The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has fined AGL Macquarie Pty Limited for an “alleged” water pollution offence at Bayswater Power Station – again. [Read more…]
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AGL And Greenpeace Go Into Battle
AGL and Greenpeace Australia Pacific are readying to rumble over the latter’s latest climate change related campaign. [Read more…]
Melbourne Market’s Massive Solar Power Upgrade
Melbourne Market in Epping is set for a big bump up in solar power capacity, with the market community and produce to also get better protection from the elements. [Read more…]
Environmental Lawyers Launch Yallourn Power Station Legal Proceedings
Yallourn Power Station Image: Marcus Wong, CC BY-SA 3.0
Lawyers at Environmental Justice Australia (EJA) last week commenced legal proceedings to secure documents relating to pollution control technology at Yallourn. [Read more…]
Tossing Old Solar Panels Into Landfill Is Greener Than Recycling Them
The conventional response to criticism of solar waste is panels can simply be recycled. But is that the greenest option?
Recycling is a good thing. Most of the time. Humans have been reusing material for thousands of years, probably beginning on a large scale when early agriculturalists noticed poo is good for plants. Ancient Greeks didn’t let pieces of broken pottery go to waste and used them like notepaper, while my father would collect (steal?) rubber bands because a dozen were worth a few cents back in 1950. [Read more…]
SolarQuotes Vodcast Episode 22 – Dark Days
Finn and Ronald discuss the (avoidable) demise of Victoria’s residential solar industry, what a “cast mono” solar panel is, DIY solar PV diversion for home automation, PPA’s, coal ash and mainstream media getting it wrong again on batteries (again). [Read more…]
SolarQuotes Vodcast Episode 8: Ronald On Drugs & Chocolate
In the 8th instalment of the SolarQuotes Vodcast, Ronald and Finn discuss taking drugs, eating chocolate and of course solar power stuff. Click on the timestamp to go to that part of the video. [Read more…]
Kelly Compares Replacing Liddell With Renewables To A Dog With Rabies
Craig Kelly image : Liberal Party Of Australia
NSW Liberal MP Craig Kelly has said replacing Liddell Power Station with solar panels, wind turbines and batteries is “as dangerous to the economy as rabies is in a dog”. [Read more…]
Electricity Bill Rebate: What QLD Households Need to Know
Queenslanders will receive a $325 – $1,372 rebate on their electricity bills from July this year. Discover who’s getting what, and how the $2.5 billion price tag will be paid for. [Read more…]
“THEY’RE STEALING MY ELECTRICITY!” The Truth About Feed-in Tariffs
For some time, I’ve been both amused and increasingly disappointed by how people perceive solar feed-in tariffs. [Read more…]
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