Regular maintenance key to optimum solar panel performance: CEC
Maintaining your solar panels on a regular basis will ensure optimum solar power performance from your installation. That’s the message from the Clean Energy Council (CEC). While millions of Australians enjoy lower electricity bills, some are failing to make the most of their solar panel systems. According to CEC Chief Executive Kane Thornton, we should […]
‘Perfect storm’ makes Australia a global hot spot for home batteries
A ‘perfect storm’ of benefits is poised to turn Australia into a global hot spot for installation of home batteries, according to Clean Technica. Because Australia has one of the highest uptakes of rooftop solar PV it is primed for a battery boom. This gives households plenty of incentive to use home batteries like the Tesla Powerwall […]
Food giant Mars invests in Victorian solar farm
Mars Australia will buy power from a Victorian solar farm to achieve the equivalent of 100 per cent renewable energy by 2020. The food giant signed a power purchase agreement with the Kiamal Solar Farm near the rural town of Ouyen in Victoria’s north-west. The 450 MW solar farm has a 2019 completion date. Total […]
Clean Energy Report 2018: Clean energy industry on the verge of major breakthrough
The Clean Energy Council’s new Clean Energy Report 2018 shows 2017 was a record year for solar power in Australia. During the year there were 1.1 GW of small-scale solar panels installed. This equates to around 1.7 million homes across the country. Released today, the CEC report also revealed 5,000 MW worth of large-scale renewable energy […]
America should invest in renewable energy not gas-fired power plants
It seems Australia isn’t the only country facing a transition away from coal-fired power dependency towards a move to invest in renewable energy sources. A new report from the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) based in Boulder, Colorado, in the United States shows that transitioning from coal to invest in renewable energy makes more economic sense […]
Billionaire Aussie behind Tesla deal says South Australian battery far exceeds expectations
The Aussie software billionaire behind the bet that led Elon Musk to build the giant South Australian battery says so far it has exceeded all expectations. According to Mike Cannon-Brookes, the founder and co-CEO of Atlassian, the battery complex at Hornsdale Wind Farm saved taxpayers a massive $35 million in the first four months. That means […]
NSW renewable energy platform boosts large-scale solar energy storage
Australia’s large-scale solar energy storage will surge ahead thanks to a 1.3 GW renewable energy platform. Partners Group has teamed with CWP Renewables to deliver around 1,300 MW of wind, solar energy and battery storage projects over the next four years. The global investment company is investing $700 million in the ‘Grassroots’ platform. These initiatives […]
Solar energy one of Top 4 clean technologies to meet Paris Agreement targets
Solar energy leads as one of only four renewable technologies that can meet long-term climate change goals. That’s according to an International Energy Agency’s (IEA) study of renewable energy technology worldwide. Only four out of 38 technologies are on track to meet Paris Agreement emission reduction targets. These are solar PV, LED lighting, electric vehicles […]
Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg says the government will not buy Liddell Power Station
Federal Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg has again expressed disappointment about AGL’s refusal to sell the Liddell power station to Alinta. In a Sky News interview, he restated that Government owned power is not on the cards. To recap: Alinta had offered to buy the Liddell plant and keep it open beyond its current closure date […]
Sydney university tests feasibility of solar gardens in Australia
A feasibility study will explore whether solar gardens could work for renters and apartment dwellers in Australia. The Institute of Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology Sydney will conduct the trial at various regions across eastern Australia. These include Byron Bay and Blacktown in NSW, Swan Hill in Victoria and Townsville in Queensland. ARENA […]
