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How a small town solved five key barriers to a 100 per cent renewable energy supply

August 21, 2020 by Tosh Szatow Leave a Comment

Image: Renewable Newstead

There are five key barriers to scaling renewable energy supply in Australia, and this is how the Newstead model addresses each one.

Filed Under: Solar, Energy Efficiency, Other Renewables

Community solar at grid prices, no subsidies required – here’s how

February 20, 2020 by Tosh Szatow Leave a Comment

Renewable Newstead is working to install up to 10MW of solar on the local grid to take the town 100% renewable and offer excess generation for C&I offtake. What can the market learn from the project so far?

Filed Under: Solar, Energy Efficiency

Making the case for 10-year renewable electricity tariffs

June 6, 2018 by Tosh Szatow Leave a Comment

For a fair, efficient, low-cost pathway to 100% renewables, we need to put front-of-meter renewables on a level footing with rooftop renewables and enable customers to sign 10-year front-of-meter PPAs.

Filed Under: Other Renewables, Solar, Tariffs

Three common mistakes when assessing going off grid

November 25, 2015 by Tosh Szatow 10 Comments

Here are the three common mistakes we see when assessing the potential of solar and storage. Read them, critique them, but please, don’t make them.

Filed Under: Battery/Storage

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