Victorian households waiting to install half-price solar might have to wait another few weeks, after the July quota of the state government’s rooftop rebate was filled within days.
“Australia’s largest” recycling plant to be powered by Victorian wind farm
A massive plastic recycling plant being built in Victoria will be powered by locally generated wind power, in a deal with Goldwind Australia’s 321MW Moorabool wind farm.
“Australian first” residential solar PPA a big hit with new home buyers
A Western Australian housing development trial offering drastically reduced daytime power costs through a residential solar PPA has seen 90% uptake from new home buyers.
Logan City doubles down on solar to cut power costs, prepare for EVs
City of Logan in south-east Queensland set to slash another $55k a year from electricity costs, by adding five new rooftop solar systems across more council sites.
The boom resumes, as Victoria solar rebate reopens – batteries included
Applications flood in as Victoria’s $1.3bn Solar Homes rebate kicks off in earnest. Batteries are on offer too – but just 200 available from now until November.
Adelaide leads again, with rebates for shared solar, V2G, demand response
Adelaide City – first out of the blocks to incentivise the uptake of home battery storage – is set to lead again, with a range of new rebates targeting shared solar, electric vehicle-to-grid technologies, and residential and commercial demand response.
New energy retailer set to launch, as Powershop and Kogan join forces
Powershop inks deal with online retailer Kogan.com, to offer “competitive power and gas services” via new brand called Kogan Energy.
W.A. opens up regional grid to 10MW more rooftop solar
A review of Horizon Power’s solar hosting capacity and changes to connection rules to give consumers on some of Western Australia’s regional microgrids long-awaited access to rooftop PV.
Revised battery rules again risk “banning” home installations
The latest Draft Standard for residential battery installations is shaping up to have the same impact as the scrapped “battery bunker” rule – making it nearly impossible to install current battery brands in, or on, homes.
W.A. gold miner claims Australian first with wind, solar and battery microgrid
A remote Western Australia gold mine has won $13.5m in ARENA funding to add 18MW of wind power to a 23MW solar, battery and gas microgrid.