Research funded by the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation shows a huge increase in renewable energy is needed to arrest global temperatures below a 1.5°C rise. Modelling by the foundation’s One Earth initiative predicts North America will need to expand its solar energy generation by seven times the amount it produced in 2018. In fact, the US must add […]
Melbourne’s solar growth suburbs are lighting up with new installations of solar power systems, thanks to Victorian State Government’s Solar Homes rebate program. Nearly 7,000 households across the state have installed solar panels since the Andrews Government program began in August 2018. These involved rebates of more than $3.4 million. The list is topped by […]
The City of Melbourne has become the first Australian capital to use 100 per cent renewables to power its streets and businesses. As a result, ‘Melbourne renewable energy capital’ is a title the city can proudly bear. Melbourne City Council is also the first in Australia to introduce a renewable energy power purchasing agreement (PPA). […]
Sydney’s Northern Beaches Council is holding a free information session on February 20 to help residents improve their solar power savings. The event is part of the Council’s ‘Charge Ahead’ program to tackle climate change head-on. But you don’t have to live in Sydney to maximise your solar power savings. Read on to see how […]
South Australia has completed another big battery to improve energy security – this time in Dalrymple on the Yorke Peninsula. The new facility is about one-third the size of the historic Tesla Big Battery at the Hornsdale Power Reserve near Jamestown, also in South Australia, ABC News reports. One-third of the funding for the new facility […]
A new report released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) says Australia stands to benefit from the shift to global renewable energy. The Global Commission on the Geopolitics of Energy Transformation produced the report, titled ‘A New World’. It found countries that take advantage of renewable energy technologies “can expect to enhance their global […]
Hepburn Shire in central Victoria is leading the state in solar installations under the Victorian Government’s Solar Savers program, the Courier reports. Hepburn Shire Council joined the program in August 2017. Since then, forty five households in the Ballarat region have joined in the program for cheaper solar panels. This is higher than any other region […]
There’s nothing like an Aussie summer to turn up the heat, but are you ready for the subsequent bill shock? Canstar Blue have compared running costs for a range of common cooling products. Then they’ve compared the increased electricity cost you’re likely to face, depending where you live in this wide brown land. This sunburnt […]
An Australian environmental group is calling on state and federal governments to support solar panel recycling as older panels reach the end of their life cycle. In 2018 Australia’s environment ministers agreed to fast-track new recycling schemes to manage solar panels across their entire life cycle, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. However, the Total Environment […]
Commercial solar battery cost fell significantly in 2018 and are set for further falls in 2019, according to S&P Global. The financial analyst giant reported a drop of 40 per cent in the cost of installed battery storage between 2017 and 2018. The world also doubled its energy storage capacity between 2017 and 2018 to […]