Changes to ‘solar zones’ could affect the federal solar rebate amount that households and businesses receive to support the cost of installing solar panels. Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator assigns every postcode a solar zone. Your zone’s rating directly affects the rebate amount you receive to install a rooftop solar system. Now, the Regulator plans to […]
Australia’s largest integrated battery and solar farm in north-west Victoria ushers in a big lithium-ion battery era for the ‘solar state’. The Victorian State Government has linked up the 50 MWh grid-scale Gannawarra Energy Storage System with the adjacent 60 MW Gannawarra Solar Farm. Victorian Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change, Lily D’Ambrosio officially […]
New data shows Victoria’s ageing coal-fired plants are responsible for the highest number of breakdowns in the National Energy Market (NEM). The Australia Institute’s (TAI) Gas & Coal Watch confirms that Victorian coal power is responsible for around 13 per cent of the NEM’s gas and coal capacity. However, it makes up 32 per cent […]
The inaugural Electric Vehicle Transition in Australia conference is designed to spread the word about electric vehicles and secure the nation’s EV future. The conference will be held at Sydney’s University of Technology on August 25 and 27. It will feature EV technology experts and advocates, including Labor’s Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy Mark Butler. […]
Tesla head Elon Musk says new EV charging software could help electric car owners charge their cars at the cheapest rate. According to a Musk tweet, Tesla vehicles could refer to time of use electricity rates at their location. Using built-in software, they could then charge themselves automatically when the rate was cheapest. As a result, […]
The British Parliament will legislate a target of UK zero net carbon emissions by 2050. It is the first nation among G7 economies to do so. The announcement by Prime Minister Theresa May follows independent advice contained in a report from the Committee on Climate Change (CCC). However, with the Conservative PM May now due […]
The potential rooftop solar energy output of Australia is greater than the amount of electricity we consume through the national grid each year. The revelation comes in a new report released this week from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation and the Property Council of Australia. The report’s analysis looked at rooftop space available for solar […]
The countdown to this year’s World Solar Challenge has officially begun. A record number of Australian teams have signed up to compete in the ‘world’s most exciting solar car event’. The biennial Bridgestone World Solar Challenge begins October 13. South Australia’s Trade Minister, David Ridgeway, confirmed 53 entries from 24 countries have entered the race. The solar […]
Nineteen solar powered schools in the Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta have plugged in to a program that aims to reduce carbon emissions of 2,442 tonnes each year across the schools. The schools in Sydney’s west are learning a lesson about the environment as they plug into renewable solar power. The program involves the installation […]
New feed-in tariffs (FiTs) will boost the United Kingdom’s solar industry following a government turnaround on the controversial subsidies. The Conservative UK government scrapped the nation’s previous FiT scheme in April this year, leading to a rapid downturn in new solar installations. As a result new installations fell by 94 per cent within a month. […]