A newly unveiled all-electric Australian bus will drive 1004km from Melbourne to Sydney on a single charge, in its first official road test.
All-electric bus unveiled in Melbourne, heading to Sydney on one charge
How Garnaut & Co plan to help communities take power back from the grid
New company – chaired by Ross Garnaut – will provide Australian consumers with an option to use 100 per cent renewable energy to power their homes, businesses or entire communities, at a cost cheaper than electricity from the grid.
Adelaide Airport to add more than 1MW solar PV
Adelaide Airport to install largest solar PV system at an Australian airport on its short-term car park roof.
Brisbane shopping centre installs 100kW solar car shade
A 100kW solar array has been installed on existing car shades at a shopping centre in Ipswich, Qld, cutting the owner’s energy costs by 30-40%.
Half of all Australian households to have solar and battery storage
Report predicts Australia’s installed battery capacity will grow 50-fold within 10 years, with half of all households to have battery storage, and many using their solar arrays to charge their electric vehicles.
Victorian community solar bulk-buy scheme extended, as hundreds opt in
After adding more than 300 rooftop solar installations in Mount Alexander, the not-for-profit led MASH initiative will take its bulk community solar offer to the Macedon Ranges.
Victorian aged care facility to save $40k a year with solar
A Mildura not-for-profit aged care facility is projected to save $40,000 a year after installing just under 100kW of solar on its rooftops – an investment that will be paid off in under three years.
Remote Qld resort taps solar, starting with PV-powered tourist boats
Adels Grove eco-resort in remote western Queensland wasn’t allowed to use outboard motors, so it invested in two solar-powered boats for tourist excursions.
Made in the shade: Solar + storage = two EVs in leafy suburbs of Melbourne
Rooftop solar and storage system installed in leafy Victorian suburb overcame shading problems to produce and store enough solar energy to power two electric vehicles, including a Tesla.
'Use it or (almost) lose it': Why Australia is a key energy storage market
Among the many inverter and battery storage technologies on show at the All-Energy Australia conference and exhibition last week in Melbourne was a few of the latest offerings from Israeli inverter company, SolarEdge. SolarEdge, which like many other big players in this sector, has lately turned its focus to developing inverter technology that supports solar […]
