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Liontown’s Kathleen Valley Lithium Project In WA Is Go

Liontown Resources - Kathleen Valley Lithium Project

Liontown Resources announced yesterday the company’s board has signed off on full development of the Kathleen Valley Lithium Project in Western Australia – after a helping hand from Ford.

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Wagga Council Adopts Corporate Net Zero Emissions 2040 Strategy

Wagga Wagga City Council - Renewable Energy

Wagga Wagga City Council’s amended Corporate Net Zero Emissions 2040 Strategy is good to go after being adopted on Monday.

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Yarra Ranges To Save Even More With Renewable Energy

Yarra Ranges Council - renewable energy

From this Friday, Victoria’s Yarra Ranges Council is shifting all its market electricity accounts to a renewables contract – and the amount it will save is eye-popping.

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Moreton Bay Regional Council Going Green As It Grows – And Mows

Greener mowing with solar power in Moreton Bay

Queensland’s Moreton Bay Regional Council is purchasing two solar power assisted ride-on electric mowers to help maintain its green spaces.

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NSW Circular Solar Grants Phase 2 Recipients Announced

New South Wales Circular Solar Grants

A New South Wales Government initiative has awarded $7.4 million to projects seeking to divert solar panel and battery system waste from landfill.

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An Idiot’s Guide To Australia’s Electricity Price Problem

Unless you live under a rock, you’d have heard about the blowout in wholesale electricity prices in the eastern states. Things were so bad that on the 14th of June, AEMO suspended the wholesale electricity market for the first time in its history.

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EV V2G Rollout At Flinders University

EV V2G charging trial - Flinders University

Adelaide’s Flinders University will soon be powering its Bedford Park campus in the evenings with some added help from electric vehicles and V2G chargers.

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Australian Solar Prices: June 2022 Update

SolarQuotes Australian Solar Price Report  - June 2022

Which state had the cheapest solar power systems overall last month? Here’s a hint – the initials are WA. Discover what Australians across the country were paying for solar in May 2022.

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Solar Polysilicon Price Challenges Remain

Solar polysilicon prices

Polysilicon only makes up a small proportion of the weight of a conventional solar panel – but it’s a crucial material and one that has been pretty pricey over the past year.

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SA Electricity Prices And Solar Feed In Tariffs: What’s Happening?

ABC Radio's Sonya Feldhoff and SolarQuotes' Finn Peacock

As electricity prices in South Australia and across the country increase; solar is on the minds of many. SolarQuotes founder Finn Peacock chatted with Sonya Feldhoff on ABC Radio Adelaide’s Afternoons program yesterday about the home solar power situation in SA.

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