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2022 A Weird Year For Australian Home Solar

Solar installations in Australia - 2022

New figures from the Clean Energy Regulator provide an initial look at the number of small-scale solar power system installations in Australia last year. [Read more…]

Renewables Could Improve Healthcare For A *Billion* People

Renewable Energy In Healthcare

Close to a billion people across the planet are served by healthcare facilities with unreliable access to electricity, or none at all. This is a life and death situation that can be addressed with renewable energy states a new report. [Read more…]

Installing Solar Panels with Raked Ceilings: Challenges and Solutions

Solar panels and raked ceilings

Spot the screws poking through…

They say that happiness is directly proportional to ceiling height.

Having grown up in a substantial c.1875 stone house, with ceilings closer to 4 metres than the standard suburban 2.4 metres, I can attest to the extra space offering some comfort – even if it’s just lower temperatures during hot summers. [Read more…]

Solar System Servicing: Energy Safe Victoria Reminder 

Solar inspections and servicing

After several fires in the last few weeks involving older solar power systems, Energy Safe Victoria (ESV) has reminded Victorians about the importance of regular solar inspections and servicing. [Read more…]

PCL Construction Scores Stubbo Solar Farm EPC

Stubbo Solar

There’s been more progress on ACEN Australia’s huge Stubbo Solar project in New South Wales, with the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract now awarded. [Read more…]

Vicinity Powering Up Battery Storage Pilot For Shopping Centres

Vicinity Centres - battery storage

Building on its substantial shopping centre solar power street cred, work has commenced on the first onsite battery storage systems for Vicinity Centres. [Read more…]

Dumb Solar Shutdown Device: Queensland Goes It Alone On GSD

Generation Signalling Device (GSD) - Queensland solar shutdown strategy

Queensland is taking the lead in going backwards on solar power, with Energy Queensland mandating a new device, a few new acronyms, a new layer of complexity for installers and a new expense for owners of some new solar power systems. [Read more…]

Ultra Low Cost Solar R&D Funding Winners Announced

Ultra Low Cost Solar Power Funding

A baker’s dozen of Australian projects have each been granted big grants as part of an effort to further drive down the cost of solar power – and considerably. [Read more…]

New Year, New Renewable Energy For Bathurst Council

Renewable energy - Bathurst

As of January 1, NSW’s Bathurst Regional Council’s operations have been fully powered by renewable energy. [Read more…]

2022 Another Remarkable Year For Australian Renewables

Renewable energy in Australia - 2022 summary

For all its trials and challenges, among the bright spots in 2022 was Australia’s progress on renewable energy. [Read more…]

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