Port Augusta solar thermal power station rendering – SolarReserve
There will be many happy folks in the South Australian city of Port Augusta this morning after last night’s Budget confirmed investment support for a solar thermal power station project.
Solar panels proposed for Council HQ – Image: Public Domain
Tamworth Regional Council is considering a $248,000 solar energy and LED project that will reportedly save it $84,000 a year on electricity bills.
Not true Malcolm! A typical house in SA pays less per kWh for electricity than any other state except NSW.
Grid electricity is not cheap in South Australia. Here in Adelaide it’s never a happy time when I get an electricity bill. My last quarterly bill was $203 for 389 kilowatt-hours of use. All up, that means I paid over 52 cents for each kilowatt-hour of grid electricity. [Read more…]
Australians Say No To Fracking – Image: Jeremy Buckingham
New polling indicates far more than double the percentage of Australians support moratoriums on the controversial practice of fracking compared to those who oppose them.
Going green and saving bucks – Bathurst Regional Council
This month will see the installation of solar panels on Bathurst Regional Art Gallery and City Library, the latest in a series of Council solar projects.
Australian battery company DCS are making wild claims about their battery.
Power is boring.
But the struggle to obtain it? That is interesting.
In 10 year’s time powering homes with batteries may be so commonplace it will be boring.
But at the moment it’s not so dull. [Read more…]
LNG/Cash Carrier – Image: Pline, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link
A new report to be released today will state gas prices in Australia are set continue to increase for the foreseeable future.
The Climate Council’s “Pollution and Price: The Cost of Investing in Gas” will say a mad dash for cash in exporting Australia’s Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) has pushed up the price of gas power at the expense of Australian households and business. This is a result of gas prices within the country now being linked to world market prices.
Dr Matthew Tetlow and the solar-powered CubeSat : University of Adelaide
Early this morning Australian time, the first Aussie-built satellites to be launched for 15 years left terra firma from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
One of the tiny nanosatellites, or CubeSats, was built at University of Adelaide and is being delivered along with two other locally-made devices by NASA on an Atlas V rocket bound for the International Space Station.
Is it reasonable to expect a “8-15% return on investment” on a Powerwall 2?
Last month, Lyndon Rive, Tesla’s Vice President for Energy Products, stood up in front of a large group of people, including me, and promised the Powerwall 2 will deliver a return between 8% and 15%. [Read more…]
Sydney Opera House In Sustainability Scam Shocker! Photo Credit: Finn
This morning the Australian Financial Review reported on how the Sydney Opera House and Energy Australia, and apparently even the CSIRO, are teaming up to create a solar energy trading scheme that, on the face of it, is completely useless. But, once you think it through, it clearly makes the world a worse place. [Read more…]
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