California signs bill for 100% clean energy by 2045
California has made into law an ambitious bill mandating a target of 100% clean energy, reports PV Magazine. Governor Jerry Brown signed the SB100 bill this week, which stipulates targets of 60 per cent clean energy by 2030 and the remaining 40 per cent by 2045. The state has also been progressing renewable energy targets for […]
New Victorian regulations to prevent overshadowing solar panels
The Victorian state government has announced regulations to prevent overshadowing solar panels by new developments. The new rulings will apply under amendments to the Victorian Planning Provisions and will come into effect in late September of 2018. This means that in the future all planning schemes will need to consider how new developments impact on neighbouring […]
Victorian homeowners to get half price solar batteries in renewable roll-out
The Victorian state government will provide half price solar batteries for 10,000 households if re-elected in November. The $40 million energy storage plan is part of the Andrews Government’s Solar Homes initiative. The subsidised solar program has received more than 9,000 applications since it opened on August 19. Eligible homeowners will therefore save up to […]
Six new renewable energy farms in regional Victoria to drive down energy prices
Six new wind and solar farms planned for regional Victoria are expected to lower Victorian energy prices. Premier Daniel Andrews and Minister for Energy Lily D’Ambrosio today visited the Ararat Wind Farm to announce the six successful projects that will produce enough electricity to power 646,273 households. The projects should help the Andrews Government meet […]
Australia’s electricity sector could be 100% renewable by 2030: ANU analysis
Australia’s electricity sector could consist of 100% renewable energy by 2030, according to new analysis from the Australian National University. Data contained in an ANU report shows that during 2018/19 Australia will install around 10,400 MW of renewable energy generation. This new capacity is split between 7,200 MW of large-scale solar and wind power, together with […]
South Australia Home Battery Scheme – up to $6,000 subsidy on battery costs
Home battery subsidies of up to $6,000 will help South Australians install solar energy storage. The Marshall Liberal Government officially announced the $100 million Home Battery Scheme on the weekend. The scheme is due to start in October this year. Up to 40,000 households will be able to access solar installations and home battery storage. […]
Australia bucks climate change consensus at Pacific Islands Forum in Nauru
Climate change is our region’s single greatest threat, according to a declaration by Pacific Islands Forum members. However, Australia tried to water down this key climate change statement at the regional forum in Nauru this week, the Guardian reports. Tuvalu Prime Minister Enele Sopoaga revealed that resistance to the climate change statement came from a country […]
Origin Energy launches 5 MW virtual power plant in Victoria
Origin Energy has announced plans to build a 5 MW virtual power plant (VPP) connecting 650 Victorian residents with solar PV and home battery systems. Victoria’s Labor Government provided $4.5 million to support the project and the grant forms part of Labor’s $10 million Microgrid Demonstration Initiative. The plan is to build a further eight microgrids […]
Solar Homes rebate ‘early Christmas present’ for Victorian households
Delighted Campbells Creek resident Terry Murphy says the new Victorian Solar Homes rebate is an “early Christmas present”. Murphy installed a 4 kW solar panel system at his home, just south of Bendigo, after hearing about the state government solar rebate scheme from community solar advocates More Australian Solar Homes (MASH). MASH and similar organisations […]
Coffs Harbour climate action group goes bananas at PM’s Big Battery dis
A Coffs Harbour solar and climate action group will send a message to Prime Minister Scott Morrison this weekend, which they say is payback for a disparaging comment he made about renewable energy last year. Morrison’s past attitude to renewables has included bringing a lump of coal into Parliament and likening South Australia’s Big Battery […]
