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Solar + flow batteries take Brisbane home off grid, no back-up required
Sophie Vorrath24 Jul 20200 comments

Redflow zinc-bromine flow batteries paired with solar take Tambourine Mountain home – and electric vehicle – off-grid and 100% renewable-powered.

Battery/Storage, Solar
Solar and Tesla Powerwall offer Victorian town bushfire resilience
Sophie Vorrath24 Jul 20200 comments

Community sports centre in Hepburn given solar and battery makeover to slash power costs and bolster its role as a dedicated place of last resort in bushfires.

Solar, Policy
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.

Other Renewables, Solar
NZ biggest corporate PPA seeks up to 2,000GWh a year of new renewables
Sophie Vorrath21 Jul 20200 comments

Group of New Zealand's largest commercial and industrial energy users join forces to procure what could be thousands of gigawatt-hours a year of renewable electricity.

Solar, News
Trina Solar powers up to 600W PV module, throws down gauntlet to industry
Sophie Vorrath16 Jul 20200 comments

Just months after opening Australian orders for its 500W PV module, Trina Solar has made the leap into the 600-club, with the launch of its 600W Vertex series.

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.

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Solar, News
Gallium-doped monocrystalline silicon: The next big thing in PV?
Dr Fang Hongbin15 Jul 20200 comments

Research shows the application of gallium-doped silicon wafers can effectively mitigate the drawbacks from which silicon solar modules have long suffered.

Solar, Electric Vehicles, Other Renewables
McCain Foods goes big on solar in Victoria, in bid to quit coal by 2025
Sophie Vorrath15 Jul 20200 comments

Frozen food giant to install massive solar and biogas generation system in Ballarat, slash its reliance on natural gas by 16%, and grid power by 39%.

Solar
McDonald’s opens net-zero emissions restaurant at Disney World, Florida
Joshua S Hill14 Jul 20200 comments

Global fast food giant opens its first net-zero emissions restaurant at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.

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.

Solar, News
Queensland solar retailer cops hefty fine for telemarketing breaches
Sophie Vorrath10 Jul 20200 comments

Queensland-based solar retailer slapped with hefty fine in latest federal crackdown on telemarketing breaches by the solar industry.

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.

Energy Efficiency, Battery/Storage, Other Renewables, Solar
We lost our house in summer bushfires. Now we’re going underground and off the grid
Don Pattison7 Jul 20200 comments

Don Pattison lost his house and just about everything in it during the horrific fire season of 2019/20. But this is not a story of loss and grief. Rather, the destruction has set the context for the journey back.

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