RMI and Save the Children to install renewable microgrids in 12 schools in Puerto Rico, ensuring access to education, bolstering the grid, and serving the larger community.
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Victoria community micro-hydro plant becomes Powershop's newest supplier
Powershop to buy the output of community-led 100kW run-of-river hydro project, completed and launched this week in Warburton, Victoria.
Tweed Shire Council racks up 1.3MW of rooftop solar – batteries next
Tweed Shire Council says its cumulative solar installs will generate around 1,300MWh/pa from PV by year’s end, saving it $200,000 a year on energy costs.
Victorian dairy co-op says solar a "no-brainer" for farmers – batteries not far behind
Macalister Demonstration Farm says 61kW solar install at its dairy co-op will pay for itself in power savings in six years – and open the door for new benefits and greater productivity. “When we change the way we think about the cost of power, we can see opportunities.”
Off-grid school Australia's first to run 100% on solar, battery storage
New-build, off-grid school north of Perth, Western Australia, becomes first in Australia to be powered completely by rooftop solar and battery storage.
Australia's "largest" solar microgrid set to slash power costs in Victoria coal hub
Project led by Ovida, using shared solar tech of Allume Energy, to deliver Australia’s “largest” solar and battery microgrid project, that will cut the cost of electricity by 50% for 750 Latrobe Valley businesses.
Biggest little town looks to revive Australia's littlest big hydro
Nearly 100 years after town of Mullumbimby got together for the country’s first community owned power plant, it is looking to revive its hydro plant as it pursues 100 per cent renewable energy.
RayGen adds heat to PV Ultra product to join gas displacement market
RayGen adapts its concentrated solar PV technology to join the rush of solutions to displace gas in the industrial heating market.
Tamworth council weighs $1m solar rollout – with a message for Barnaby
Tamworth council set to save around $117,000 a year by installing solar on 12 council-owned facilities – but the return on investment wouldn’t be as great if the local federal member had his way.
Solar hybrid irrigation pump cuts NSW cotton grower's fuel bill in half
A cotton farm in regional NSW has halved its annual diesel fuel consumption, with the installation of what’s being dubbed Australia’s largest solar hybrid irrigation pump.