Battery site - Lake Munmorah Power Station

It’s official – the site of the old Lake Munmorah Power Station on New South Wales’ Central Coast is to host the proposed Waratah Super Battery.

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10th Anniversary For WA’s Greenough River Solar Farm

Greenough River Solar Farm

Australia’s first utility-scale solar PV project, Greenough River Solar Farm, has been operating for a decade.

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