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La Trobe University switches on massive 2.5MW solar array
Sophie Vorrath23 Jul 20200 comments

A 2.5MW solar system installed across 25 rooftops at La Trobe University’s Bundoora campus in Melbourne’s north has been completed.

Solar, Policy
Armidale Hospital taps solar to slash grid power use by 40%
Sophie Vorrath22 Jul 20200 comments

NSW government backs massive rooftop solar array for Armidale Hospital that will slash its annual energy costs.

Doomadgee solar supplied by Yurika - optimised remote
Battery/Storage, Policy, Solar
Remote Queensland communities set to cut costs with solar power
Michael Mazengarb16 Jul 20200 comments

Two remote Queensland communities will cut their diesel costs, through the installation of solar, under a state government initiative.

rooftop solar suburb rebates victoria - optimised
Solar, Policy
More solar for everyone: S.A. network operator backs consumer-focused rule changes
Sophie Vorrath16 Jul 20200 comments

SAPN, the distribution network service provider with the highest concentration of rooftop solar on the National Electricity Market, backs consumer-group led push to support increased and equitable distributed solar uptake.

Battery/Storage, Policy, Solar
Tesla community battery installed on customer side in “unique” W.A. trial
Sophie Vorrath13 Jul 20200 comments

Western Power installs W.A.'s 13th community battery, but in this case on the customer connection side as part of a unique five-year trial with the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River.

Battery/Storage, Policy, Solar
Stand-alone solar and battery system to power W.A. environmental NGO
Sophie Vorrath10 Jul 20200 comments

Western Power installs stand-alone power system at fringe-of-grid property in southern W.A. to provide safe, reliable power for community group Greening Australia.

Battery/Storage, Policy, Solar
Tesla battery to help solar power South Australia poultry farm
Sophie Vorrath9 Jul 20200 comments

Australia's second-largest poultry farm adds Tesla battery to further slash grid power use and claim nation's biggest battery system on a commercial farm.

Solar, Policy
Coal mine turned solar farm powers through bushfires, earns Newcastle council $420k
Sophie Vorrath30 Jun 20200 comments

City of Newcastle's 5MW Summerhill solar farm made more than $420,000 between mid-November and end-April, including powering through the January bushfires.

Solar, Policy
School energy costs cut by up to $40k a year through NT government scheme
Sophie Vorrath29 Jun 20200 comments

Northern Territory government says the six rooftop PV installations completed so far are saving selected schools between $30,000 and $40,000 a year on energy costs.

Battery/Storage, Policy, Solar
Sixth Tesla community battery installed in Western Australia PowerBank trial
Sophie Vorrath29 Jun 20200 comments

Western Australia trial that will offer virtual home energy storage installs 464kWh Tesla battery system in Top 20 Perth solar suburb of Port Kennedy.

Energy Efficiency, Policy
Dairy farms targeted in federal grant scheme to boost energy efficiency
Sophie Vorrath22 Jun 20200 comments

Australian dairy farming industry set for energy efficiency overhaul, with grants of up to $20,000 opened up to businesses in the sector by the federal Coalition government.

Battery/Storage, Policy
Tesla community battery installed in Busselton – first for W.A. South West region
Sophie Vorrath19 Jun 20200 comments

A fifth PowerBank battery installed by W.A. to help balance the state's grid, allow more customers to install solar, and offer a "community" storage option to local solar homes.

Other Renewables, Policy
“Australian first” network to deliver renewable electricity and hot water from organic waste
Sophie Vorrath12 Jun 20200 comments

Barwon Water led Renewable Organics Network project will use reclaimed organic waste to produce electricity, hot water and soil improver in Victoria’s south-west.

Policy, Energy Efficiency
Social housing funding a welcome post-Covid salve – let’s make it sustainable
Laura Phillips & Mitra Anderson-Oliver11 Jun 20200 comments

Victorian government funding to address the state's severe social housing shortage must also target the development of climate-resilient, durable and liveable housing stock.

Policy, Battery/Storage, Other Renewables, Solar
Why community-owned renewables should lead Australia’s Covid-19 recovery plans
Sophie Vorrath8 Jun 20200 comments

Independent MP Helen Haines leading regional groups arguing that community energy - including wind, solar and battery storage - should form major plank of Covid-19 recovery plans.

Energy Efficiency, Policy
Morrison’s $25,000 grant could deliver full energy retrofit for social housing
Sophie Vorrath5 Jun 20200 comments

Morrison's 'renovation rescue' stimulus ignores the opportunity to vastly improve living conditions for some of Australia’s most vulnerable communities. How could the cash grants be better spent?

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