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Peer Reviewed Study: Grid Connect Solar Helps Environment But Batteries Harm It

August 8, 2017 2017-08-08T14:14:24 by 98 Comments
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A paper published in ‘Nature’ has agreed with Ronald’s back of an envelope conclusions from last year: at the moment, most grid connected storage harms the environment.

Almost a year ago I wrote an article about how on-grid home battery storage does not help the environment but instead harms it by increasing greenhouse gas emissions and other types of pollution. I am raising this topic again, hoisting it above my head, and waving it around, because a scientific paper published in the journal Nature vindicates my position. [Read more…]

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Tesla Completes First Solar Roofs, Hints Of SA Battery Project Progress

August 4, 2017 2017-08-04T06:29:55 by 1 Comment
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Tesla Solar Roof in the wild | Image: Tesla

Tesla has begun installing its Solar Roof product and the company seems to be making rapid progress on its South Australian battery project.

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Building Upgrade Finance To Support Commercial Solar In SA

August 2, 2017 2018-04-23T14:56:46 by Leave a Comment
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Removing barriers to commercial solar uptake in South Australia | Image: Roofjockey, CC BY-SA 4.0

New regulations now in effect in South Australia could help boost the number of solar power systems installed on tenanted commercial buildings throughout the state.

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Tesla’s Elon Musk’s Bold Battery Estimate

July 18, 2017 2017-07-18T09:03:17 by 1 Comment
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Tesla Founder And CEO Elon Musk | Image: National Governors Association

In an entirely solar powered USA, what would be the land area required for battery storage to ensure 24/7 electricity supply? Tesla’s Elon Musk says he has the answer.

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COAG Energy Council Meeting Outcomes : Reactions

July 17, 2017 2017-07-17T06:27:58 by Leave a Comment
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Clean Energy Target causes friction at COAG meeting

As expected, Friday’s COAG Energy Council meeting saw all but one of the Finkel Review recommendations approved – the Clean Energy Target (CET).

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Chinese Company ‘Tesla New Energy’ Steals Tesla’s Name And Logo

July 13, 2017 2017-07-13T14:59:38 by 3 Comments
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The ‘Tesla New Energy’ website yesterday.

Many people are aware Tesla is planning to produce solar tiles, but not so many know the company is also has plans to sell conventional solar panels.  According to one report, Tesla is going to follow the novel approach of producing them inside a buffalo in New York.  Production is scheduled to begin within two months and the panels will only be available from Tesla.

The panels are not featured on Tesla’s Australian site and I currently have no information on when or if they will be available here.  But if you do enough searching on the internet or, more likely, receive some spam from them as I did, you may think you can order some of these panels from the Tesla New Energy factory in China. [Read more…]

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Welsh Water Building On Hydro, Wind, Solar And Poo Power Efforts

July 13, 2017 2017-07-13T06:35:24 by Leave a Comment
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Welsh Water Running On 100% Green Energy

Welsh Water has signed a deal with Dong Energy to ensure all its power is from green sources and secured funds to boost its own renewables-based energy production

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Solar For Renters? Landlords & Tenants Share The Benefits with ‘Matter’

July 11, 2017 2017-10-19T10:25:18 by 21 Comments
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Have you ever noticed that rental properties almost never have solar?

Australia has the lowest cost rooftop solar in the world, plenty of sunshine, and because we are heading towards having the most expensive pre-tax grid electricity in the world, solar is a must have for almost anyone who owns a roof.

But over the past 11 years Australian home ownership has fallen from 70% to around 66% and since it costs over a million bucks to buy a butterbox in Sydney, this figure isn’t likely to improve any time soon.  This means one-third of the Australian population is locked out of owning rooftop solar. [Read more…]

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July Solar Feed-In Tariff Increase Roundup

June 26, 2017 2017-07-25T14:23:05 by 8 Comments
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Solar panel image: B137, CC BY-SA 4.0

Other electricity retailers have announced solar feed in tariff increases since AGL’s recent announcement – find out how much you could be getting for your solar power from July 2017.

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NSW Opposition Leader To Pledge More Solar Power

June 22, 2017 2017-07-24T15:09:14 by Leave a Comment
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Luke Foley To Promise Massive Increase In Rooftop Solar

In his budget reply speech today, Opposition leader Luke Foley will reportedly commit to a huge increase in rooftop solar power generation capacity in New South Wales.

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