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 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 […]
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. […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Russian firearms firm that produces the AK-47 assault rifle has launched its first electric vehicle. The Russian electric vehicle is gunning to compete with Elon Musk’s California-based Tesla, the largest and highest profile of the non fossil fuel powered automobile manufacturers. With Tesla cars having a range of about 500 km and a capability […]
With stories of cheap, sub-standard solar panels surfacing in the media now and then, it’s important customers know they are getting good quality equipment with their solar installations. This is now easier to do with the Solar Panel Validation Initiative (SPVI). The Clean Energy Regulator (CER) partnered with industry to develop the tool, which is designed […]
A new generation of LED solar street lights is helping local governments make smarter choices about their energy use. That’s one of the reports from the 2018 Smart City Expo held in Melbourne this week. LED developer Matthew Jones told Government News that because street lights are the single largest source of emissions from local […]