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Brisbane classroom goes "fair-dinkum" off-grid, using solar and Tesla battery
Sophie Vorrath1 Nov 20180 comments

NSW company Hivve Technology has installed an entirely off-grid modular classroom at a Brisbane high school, which runs entirely on solar and battery storage, at a cost cheaper than connecting to the grid.

Solar
One of Australia's biggest solar installers to shut up shop
Giles Parkinson31 Oct 20180 comments

True Value Solar used to be the biggest solar installer in the country. Now, its German shareholders have decided to shut up shop.

Battery/Storage, Solar
Tweed Shire Council racks up 1.3MW of rooftop solar – batteries next
Sophie Vorrath30 Oct 20180 comments

Tweed Shire Council says its cumulative solar installs will generate around 1,300MWh/pa from PV by year's end, saving it $200,000 a year on energy costs.

Solar, Tariffs
Queensland solar homes win as retailers compete to buy rooftop PV exports
Sophie Vorrath29 Oct 20180 comments

QCA report shows more retailers competing to buy rooftop solar exports in south-east Queensland, pushing the average residential FiT price up by 50% in just 12 months.

Battery/Storage, Solar, Tariffs
Victorian dairy co-op says solar a "no-brainer" for farmers – batteries not far behind
Sophie Vorrath26 Oct 20180 comments

Macalister Demonstration Farm says 61kW solar install at its dairy co-op will pay for itself in power savings in six years – and open the door for new benefits and greater productivity. "When we change the way we think about the cost of power, we can see opportunities.”

Battery/Storage, Software/Gadgets, Solar
Off-grid school Australia's first to run 100% on solar, battery storage
Sophie Vorrath26 Oct 20180 comments

New-build, off-grid school north of Perth, Western Australia, becomes first in Australia to be powered completely by rooftop solar and battery storage.

Solar
Solar Insiders Podcast: Lassoing solar cowboys in Victoria
Giles Parkinson and Nigel Morris25 Oct 20180 comments

We talk to Solar Victoria and its pre-emptive strike against solar cowboys who moved in to try and fleece consumers in Victoria’s massive solar program.

Solar
Coca-Cola taps solar in Australia, with 3.5MW roll-out across three states
Sophie Vorrath25 Oct 20180 comments

Coca-Cola Amatil will install 3.5MW of solar across its operations in Australia, to cut grid power usage by 14% and its annual energy costs by up to $1.3 million.

Other Renewables, Solar
Remote WA nickel mine to add 7MW solar plant, slash diesel use
Sophie Vorrath24 Oct 20180 comments

Nickel miner inks deal to add 7MW of solar PV to existing diesel power supply, in "first" solar hybrid plant on an Australian mine primarily funded on commercial basis.

Solar
More solar beer, as NSW 4 Pines launches 100kW crowd-funding round
Sophie Vorrath24 Oct 20180 comments

Manly-based 4 Pines Brewing Company wants investors from its local community to back the installation of 100kW of solar.

Battery/Storage, Policy, Solar
Australia's "largest" solar microgrid set to slash power costs in Victoria coal hub
Sophie Vorrath23 Oct 20180 comments

Project led by Ovida, using shared solar tech of Allume Energy, to deliver Australia's "largest" solar and battery microgrid project, that will cut the cost of electricity by 50% for 750 Latrobe Valley businesses.

Battery/Storage, Other Renewables, Solar
Plans for solar, battery, hydrogen microgrid in Milawa get $100,000 boost
Sophie Vorrath23 Oct 20180 comments

Plans to develop a hybrid renewable energy microgrid in regional Victoria have won $100,000 state government grant to develop business case.

Energy Efficiency, Solar
CSIRO tenders for 2MW more rooftop solar, to cut energy costs by nearly $1m a year
Sophie Vorrath22 Oct 20180 comments

CSIRO reveals plans to add further 1MW of rooftop solar at Canberra Black Mountain facility, and another 1.2MW across its sites in Queensland and South Australia.

Solar
Perth private school turns to "cheaper, cleaner" solar to slash power costs
Sophie Vorrath22 Oct 20180 comments

A 120-year old private school in Western Australia is expecting to save around $235,000 a year on its energy costs after installing an impressive 512kW of rooftop solar.

Battery/Storage, Policy, Solar
RateSetter wins plum role in South Australia's $100m home battery finance
Sophie Vorrath19 Oct 20180 comments

UK-based peer-to-peer lender RateSetter wins key role managing $100m in finance that is being offered alongside the South Australia government subsidy to install home battery storage.

Solar, Tariffs
NSW offers free rooftop solar for low-income households – in place of energy rebate
Sophie Vorrath19 Oct 20180 comments

NSW government trial will install 2.5kW of rooftop solar, free, for low-income households that forego their energy rebate – a deal it says will deliver twice the power bill savings.

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