Just four days into the New Year, the City of Newcastle reaped the benefits from the resilience created by its 100 per cent renewable energy plan.
Newcastle builds local energy resilience with its 100 per cent renewable plan
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Evergen joins forces with Solar Service Group to boost battery uptake
New partnership promises to "dramatically reduce" home battery ROI, while also creating one of the world's biggest virtual power plants.
Solar ceiling smashed as Melbourne apartment block shares PV and batteries
A 70kW solar 54kWh battery storage system installed on a Melbourne apartment block will use Allume Energy technology to share cheap clean power between 52 low-income tenants.
Puerto Rico’s electricity system at a crossroads
Puerto Rico’s electric system is at a crucial inflection point, with an opportunity to pivot from years of hardship to a new vision that is clean, reliable, and resilient.
Massive 5.8MW solar car park completed in $73 million commercial PV blitz
A 5.8MW solar car park installed at an Adelaide shopping centre, as part of Vicinity Centres' commercial solar roll-out across 17 shopping centres and five states.
California’s largest utility seeks 20 microgrids to mitigate wildfire power outages
Racing to beat California’s next wildfire season, Pacific Gas & Electric is seeking companies to install microgrids near 20 substations, to keep electricity flowing power lines are shut down.
Solar Insiders Podcast: The best and worst from 2019
We look back at the highlights and the lowlights of the solar industry in 2019, and take a vox-pop of industry folk from the recent Sundowners.
Western Australia’s first big battery delivered to Kalbarri microgrid
A 5MW/2MWh battery dispatched to Western Power's Kalbarri microgrid, to help deliver cheap reliable renewable power to the W.A. resort town.
Western Sydney shopping centre taps solar to slash power bills by 25%
A 1MW rooftop solar array installed at a shopping centre in western Sydney is expected to shave an estimated 25% off its annual electricity bill.
Call for investors as 4.9MW Manilla community solar farm officially launched
Plans for 4.9MW Manilla community solar farm officially launched, with call for investors, and plans to begin construction in the NSW town in June 2020.
RACV makes big push into rooftop PV with purchase of Gippsland Solar
One of Victoria’s biggest PV retailers, Gippsland Solar, acquired by major Australian insurer RACV, in deal that speaks volumes about Australia’s booming rooftop PV market.
‘Crack a solar beer,’ says Lion, as brewer commits to 100% renewables by 2025
XXXX and Little Creatures brewer Lion follows up carbon neutral 2020 target with commitment to use renewable electricity only to power its operations by 2025.
How a small German town took back the power – and went fully renewable
At 100% renewable electricity, the German town of Wolfhagen demonstrates what can be achieved when municipalities use innovative approaches to ownership and governance of key infrastructure.
Australia’s first “solar garden” bears fruit for NSW community housing tenants
First "solar garden" in Lismore hailed as breakthrough for community solar projects in Australia and for those "locked out" of solar.
Australia’s “biggest office landlord,” Dexus, joins RE100
Australian Real Estate Investment Trust pledges to source 100% renewables across entire operations by 2030, as 10th Australian company to join RE100.
Australia’s biggest steel city, Wollongong, targets net zero emissions by 2050
The NSW home to Australia's biggest steelworks, Wollongong, has committed to becoming carbon neutral by 2050, with a view to reducing that timeline to 2030.
