South Australian Electricity Prices Biting Hard
The last 6 months of 2012 saw a substantial increase in the number of SA households turning to electricity instalment plans and hardship programs.
Canadian Solar Sells 4 Solar Farms
Canadian Solar Inc., has announced it has sold four utility-scale solar power plants to home grown renewable energy firm BluEarth for C$225 million (AU$230.1 million).
Perpetual Power Price Rises Push People To Solar
It’s death by a thousand cuts, or more accurately, increases. Electricity price rises seem to have become the third thing you can be sure of in life.
Clean Energy Australia Report
Australia is on track to reach its 2020 Renewable Energy Target; with renewables supplying a record 13.14 per cent of Australia’s electricity in 2012.
Western Australian Company Installs 100kW Solar Power System
Diab Engineering in Geraldton, Western Australia, has gone solar in a big way.
Upgrading Solar Bonus Scheme Systems In NSW
Essential Energy is now accepting applications from Solar Bonus Scheme participants in New South Wales who wish to upgrade their rooftop solar power systems without having their feed in tariff rate affected.
New Mexico’s Largest Solar Farm To Proceed
New Mexico’s largest solar energy plant, the 50-megawatt Macho Springs Solar Project, will go ahead after a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) was signed.
US Deploys World’s First Floating Wind Turbine
America’s first grid-connected floating wind turbine has been successfully deployed off the coast of Maine as part of a project to tap the USA’s vast offshore wind energy reserves.
New York Solar Bill Aims For 2,200 MW Capacity
Lawmakers and citizens of New York State have developed a passion for solar after Hurricane Sandy exposed major weaknesses in the state’s energy infrastructure.
Solar Feed In Tariff Reductions Loom
With the flurry of argy-bargy on the Australian solar scene recently; there’s a danger some prospective solar buyers may be distracted and miss out on important solar feed in tariff deadlines.
