Rooftop solar array installed by Sydney Markets is largest private one in Southern Hemisphere
Sydney Markets in Flemington has just installed the largest ever rooftop solar array for a private company in the Southern Hemisphere, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. Market management expects to save millions of dollars each year in electricity costs through the rooftop solar panel installation. Sydney Markets is strongly committed to recycling and reducing waste and […]
Queensland creates home solar battery database
The Queensland government is creating a solar battery database as part of its register of home solar installations. State electricity companies are offering a one-off $50 payment to encourage home solar battery owners to register their batteries on the database. The news comes as the AEMC is developing its own proposal for a national database of home storage […]
City of Sydney teams with Ausgrid to lower emissions and install solar on buildings
The City of Sydney is supporting a $2.25 million Ausgrid program which could boost apartment solar uptake in the area. The City is contributing $750,000 to the initiative aimed at reducing electricity demand and carbon emissions in the Sydney region. Ausgrid has the second lowest rate of solar uptake in Australia due to its large number […]
Community groups invited to apply for solar funding
Solar funding is now available for community organisations in regional Australia to install solar panel and battery systems. Round 2 of the Solar Communities Program is releasing $2.2 million in federal grants for eligible community groups to install small-scale solar power. Grants between $2,500 and $12,500 are available for community groups in eligible regions that […]
Householders opt for larger, more efficient rooftop solar energy systems
Australian householders are choosing to “max out” their rooftop solar energy systems with as many solar panels as they can fit, a new report claims. According to Green Energy Markets (GEM), this has subsequently caused a classification shift. Systems of 10-15 kW are now classed as residential systems rather than commercial. This is because the […]
Community solar power bank in Western Australia breaks new ground
An innovative trial in Mandurah, WA, will see a new community power bank offering households new energy storage options. The 12-month trial will subsequently allow local customers with solar power panels the opportunity to ‘bank’ the excess power they create to use later. Mandurah City Council unanimously voted to set up Meadow Springs Community Power […]
Could the solar power boom mean the end of feed-in tariffs?
The solar power boom may be leading to government subsidies such as feed-in-tariffs becoming less viable, according to an ABC News report. This is due to the possibility of an energy oversupply. Basic economics says that once you have an excess of a thing, it loses some of its value. This could mean that if […]
Parkes Shire Council wants to build its own virtual solar network
Parkes Shire Council in NSW wants to build on its existing solar assets and develop the shire’s own virtual solar network. This would allow the council to sell solar power generated at one site to other council-owned buildings which lack a renewable power source. This would then create the council’s own electricity grid within the existing […]
Major Stockland investment helps business close gap on commercial solar energy
One of Australia’s largest developers has thrown its hat in the solar ring with a $23.5 million investment in commercial solar energy for its chain of shopping centres. Around 39,000 photovoltaic solar panels will be installed across 10 Stockland retail centres, adding a total capacity of 12.3 MW. This huge investment by one of Australlia’s […]
Drop in clean energy prices due to Renewable Energy Target: CEC
Clean energy prices are down and still falling due to the federal Renewable Energy Target (RET), according to a leading industry body. The RET will reduce the national power bill by hundreds of dollars a year over the next decade, the Clean Energy Council (CEC) claims. However, the RET is due to end in 2020. […]
