After years in the planning, City of Sydney’s 1.4MW rooftop trigeneration plant is in full swing, powering, heating and cooling Town Hall and Town Hall House.
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A Tesla as the family car? Nothing ludicrous about it
Can an all electric vehicle be used as the family run-about? We tested the theory using a Tesla Model S, pretended the price tag was more like a Model 3, and came to these conclusions…
Lessons from a landmark aggregated energy deal in Boston
In Boston, a university hospital and a car parking facility join forces to show how smaller businesses and nonprofits can pool their needs and buy cheap power from solar farms.
Kiribati leads by example on solar, slashes dependence on diesel fuel
Kiribati will “practice what we preach” with 548kW of solar installations in South Tarawa, cutting diesel fuel imports by 230,000 litres a year, saving govt $US290,000.
How to make solar accessible – without rooftops
With an increasingly supportive regulatory environment and growing interest, community solar in the US could contribute nearly half of all solar installations by 2020. Here’s how they do it.
Gone with the wind: How one community embraced its wind farm
For the host communities, a wind farm isn’t just about economics: the project is also part of the communities’ sense of self.
A battery power revolution in the making on Tasmania's Bruny Island
Analysts predict a huge future for battery energy storage. On Tasmania’s Bruny Island we have a chance to see what this might look like.
First home to get Tesla Powerwall gets its first energy bill – and the saving is…
The Sydney Pfitzner family has received its first full electricity bill since it became the world’s first home to install a Tesla Powerwall battery. And the result is… “not too shabby”!
Installation begins on 500kW solar array for Canberra Hospital
ACT govt-funded installation of 500kW solar array is underway at Canberra Hospital, part of project that will save it $490,000 by 2017-18.
ZEN Energy wins $1m battery storage tender for SA govt buildings
Adelaide company ZEN Energy wins contract to install more than 500kWh of li-ion battery storage at three government-owned buildings in Adelaide.