South Australia’s biggest electricity distribution company is seeking to reduce dependence on its very own grid, by installing just under 500kW of solar across two depots.
SA Power Networks cuts dependence on own grid, with two solar arrays
NT completes 10MW solar roll-out to 25 remote indigenous communities
Australia’s largest integration of solar – and one 2MWh battery storage system – with off-grid power stations across 25 remote Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory has been completed.
Queensland solar rule will blow out costs, cause months-long delays
Industry warns rule change requiring licensed electricians, only, to install solar panels on projects 100kW-plus, will have dire consequences for projects already under construction.
“Cheap shot” at commercial solar: Industry slams Queensland rule change
Solar developers slam Queensland government rule restricting panel installation to licensed electricians as “absurd,” and warn it will kill many commercial solar projects.
Cannon-Brookes' Atlassian commits to 100% renewables by 2025
Atlassian becomes first Australian tech company – and third company all up – to sign on to global RE100 movement, with a “super complex” target of 100% renewables by 2025.
Record March for rooftop solar, more capacity installed than in all years before 2010
More record growth for rooftop solar in Australia, with a total of 181MW installed in March 2019, taking market two-thirds of way to volume reached in 2015 and 2016.
Victoria rooftop solar rebate set to be capped, as 30,000-plus households pile in
UPDATED: Victoria energy minister says applications to rooftop solar rebate will be capped in future years, to “boost safety and ensure orderly rollout,” as numbers reach their limits for the introductory phase of scheme.
Barwon Water taps battery storage, boosts solar farm capacity to 3MW
Victorian utility is tripling the size of its flagship solar farm, and building a new solar and battery storage plant, in bid to source 100% of its electricity from renewables by 2025.
Goulburn Valley fruit farmer cuts power costs by $62k a year with solar
A fruit grower in Victoria’s Goulburn Valley has cut its grid power consumption by one-third, and its annual electricity costs by $62,000 a year, after installing 200kW of solar on its storage sheds.
Daintree could be Australia’s first renewable only micro-grid, with help from green hydrogen
Queensland’s world heritage-listed Daintree region could soon host Australian-first solar power to hydrogen gas microgrid, with newly announced federal funding tipped to help make the 100% renewable project shovel ready.
