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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Liberal MP Links Winter Deaths In Australia To Renewable Energy
Craig Kelly | Image: NSW Liberals
Liberal MP Craig Kelly cranked up the anti-renewables rhetoric to 11 this morning on ABC’s AM, linking energy price increases to subsidies for renewables that he states will cause deaths this winter. [Read more…]
Sunraysia Solar Farm Gets Green Light
Sunraysia Solar Farm – Balranald, New South Wales – Maoneng Australia
A 200MW solar farm proposed for near Balranald in New South Wales received state government approval last week.
July Solar Feed-In Tariff Increase Roundup
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.
NEWSFLASH – AGL Boosts Solar Feed-In Tariff Incentives By Up To 140%
The financial case for home solar keeps getting better | Currency image: cogdogblog, Public Domain
In some very good news for Australian solar power system owners, AGL Energy has announced huge increases to its retailer solar feed-in tariffs.
Eurobodalla Shire Council Sets 100% Renewable Energy Goal
Solar panels at Kianga, NSW South Coast
Eurobodalla Shire Council says it expects to source 100 per cent of its electricity from renewable energy and slash its energy-related emissions 80 per cent by 2030.
First School In Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs To Go Solar
Kincoppal-Rose Bay School Installs Solar Panels
What is currently the second largest solar power system and the first at a school in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs was officially unveiled last week.
Australia’s Electricity Blueprint For The Future – Finkel Review Report
What’s known as the “Finkel Review” was released on Friday, a document touted as a blueprint to optimise Australia’s ailing National Electricity Market (NEM). [Read more…]
Bellingen Shire Council Adding More Solar Energy Capacity
Bellingen Shire Council Embracing Solar Power | Image: Public Domain
From bins to building rooftops, Bellingen Shire Council has been getting into solar power in various ways – with more to come.
Does Rooftop Solar Hurt The Have Nots?
Do solar rebates result in the poor subsidising the rich?
If you spend a significant amount of time on the internet, which I can’t recommend as it is a silly place, then you may have come across people who claim rooftop solar is an enormous scam that depends on government subsidies unfairly taken from those who can’t install it, or choose not to. [Read more…]
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