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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

Can solar work for a motel? It all comes out in the wash

The owner of a Ballarat motel has installed an 83kW rooftop solar system, not just to cut electricity costs, but…

April 13, 2016

Adelaide solar leasing scheme targets rental, low-income market for rooftop PV

City of Adelaide solar initiative will remove upfront costs and provide payment plans for city's low-income and rental households, in…

April 6, 2016

A cautionary tale on rooftop solar: who pays the price for weak industry regulations?

When a now defunct solar company installed non-genuine solar panels on nearly 200 homes in regional NSW and Qld, Greenbank…

March 23, 2016

Ayers Rock Resort to get 15% of power needs from sun, with installation of 1.8MW solar array

CEFC funded 1.8MW rooftop solar array installed at Ayers Rock Resort in Central Australia will supply 15 per cent of…

March 22, 2016

WA bushfire victims taken off-grid – by network

Four landowners in the bushfire affected WA town of Esperance have taken up an offer from Horizon Power to go…

March 10, 2016

Ithaca college goes solar in Upstate New York

Ithaca College has signed a 25-year power purchase agreement, after installing 2.9MW of solar PV about 40 miles from the…

March 9, 2016

200 reasons why people choose "Life Off Grid" – and why most of us shouldn't

Canadian documentary "Life Off Grid" asks more than 200 people why they decided to quit the grid. We talked to…

March 9, 2016

Solar to supply 95% of daytime electricity for Longreach Airport

Longreach Airport in Queensland's north-west has installed a 99kW solar system, driven by a commitment to quit coal generated energy,…

March 8, 2016

Perth shopping centre cuts grid power by 30% with WA's largest rooftop solar array

Western Australia’s largest rooftop solar system has been installed, and will supply 30% of the shopping centre’s electricity needs.

March 3, 2016