EOFY – A Great Time For Small Business To Go Solar
Just prior to the end of this financial year (EOFY) is a great time to purchase a solar power system – particularly for small business owners in Australia. EOFY brings with it a fair amount of hassle in the form of preparation to appease the tax man , but it also brings related opportunities. For […]
Sonnen Battery Systems Now Available From Energy Matters
The hugely popular German-made sonnenBatterie Eco home battery system is now available from Australian solar provider Energy Matters. Germany’s Sonnen is Europe’s largest home battery supplier, having shipped 10,000+ units to date and more than 2,600 systems during the first quarter of this year alone. Sonnen’s flagship residential storage product is the all-in-one sonnenBatterie Eco; […]
New Solar Absorber Device Unveiled
Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Masdar Institute have created a new type of solar absorber capable of increasing the amount of sunlight that can be converted into heat. The discovery could help lower the cost solar thermal technologies that use heat for energy production according to Dr Tie Jun Zhang, Assistant […]
Jobs And Growth With A 50% Renewable Energy Target
Jobs and growth – it’s what politicians promise. It’s what renewable energy could deliver for Australia – 28,000 jobs nationally – with a boosted target. The Renewable Energy: Future Jobs and Growth report released yesterday by the Climate Council states 50% renewable electricity by 2030 will generate almost 50% more employment than our current target […]
Victoria And South Australia Ramp Up Renewable Energy Efforts
Yesterday saw two important renewable energy related announcements from the Victorian and South Australian Governments. In Victoria, Premier Daniel Andrews and Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change Lily D’Ambrosio announced a new Victorian Renewable Energy Target. The target will see 25 per cent of electricity generated in the state sourced from renewables by 2020, […]
Basslink (Finally) Operational Again – What Now?
The Basslink interconnector between Tasmania and Victoria returned to service around midday on Monday. It’s been nearly 6 months since an unspecified fault took it out of action and plunged the Apple Isle into an energy crisis; made worse by lack of rainfall. It’s been a case of feast or famine for Tassie in relation […]
UK Solar Sector Suffering
Up to 18,000 UK solar jobs may have evaporated in the last 12 months due to savage solar subsidy cuts. 18,000 jobs would represent around half of the total employment in the UK solar sector, reports Edie.net. The nation’s solar boom saw around 10GW of solar power installed before the rug was pulled out from […]
Extended Tax Breaks For U.S. Offshore Wind Tabled
New legislation could see the American offshore wind energy sector receive continued tax incentives after Massachusetts and Rhode Island Senators introduced a bill to extend Production Tax Credit (PTC) and Investment Tax Credit (ITC) schemes out to 2025. Democratic senators Edward J. Markey and Sheldon Whitehouse submitted the joint Offshore Wind Incentives for New Development […]
A Big Future For Solar And Battery Power – BNEF
Cheaper coal and gas will do nothing to derail the renewable energy revolution according to BNEF’s New Energy Outlook 2016. Bloomberg New Energy Finance states 60% of installed capacity will be zero-emission energy sources by 2040 and wind and solar power will take the lion’s share of new power generation capacity added – 64%. Solar […]
Coalition’s Reef Fund “Shuffling Deck Chairs”
The Coalition’s Great Barrier Reef strategy, funded by cash from the CEFC’s budget, has been met with significant skepticism from various corners and in some cases, outright contempt. As we mentioned yesterday, the Reef Fund will provide up to $1 billion over 10 years in investment finance for projects in the Reef catchment region that […]