Policy

Goulburn community solar farm wins grant to add battery storage

Plans to add battery storage to a 1.8MW community solar farm planned for Goulburn in NSW can go ahead after…

March 10, 2020

New US housing complex to put Sonnen batteries inside all 600 apartments

All-electric, solar powered housing complex in Utah to feature a Sonnen battery inside all 600 of its apartments, in a…

March 10, 2020

Home battery boost as NSW launches interest-free loans, Victoria expands rebate

Victoria has expanded its government rebate for battery storage to more than 250 postcodes, while NSW has finally launched the…

March 2, 2020

Western Power to add another 100 stand-alone solar and battery systems

Western Power to install another 100 solar and battery-based stand alone power systems in the state's Mid-West, Goldfields, eastern Wheatbelt…

February 25, 2020

Energy efficiency, the construction sector, and a uniquely Australian just transition

Energy efficiency offers a channel to address energy and climate challenges at a household and national level, while also solving…

February 25, 2020

We need to talk about energy literacy and degrowth

What's needed now is language that more explicitly signals the policy and behavioural changes required to both address the climate…

February 21, 2020

Solar has smashed the centralised energy model, but can it bridge the social divide?

As rooftop solar booms in Australia, a closer look at the distribution of "prosumers" across the network reveals emerging inequalities…

February 20, 2020

Western Sydney Councils form renewables buying group, in bid to slash emissions

Western Sydney Energy Program combines forces of 10 NSW councils to procure renewables and slash transport emissions.

February 13, 2020

Northern Territory names all 25 schools chosen for solar roll-out

NT names all 25 schools selected to have their electricity bills slashed by as much as 40 per cent through…

February 12, 2020

City of Adelaide inks deal to go 100% renewable from July 2020

Adelaide strikes energy offtake deal with Flow Power to source 100% renewables – from 1 July 2020, "if it’s run…

February 5, 2020