Australian Wind, Solar + Storage Project Announcements
Australia’s largest solar and battery storage project to date is getting a helping hand from the CEFC and ARENA, plus the ACT has announced a new wind power auction. The Clean Energy Finance Corporation announced yesterday it is committing up to $15 million in finance towards the development of a $40 million, 10.6MW solar power […]
Samsung’s Solar Powered Health Centre
Samsung Electronics South Africa have provided a Solar Powered Health Centre (SPHC) to the Maubane Clinic in Dihibidung Village, Ga-Maubane, South Africa. Designed for use in remote rural areas, the SPHC is housed in a shipping container fitted with an array of medical equipment and Samsung solar panels on the roof. All SPHCs are equipped […]
ARENA’s New Funding Priorities
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced new priorities for programs it invests in. According to ARENA CEO, Ivor Frischknecht, the Agency has invested $1.1 billion in 230 renewable energy projects to date, with each funding dollar leveraging close to two dollars of funding from other sources. The new focus will build on ARENA’s […]
Federal Government Wants Big Solar? Here’s A Project
It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good they say. Repower Port Augusta has seized on recent Federal Government comments and renewed its push for support for the construction of a solar thermal power plant. Two coal-fired power stations in Port Augusta are to be replaced with a combined cycle gas plant; or if […]
The Battle For The CEFC – More Reactions
The Abbott Government’s directive for the Clean Energy Finance Corporation to stop funding wind energy and some solar projects has captured attention around the world. As we reported yesterday, initial reactions from Labor and the Australian Solar Council were less than supportive. The trickle of criticism since then has grown into a torrent and those […]
SMA Celebrates Its Millionth Sunny Boy Solar Inverter Sale
SMA Solar Technology has announced a major milestone – the recent sale of the one-millionth solar inverter in the Sunny Boy TL product range. The amount of collective output of these inverters is 4 gigawatts, which is the equivalent of four typical nuclear power stations. A winner of both the Intersolar Award and the iF […]
SA Government Subsidises Solar + Storage, Blasts Feds
South Australia’s State Government announced yesterday it will match Adelaide’s City Council incentives for energy storage – and had a strong message for the Abbott Government. The Sustainable City Incentives Scheme’s battery storage element is the first of its kind in Australia and the State Government’s contribution will bring the total amount available to Adelaide […]
National Survey Report Of PV Power Applications in Australia
The Australian PV Institute (APVI) has just released its 2014 National Survey Report. The report states Australia’s PV market grew in 2014, from 800 MWp in 2013 to reach 905 MWp by the end of last year. While the amount of residential PV capacity installed decreased, this was more than offset by the commercial solar […]
PM Abbott’s War On Australian Wind And Solar Continues
The Abbott Government has directed the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to stop investing in wind energy and some solar power projects. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Treasurer Joe Hockey and Finance Minister Mathias Cormann have written to the CEFC; stating in addition to wind farms, household and small-scale solar should be “excluded” from […]
20 Year Old UK Solar Rooftop Still Going Strong
20 years on and the Oxford Ecohouse’s solar panel array is still performing very well – but the price the owner paid for her pioneering system will shock you. Professor Sue Roaf is a British architect, scholar and Professor of Architectural Engineering at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. Previously, Professor Roaf was a lecturer in technology […]
