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Solar Project For Bedourie And Birdsville Progresses

Solar power in Birdsville and Bedourie

Queensland’s Diamantina Shire Council is getting ready to spend its Building Our Regions cash on dozens of solar power systems. [Read more…]

Malabou Limited SolarImmersion PV Diverter Recall

SolarImmersion MKIV power diverters recall

An electrical safety recall notice has been issued for SolarImmersion MKIV power diverters. [Read more…]

AGL Acquiring Click Energy Group

AGL acquiring Click Energy

AGL announced Monday it is to acquire Click Energy Group Holdings Pty Ltd  for $115 million, providing a significant boost towards AGL’s customer targets. [Read more…]

Early Coal Power Station Retirements On The Cards In QLD/NSW

Coal power viability

The Australia Institute says New South Wales and Queensland are continuing to use less of their existing coal fired power stations, and this could lead to earlier retirements than currently planned. [Read more…]

Feed-In Tariff For New Solar Slashed In Western Australia — Only 3 Cents Before 3 PM!

Western Australia solar feed in tariff

Update July 30th 2022: The 3 cent DEBs feed-in tariff was reduced to 2.5 cents on July 1st 2022.  The 10 cent rate from 3 pm to 9 pm remains the same.

From yesterday (31 August 2020), new residential solar power systems installed in Western Australia will no longer receive the REBS or ‘Renewable Energy Buyback Scheme’ solar feed-in tariff of 7.135 cents per kilowatt-hour.  Instead, it will receive the DEBS or ‘Distributed Energy Buyback Scheme’ that will instead pay: [Read more…]

Warwick Solar Farm Supplying CS Energy

Warwick Solar Farm

CS Energy announced last week it has inked an offtake agreement for output from University of Queensland’s Warwick Solar Farm. [Read more…]

Northern Territory’s $6,000 Solar Battery Subsidy May Become $12,000

Northern Territory solar battery subsidy

A battery shed near Alice Springs. Photo: Lloyd Peacock

The Northern Territory has the nation’s most generous solar battery subsidy: $6,000 off a battery system.  It’s already the biggest battery subsidy in Australia by a long way, and if the Country Liberals win the NT election this month they will double it to an insane $12,000.  And by insane, mean they’d be nuts to make it that high. [Read more…]

Shane Rattenbury: The Federal Government Is Renewable Energy’s Problem

Shane Rattenbury on renewable energy and the Federal Government

State energy ministers can rightly claim that they have acted well in advance of the Federal Government. But there remain worrying divisions between the states that could turn into faultlines. [Read more…]

More Solar My School Installations Roll Out In Sydney’s East

Solar schools in Australia

Bondi Beach Public School sporting new solar panels

An initiative in Sydney helping schools to make the switch to solar power has racked up another couple of PV installations. [Read more…]

Call For Solar Panels And Batteries At All QLD Public Hospitals

Solar energy and Queensland hospitals

Four health and medical associations are calling for solar power and battery systems to be installed at all 122 public hospitals in Queensland. [Read more…]

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