The United States has announced import tariffs of 30% will apply to all imported solar panels but a yearly quota of 2.5 gigawatts of imported solar cells, or enough to make around 9 million panels, is allowed. Just how much the United State’s Figurehead in Chief, Donald Trump, had to do with this decision I don’t know, but when you vote in someone who is only good for being blamed you may as well get as much mileage out of that as possible. So they will be forevermore known as the Trump solar tariffs and that’s definitely what they’re being called in the news. [Read more…]
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Darling Downs Solar Farm Progress
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Image: RCR Tomlinson (EPC contractor for Darlings Downs Solar Farm)
Work has commenced on the transmission line that will connect APA’s Darling Downs Solar Farm in Queensland to the state’s electricity network. [Read more…]
Childers And Susan River Solar Farms Construction To Start Soon
Commencement of construction of Esco Pacific’s Childers And Susan River Solar Farms in Queensland isn’t far off, and other Esco large-scale PV projects are progressing. [Read more…]
InGRID AGM Energy Control System To Manage Monash Uni Microgrid
Madrid-based Indra says it has been selected by Melbourne’s Monash University as a key technology partner in MU’s Clayton campus solar powered microgrid project. [Read more…]
Alinta To Roll Out More Renewables, But Loy Yang B To Burn On – For Decades
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Loy Yang B (left), Loy Yang A (right) | Image : Marcus Wong (Wongm), CC BY-SA 3.0
Alinta Energy says acquisition of the brown-coal fired Loy Yang B power station in Victoria will enable it to significantly increase the company’s investment in renewable energy assets. [Read more…]
Want Hundreds Of Dollars Worth Of Cool Cash? Buy An Energy Efficient Fridge
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Ronald’s fridge yesterday.
Disaster has struck the Brakels household! And I’m not talking about a minor disaster like a son or daughter breaking a leg.
Clean Energy Finance Corporation Under Review
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Image: Clean Energy Finance Corporation
The Department of the Environment and Energy is overseeing a review examining the effectiveness of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) in boosting flows of finance into Australia’s clean energy sector. [Read more…]
Yarranlea Solar Farm Construction To Commence Soon
The construction of a 100MW solar farm 45 kilometres west of Toowoomba is expected to start early this year after recent approval from the Australian Electricity Market Operator (AEMO). [Read more…]
Australian Distributed Solar PV Electricity Generation Statistics
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Close to 1.8 million solar power systems are now installed in Australia – how much electricity have PV installations been generating? [Read more…]
2018 Kicks Off With Energy
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Powerline image : paulbr75
New solar subsidies and energy efficiency rebates for some, power price hikes for others. Here’s what early 2018 has in store for electricity prices and home solar power in Australia. [Read more…]
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