Other Renewables

Google plans to be 100 per cent renewable next year

From next year Google will purchase 100 per cent of the energy it uses from renewable sources, mostly wind and…

December 14, 2016

Canada’s first 100% renewable energy community project

Oxford County, Ontario, has just opened a wind farm as part of a project to go 100% renewables for electricity…

December 9, 2016

Households will power half the grid by 2050, networks admit

Report from Australia's main network lobby and CSIRO suggests that by 2050, nearly half of all future generation – and…

December 7, 2016

Western Power launches 5MW microgrid project for Kalbarri

WA holiday town of Kalbarri set to trial $10m microgrid integrating distributed solar, 1.7MW wind farm, and 2MWh battery system.

November 30, 2016

Victoria town calls for partners for 100% renewable energy plan

Community energy goes to market: Victoria town of Newstead is seeking expressions of interest to help refine its plan to…

November 22, 2016

P2P energy sharing start-up brings Brooklyn Microgrid smarts to Australia

US pioneers of blockchain-based peer-to-peer energy trading, LO3, set up in Byron Bay with plans to trial its TransActive Grid…

November 4, 2016

City of Sydney powers up rooftop trigen plant in effort to quit coal

After years in the planning, City of Sydney's 1.4MW rooftop trigeneration plant is in full swing, powering, heating and cooling…

October 27, 2016

Microgrids aren’t being built fast enough: Hurricane Matthew

Hurricane Matthew made a blunt case for microgrids last week as it toppled thousands of electric poles and wires across…

October 19, 2016

Solar shading, and what to do about it

Solar shading is the dirty phrase of the solar industry. There are plenty of people who have been sold a…

October 11, 2016

One quarter of Australian businesses generates solar power, survey says

Survey finds nearly one-quarter of businesses already generating some power with rooftop solar – 83% seriously considering it.

September 14, 2016