Santos kicks off ARENA-backed plans to shift all of its remote crude oil beam pumps to 100% solar and battery storage – a move that would save it 140 barrels of oil a day.
Santos to convert 56 crude oil pumps to 100% solar and battery storage
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University of Newcastle inks deal to source 100% "firmed" renewables
University of Newcastle will meet 2020 target of 100% renewables after signing 7-year contract for mix of solar and wind, firmed by hydro with Snowy Hydro subsidiary, Red Energy.
Australia’s largest community solar farm approved for construction
SolarShare looks set to deliver Australia’s first megawatt-scale community-owned solar in Canberra's Majura Valley after its application for a feed-in tariff was approved by the ACT government.
Solar gardens could deliver major savings for "locked out" consumers
Australia could see “solar gardens” begin to sprout as early as 2019, after a major report found shared solar model not only feasible, but able to knock up to $370 a year off cost of electricity for consumers "locked out" of rooftop PV.
My electric car, your solar home, a microgrid, and the future
US collaboration between LO3 and MotorWerks will test tools to let consumers buy and sell electricity within microgrids using their homes and vehicles.
NT schools to go solar, as government-funded installs get underway
NT Labor government hits go on $5m Rooftop Solar Schools program, which it expects to cut energy costs by around 40% for selected schools across every Territory region.
Barwon Water completes 250kW solar project on Victoria's Surf Coast
Victorian regional utility switches on second major solar project for 2018 – a 250kW PV array built next to a storage facility and the site of a new sustainable housing development.
Solar Insiders Podcast: The RCR collapse; and two great new solar initiatives
This week we go to Sundowners, discuss the collapse of RCR, and interview Andrea Gaffney from Planet Renewables, and Chris McGrath from solar innovators 5B.
World-leading rooftop solar trading trial kicks off in Fremantle
WA energy minister launches "world-first" active, billed, peer-to-peer trading trial allowing 40 households to buy and sell rooftop solar energy generated on their rooftops, across the grid.
Goanna set to soak up the sun and put power back into the hands of Australian households
The introduction of a new solar battery will put Australians one step closer to achieving the dream of a $0 electricity bill.
Aged care company to cut grid power consumption in half with solar, LED lighting
Opal Aged Care to install more than 3.4MW solar PV and 28,000 LED lights at 54 properties across NSW, Victoria and Queensland, and cut its grid power consumption by 42%.
Canberra Deep Space complex to go solar, as CSIRO launches tender
NASA-owned, CSIRO-operated Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex is looking to go solar, via a power purchase agreement and a purpose built large-scale solar farm.
Why we should thank John Howard for starting the rooftop solar boom
Thanks to the actions of millions of Australian households, the process of modernising our grid is well underway, and households are collectively saving billions of dollars off their electricity bill.
Two million Australian households now have rooftop solar – and they vote
As Australia notches up a new milestone of 2 million rooftop solar homes, new CEC data shows that the top 5 postcodes leading the rush to residential PV are all in Liberal National Party electorates.
Pernod Ricard Australia seals deal to source 100% renewable electricity
Pernod Ricard Winemakers Australia signs 10-year deal with Flow Power to tap off-site wind and solar power generation to help take it to 100% renewables by 2019.
Australia's top solar postcodes – state by state
It's that time of the year again when Australia's Clean Energy Regulator releases the updated data on the solar hot-spots in each Australian state and territory, leading the uptake of rooftop solar systems sized between 0-100kW.
