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New year, new solar beer as Moon Dog Brewing taps the sun

Melbourne-based Moon Dog joins ranks of solar powered Australian beer makers, following the installation of just under 100kW of rooftop…

January 20, 2021

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…

December 10, 2020

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…

August 29, 2019

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…

May 29, 2019

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…

May 16, 2019

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…

October 22, 2018

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…

July 19, 2017

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…

March 22, 2017

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…

February 15, 2017

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…

April 14, 2016