Melbourne-based Moon Dog joins ranks of solar powered Australian beer makers, following the installation of just under 100kW of rooftop PV at its Preston craft brewery.
New year, new solar beer as Moon Dog Brewing taps the sun
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NSW shopping centre signs massive 10MW solar, 20MWh battery microgrid deal
A shopping centre in Narellan NSW will install biggest of its kind solar and battery embedded network to offer its retail tenants a 20% discount to grid power.
Apple sorting plant slashes energy use with 1MW rooftop solar station
1.1MW solar array installed on industrial roof of world-class apple sorting plant in Victoria will meet one-third of its energy needs, and pay for itself in under six years.
Discounted solar on offer to Canberra businesses, in ACT government trial
New ACT government program will provide limited number of rebates of up to $5,000 to small businesses and community organisations to install rooftop solar.
Melbourne shopping centre halves grid consumption with 1MW solar array
Sunshine Plaza shopping centre will source nearly half its electricity from solar, after installing one of the city’s largest commercial rooftop PV arrays.
CSIRO tenders for 2MW more rooftop solar, to cut energy costs by nearly $1m a year
CSIRO reveals plans to add further 1MW of rooftop solar at Canberra Black Mountain facility, and another 1.2MW across its sites in Queensland and South Australia.
Business slowly wakes up to reality that renewables are cheap
ARENA report shows less than half Australian businesses have tapped renewables. But there’s no doubt the idea is starting to catch on.
How solar cut a Victorian nursery's power costs by one third
A Victorian flower bulb business expects to slash its yearly power bill by one-third after installing a 60kW solar system at its Dandenong Ranges nursery. And that’s before battery storage…
Are corporate renewable deals set to boom in Australia?
Contracting for renewable energy development by corporate big energy users has been slow to catch on Down Under. But a new report suggests that is about to change.
University of New England solar farm to halve grid electricity usage
UNE is building a 10,000 panel solar farm adjacent to its Armidale NSW campus that it says will provide up to half of its electricity needs and increase its financial sustainability.
