Two Australian organisations are collaborating on developing standards and certification to support a local second-hand solar panel market. [Read more…]
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Coal Power Connection In Australia’s “Most Polluted” Postcodes
Tarong Power Station in 2021 | Image: DiamondIIIXX – CC BY-SA 4.0
Six of the ten Australian postcodes determined to have the highest levels of five dangerous air pollutants have something in common – coal power plants within their boundaries. [Read more…]
WA Electric Vehicle Rebate Launched, EV Tax On The Horizon
Western Australia’s McGowan Government is earmarking close to $60 million to boost uptake of electric cars and other zero emission vehicles, but will lump EV drivers with a tax further along the road. [Read more…]
Fourex Launches Carbon-Neutral Non-Alcoholic Beer
Australians with a taste for non-alcoholic beer now have another choice, and this one has been certified as carbon neutral – Fourex Zero. [Read more…]
Victoria Solar Panel And Battery Rebate Update
Further to late April’s announcements, there are more changes ahead for Victoria’s popular Solar Homes program – here’s what’s happening. [Read more…]
Norway Has So Many EVs Their Battery Capacity Averages 13 kWh Per Household
Norway has more electric cars per capita than any other nation. They have over half a million EVs, one for every 11 people. The combined capacity of all those rolling batteries is a whopping 34 gigawatt-hours. [Read more…]
Rising Electricity Prices: It’s Time To Go Solar
Higher retail electricity prices will add to household hip-pocket pain, but make installing solar panels an even more attractive prospect. [Read more…]
Federal Election ’22: Clean Energy Scorecard, The Good, The Meh, & The Ugly
The federal election is only four weeks away, so I decided to make an in depth study of the environmental policies of all major political parties and rank them from best to worst:
- Greens
- Labor
- Coalition
That didn’t take long. [Read more…]
Australian Solar Prices: April 2022 Update
The average cost per watt for solar power systems dropped in some Australian states and rose in others in March 2022. Here’s a look at what happened where. [Read more…]
Where’s The Carbon Neutral Beef? At Coles
Coles says it is the first major Australian supermarket to launch a range of certified carbon neutral beef products under its own brand. [Read more…]
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