Wagga Wagga yesterday. So smokey you can’t even make out a single Wagga.
According to UQ Economics Professor, John Quiggin, Australia is likely to suffer 1,000 or more excess deaths due to smoke pollution from the current disastrous bushfire season. [Read more…]
Spain’s Iberdrola has announced completion of construction of the 500MW Núñez de Balboa solar farm project in the country’s western region of Extremadura. [Read more…]
Looking to cut its energy costs, Heathcote Health has lodged a planning application with the City of Greater Bendigo for a solar installation. [Read more…]
Image: Angus Taylor via Facebook
The Climate Council has lashed out at the Federal Government after it announced intentions to underwrite two new gas-fired power stations. [Read more…]
The number of schools to have solar panels installed under the Queensland Government’s ACES initiative has more than doubled in the last month. [Read more…]
The New South Wales town of Manilla is to host a community-owned solar farm project through a partnership with Providence Asset Group. [Read more…]
The conventional response to criticism of solar waste is panels can simply be recycled. But is that the greenest option?
Recycling is a good thing. Most of the time. Humans have been reusing material for thousands of years, probably beginning on a large scale when early agriculturalists noticed poo is good for plants. Ancient Greeks didn’t let pieces of broken pottery go to waste and used them like notepaper, while my father would collect (steal?) rubber bands because a dozen were worth a few cents back in 1950. [Read more…]
The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) thinks cheaper electricity bills are on the cards for many Australians over the next few years, largely thanks to the impact of renewable energy. But your mileage may vary. [Read more…]
Image: Noosa Shire Council
Literally demonstrating how flexible PV technology can be, Noosa Shire Council’s latest solar installation is based on flexible solar panels. [Read more…]
Installation of an 850kW solar power system at Calamvale Central Shopping Centre in Brisbane’s south is under way and should be completed by Xmas. [Read more…]
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