New South Wales’ Inner West Council announced yesterday it is the first council in the state to be totally divested from fossil fuels. [Read more…]
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Sunpower To Territorians: Maxeon 3 Will Get Cyclone Rating Soon
Sunpower’s recent launch of the Maxeon range of PV panels has caught customers and installers in the Top End in a bit of a bind: the Maxeons replace the venerable but popular E-Series panels, but they haven’t yet obtained the rating needed to get approval in cyclone areas such as Darwin (or for that matter the northern regions of Queensland and Western Australia). [Read more…]
Byron Shire Council Commits Cash For 5MW Solar Farm Project
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The planning, design and tender process will soon get under way for Byron Shire Council’s 5MW solar farm, which will be the largest PV power plant in the region. [Read more…]
Solar Power For Orange Regional Airport
Image via Cox Architecture (a company involved with 2012-2015 airport expansion)
Orange Regional Airport’s new solar power system won’t be a particularly big ‘un, but every panel and every clean kilowatt-hour counts. [Read more…]
Go-Ahead For Tweed Shire Council’s Biggest Solar Panel Installation Yet
New South Wales’ Tweed Shire Council is pursuing the installation of another large solar power system to help it towards its electricity self-generation goals. [Read more…]
SolarQuotes Episode 16 – Finn And Ronald Go Nuclear
Finn and Ronald discuss fuel efficiency standards, the rise and fall of SMA, big renewables in Australia, new SQ installer reviews features, nuclear power in Finland and more. [Read more…]
SolarQuotes Vodcast Episode 15 – Stamping Out Crap Solar
In episode 15, Ronald and Finn discuss recent posts on the SolarQuotes blog and other solar news, plus we learn way more than we ever wanted about Ronald’s digestive tract. [Read more…]
Nambucca Shire Council Installs EV Chargers, Solar To Come
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Nambucca Shire Council has installed EV charging stations for public use in the towns of Nambucca and Macksville, and there could be a bunch of solar power on the way. [Read more…]
SolarQuotes Vodcast Episode 14 – Stupid Solar Rules
Finn and Ronald discuss highlights from the SolarQuotes blog from the previous week, plus a few other news items for good measure. [Read more…]
Smart Energy Council Says Dumb Things About Batteries
On Thursday the 1st of May the Smart Energy Council put out a press release1that strongly implied home batteries can pay for themselves. Unfortunately, at this time, they don’t with the possible exception of South Australia with their hefty subsidy of up to $6,000. Anyone who says they do without a large subsidy is either being ignorant, incompetent, or deceptive. [Read more…]
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