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Adelaide City Council offers energy storage incentive, Australia's first
Sophie Vorrath23 Jun 20150 comments

Adelaide City Council to offer $5,000 energy storage subsidy, extending Sustainable City scheme to cover batteries, EV chargers.

Solar
Wheat farmers help drive 20% boost in WA rooftop solar uptake
Sophie Vorrath22 Jun 20150 comments

Strong uptake in farming areas has helped drive big increase in rooftop PV penetration in WA, and 4 postcodes now rank in Australian top 20.

Policy, Solar, Tariffs
NSW, ACT households face big hike in cost of installing solar PV
Sophie Vorrath19 Jun 20150 comments

ACT and NSW utilities to boost metering charges for new solar installations by factor of nearly 10.

Solar
Another WA housing estate to trial solar + storage via 'shared strata' model
Sophie Vorrath19 Jun 20150 comments

Another WA housing estate to trial solar, storage using unique shared strata model to benefit investors and tenants, cutting grid energy consumption by 60%.

Solar
NT vanadium mine to tap solar + redox battery storage for energy supply
Sophie Vorrath19 Jun 20150 comments

Northern Territory mine to tap solar power plus vanadium redox battery storage for energy supplies, the latest miner to turn to renewables.

Solar
Queensland pushes through massive rises in fixed electricity charges
Giles Parkinson19 Jun 20150 comments

Fixed charges to households surge, and may cost small business two-thirds of bill, as government-owned utilities move against solar, efficiency.

Solar
Rooftop solar to overtake coal capacity in Australia by 2030
Giles Parkinson18 Jun 20150 comments

AEMO says rooftop solar capacity to grow to as much as 25GW, overtaking coal capacity in next decade as big generators close and household and businesses invest billions in local generation.

Solar
Household and business rooftop solar PV forecasts – state by state
Giles Parkinson18 Jun 20150 comments

AEMO's state by state, medium and long term solar PV forecasts have been upgraded significantly from last year in almost every instance.

Solar
Communities are taking renewable power into their own hands
Nicky Ison and Ed Langham18 Jun 20150 comments

Community energy is one of the answers could be one of the answers to the current energy transition.

Solar
Rooftop solar to cut total grid demand to zero in South Australia
Giles Parkinson18 Jun 20150 comments

Energy market operator says rooftop solar will grow to the point where there is zero demand from the grid in South Australia during midday hours, and could provide one third of all generation throughout the year. Little wonder the state is considered to be leading the world in renewable energy adoption.

Electric Vehicles, Solar
What if every house had solar PV, and every car was electric?
Giles Parkinson17 Jun 20150 comments

New Zealand's biggest power generator imagines a scenario where every home had solar PV, and every car was electric. And it sees no problems.

Solar
Spain takes big stick to solar + storage with proposed 'tax on the sun'
Sophie Vorrath17 Jun 20150 comments

Spanish govt proposes self-consumption fee for solar households that add battery storage that would double the system's pay-back time. Law would also include an infringement penalty double that for leaking nuclear waste.

Solar
Australia's conservative heartland leads adoption of rooftop solar
Sophie Vorrath16 Jun 20150 comments

Rooftop solar distribution data reveals some interesting patterns, linking some of Australia's most conservative electorates with high PV uptake.

Battery/Storage, Solar
EMC to supply battery system for large-scale community energy storage trial
Sophie Vorrath12 Jun 20150 comments

Energy Made Clean wins tender for 1.1MWh battery system for ground-breaking large-scale community energy storage trial in Western Australia.

Solar
'Bulk-buy’ community solar plan launches 2nd round offer in Victoria
Sophie Vorrath10 Jun 20150 comments

Central Victorian NGO launches 2nd round of bulk-buy community solar offer, in hope of attracting 150 more households to cheaper, easier rooftop solar.

Solar
NSW's CASAR Park gains pole position for EV racing, off the grid
Sophie Vorrath9 Jun 20150 comments

NSW motor-sport precinct that aims to host electric vehicle racing events plans to go-offgrid, using solar and battery storage.

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