Greens To Unveil $2.85 Billion Battery Storage Tax Credit Incentive
Several media outlets have reported The Greens will today announce a policy providing a 50 per cent tax credit on residential battery storage system purchases. The policy will reportedly be used as a bargaining piece by The Greens in their negotiations with the Turnbull government over passage of its budget; which offered nothing in relation […]
ACT Commits To Net Zero Carbon Emissions By 2050
The ACT’s Minister for the Environment and Climate Change, Simon Corbell, has introduced legislation to bring forward the target for net zero carbon emissions (carbon neutrality) in the Territory. The announcement occurred just days after the Territory’s government also brought forward its 100% renewable energy target to 2020; 5 years earlier than its original goal. […]
USA – 1 Million Solar Strong
While it’s taken decades for the USA to reach 1 million installed solar power systems; the next million will only take a couple of years. By 2025, the U.S. will be installing a million systems a year. According to a new report published by the George Washington Solar Institute, there’s enough solar installed across the […]
Vale John Kaye, A Friend To Renewable Energy
NSW Greens MP John Kaye will be greatly missed by his family, friends and colleagues – and the renewable energy industry. Mr. Kaye died on Monday night after a brief battle with a particularly aggressive cancer. “We are very saddened by this news. John’s loss will be felt deeply by Greens members and supporters across […]
New Record Set For Large Scale Solar Electricity Cost
The world’s largest solar park project has also set a record for solar electricity cost that will strike fear into the heart of the fossil fuel based power generation industry. The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park was originally to boast 1 gigawatt of capacity. That was boosted to 3 gigawatts in January last […]
Australian Battery Storage Installation Guidelines Released
New battery installation guidelines published by the Clean Energy Council seek to ensure the safety of consumers and installers as Australia’s energy storage revolution really gets into gear. Like solar power panels before them, it might not be too long before energy storage systems will become reasonably common in homes and businesses across the nation. […]
ACT Brings Forward 100% Renewable Energy Target
The ACT has set a goal of sourcing 100% of its electricity needs from renewables by 2020, 5 years earlier than previous planned. The Territory had originally intended on reaching 100% renewable energy by 2025. Announced by Minister for the Environment and Climate Change Simon Corbell on Friday, the brought-forward target is the result of […]
Solar Powering Local Food Production
The distance from field to fork can add significantly to the carbon footprint of food. This US company is addressing the food miles issue and using solar power to help its efforts. Gotham Greens is leading the way in urban agriculture and opened the first commercial scale rooftop greenhouse in the United States in 2011. […]
Electricity Price Increase Looms Over South Australians
According to Business SA, wholesale electricity prices in South Australia have increased 25% in the last 9 months. It’s already hurting industry and could soon be apparent on the power bills of households and smaller businesses too. A recently published article on Adelaide Now states wholesale electricity costs jumped significantly after an announcement last year […]
Record Thin Film Solar Cell Efficiency Achieved
Alta Devices has broken a conversion efficiency record with a dual junction thin-film solar cell, achieving a very impressive 31.6%. The claim was confirmed by the U.S. National Renewable Energy Agency’s Centre for Photovoltaics, and beats Alta’s previous record of 30.8 percent efficiency for a 1-sun dual junction cell established in March, 2013. The company […]