Renowned company Ovida has kicked off its first development in its $2.3 million Community Energy Hubs project. Featuring a 52-resident community housing apartment hub in the thriving surrounds of Preston, Melbourne, it includes an innovative solar and a battery storage system. As a first for Australia in a microgrid capacity, the building allows residents to […]
Brimbank Council has continued to demonstrate its commitment to rooftop solar with a multi-deck in Sunshine now featuring a solar PV array and electric vehicle charging stations. Situated just 20km from Melbourne’s CBD, the rising population in Sunshine has caused the Council to reconsider power sources and supplies to the area. As the metropolis’s second-largest […]
The Queensland Government is sitting on a decision to finally choose which of the list of 10 significant renewable energy developments it will back with taxpayer funds. This will come under a program to help increase renewable energy use, even after original bids closed more than two and a half years ago. Among the list […]
As the wrath of the Australia bushfires continues to rip their way through the east coast, the Greens are now calling for a Royal Commission into the crisis. And Labor says it’s worth considering. After weeks of political debate around the need for more action against the fires from the federal government, the Greens have […]
Reported by Euro Weekly News, Europe has finally completed its biggest solar photovoltaic plant (solarPV), located in Spain. Iberdrola – the company responsible for the generation and supply of this plant – completed the project in a year, which is a record time for this kind of construction. Known as the Núñez de Balboa project, […]
If we thought about all the water on Earth, we wouldn’t even be able to put it into perspective. With such an abundance of oceanic content here on our very own planet, there’s no wonder that scientists are busy hustling away to work out how we can use this gigantic volume for renewable energy efforts. […]
Whether you live in Australia or not, seeing the plaguing fires rip through the country is unprecedented. From the local news to global headlines – the out-of-control, surging flames are claiming media space from one corner of the world to the other. But beyond the apparent devastation and heartbreak, there’s more to the story than […]
China is reportedly working on a solar energy plant to be based in space, where it will one day be able to send power back to Earth and potentially light up entire cities. Scientists are currently working on trying to overcome technical challenges that are holding back the problem. But it’s said that the project […]
If we’re observing the last 10 years and the head way we’ve made in greenhouse gas emissions, we sadly need to reassess. If it’s the only solid measurement we need to care about in terms of climate change, then, we may just be in trouble as they continue to rise. Unfortunately, we’ve lost another decade […]
In a state-first, South Australia has established cheaper wholesale power than any of region across the country. Recently shifting across to 50 per cent more clean energy lead the state to create the lowest average wholesale prices for national electricity over the last two months. An audit published by the Australia Institute noted South Australia […]