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Solar For Renters? Landlords & Tenants Share The Benefits with ‘Matter’

July 11, 2017 2017-10-19T10:25:18 by Ronald Brakels 21 Comments

Have you ever noticed that rental properties almost never have solar?

Australia has the lowest cost rooftop solar in the world, plenty of sunshine, and because we are heading towards having the most expensive pre-tax grid electricity in the world, solar is a must have for almost anyone who owns a roof.

But over the past 11 years Australian home ownership has fallen from 70% to around 66% and since it costs over a million bucks to buy a butterbox in Sydney, this figure isn’t likely to improve any time soon. This means one-third of the Australian population is locked out of owning rooftop solar. [Read more…]

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Redflow Boss Praises South Australia’s Tesla Battery Deal

July 11, 2017 2024-10-04T07:07:58 by Michael Bloch Leave a Comment

Redflow CEO Simon Hackett has said South Australia’s 129 MWh Tesla project sets up the state as a world leader in battery storage.

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Call For 3GW Publicly Owned Wind & Solar Power In Northern QLD

July 6, 2017 2017-07-06T06:35:49 by Michael Bloch Leave a Comment

Wind, solar power and storage in northern Queensland

Image: LEAN Queensland

The Labor Environment Action Network (LEAN) says 86 local ALP branches in Queensland are now supporting its call for public ownership of renewable energy projects in the north of the state.

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Townsville Water Taskforce Recommends Solar Power For Pumping

July 3, 2017 2017-07-03T06:18:49 by Michael Bloch Leave a Comment

Securing Townsville Water Supplies With Solar | Image: Townsville Water Taskforce

Solar energy may soon play an important role in securing water supplies for the Queensland city of Townsville as part of a proposed new pipeline project.

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Printed Batteries To Bring Solar Panels And Energy Storage Together?

June 29, 2017 2017-06-29T06:51:45 by Michael Bloch Leave a Comment

Image: Printed Energy Pty Ltd

An Australian project has set its sights on creating printed batteries that could ultimately be integrated on the back of solar panels.

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Solar Panels And Plumbing Vents

June 27, 2017 2017-06-27T17:16:54 by Michael Bloch 4 Comments

Plumbing/drain vents can be a pain in solar installs

Before solar installers start messing with plumbing vents on your rooftop, perhaps point them to this article.

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56 Billion Reasons To Dump Adani’s Carmichael Coal Mine

June 27, 2017 2017-06-27T06:54:59 by Michael Bloch Leave a Comment

Great Barrier Reef From Space | Image: Public Domain

The Climate Council states a Deloitte report that puts a dollar value on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is another reason to pull the plug on Adani’s proposed Carmichael coal mine in Queensland’s Galilee Basin.

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July Solar Feed-In Tariff Increase Roundup

June 26, 2017 2017-07-25T14:23:05 by Michael Bloch 8 Comments

Australian solar feed in tariff increases

Solar panel image: B137, CC BY-SA 4.0

Other electricity retailers have announced solar feed in tariff increases since AGL’s recent announcement – find out how much you could be getting for your solar power from July 2017.

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NSW Opposition Leader To Pledge More Solar Power

June 22, 2017 2017-07-24T15:09:14 by Michael Bloch Leave a Comment

Luke Foley To Promise Massive Increase In Rooftop Solar

In his budget reply speech today, Opposition leader Luke Foley will reportedly commit to a huge increase in rooftop solar power generation capacity in New South Wales.

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