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Image credit: b.energy Melbourne now boasts a second vertical solar system, and potentially Australia’s largest in terms of panel numbers, after the installation of a 42kW PV array on an outer wall of the Paragon Tower project, a 48 level…
It’s come to this. The Australian Energy Markets Commission has produced a draft decision that will make households and small business with solar panels pay to inject their surplus production into the grid. March 31, 2021 From The Conversation Australia.It’s come to…
Australian technology company Power Ledger’s blockchain-enabled technology is behind the first live solar energy trading project in Delhi, India, which began operation this week, in collaboration with leading Indian energy utility Tata Power and India Smart Grid Forum. Power Ledger’s…
Ford has just announced that it will sell 100% electric passenger vehicles in Europe by 2030 — as in, 100% of its passenger vehicle sales in Europe will be 100% electric vehicles within the decade. While it’s certainly admirable and…
Solar carpark at Flinders University. Image supplied. South Australia’s Flinders University has become the latest tertiary institution in Australia to source all of its electricity from renewable energy, in this case though a mix of on-campus solar and an off-take…
As the Smart Energy Council prepares to rollout the first pilot of its green hydrogen certification scheme, CEO John Grimes and consultant Scott Hamilton revealed what’s at stake and why the plan could change the game for Australia’s export future.…
A 500MW solar auction in the Indian state of Gujarat has resulted in a nation-wide record-low tariff of INR1.99/kWh ($AU0.036/kWh), 0.5% lower than the previous record set last month. Various media outlets, quoting sources speaking to Indian media outlet PTI, have…
December 8th, 2020 by Guest Contributor Courtesy of The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The Arctic Report Card is an annual compilation of original, peer-reviewed environmental observations and analyses of…
German-based and now Shell-owned battery company Sonnen has launched a new “compact and affordable” 4.8kW/10kWh home energy storage offering in the US and Europe – and not, at this stage, in Australia – dubbed the sonnenCore. Sonnen says the new…
Kea Energy has begun construction of the largest utility solar plant in New Zealand, with the 2.5MW plant situated in Marlborough. Possibly a world first, the large-scale solar plant has partly been purchased using the cryptocurrency Bitcoin. The region is…