1st March 2018 Credit: David Kingham/flicker Everyone hates the fixed or daily charges on their electricity bills, right? So why do they keep going up? Because retailers take us for mugs, right? What to do about fixed charges represents one…
Semitransparent solar cells: a window to the future?
20th February 2018 Looking through semitransparent cells – one day these could be big enough to make windows. UNSW, Author provided Can you see a window as you are reading this article? Windows have been ubiquitous in society for centuries, filling…
CEFC backed green loan scheme hopes to boost EV uptake
16th February 2018 A new green loan scheme backed by the Clean Energy Finance Corporation is hoping to boost the uptake of electric cars in Australia, by offering consumers cheaper finance to buy and lease low emissions vehicles. The initiative,…
Australia adds 107MW rooftop solar in October as 2017 heads for record year
10th November 2017 Australian homes and businesses continue to install solar at an impressive clip, adding more than 100MW of rooftop PV capacity for the month of October, up from 97MW in September, and almost guaranteeing a record 1GW-plus total for…
Queensland removes feed-in tariff cap on regional solar systems
4th September 2017 The Queensland Labor government has removed a 5kW cap on solar systems able to access feed-in tariffs in regional areas, announcing that systems up to 30kW will now be able to access the 11c/kWh tariff. The government…
Pic of the Day: Old meets new at solar-powered antique shop
18th August 2017 It might have been a bit cloudy in the Victorian country town of Smythesdale when this snap was taken, but the message it delivers is clear: even a purveyor of old stuff, from an old building in…
Australia’s pumped hydro storage potential worth thousands of Tesla big batteries
4th August 2017 Australia has enough untapped pumped hydro energy storage potential to support a 100 per cent renewable energy grid – 35 times over, a team of Australian National University researchers has found. The ANU team – led by…
Consumers vs the empire: The economics favour partial grid defection
26th July 2017 “We will fight for bovine freedom And hold our large heads high We will run free with the Buffalo, or die Cows with guns” Cows with Guns, Dana Lyons 1996 Grid arbitrage is becoming more attractive. You’re…
States threaten to go it alone on clean energy as Coalition loses plot
14th July 2017 State energy ministers are threatening to “go it alone” with a clean energy target, as they ramp up pressure on the Coalition government, which is fracturing from the hard right response to the Finkel Review and the…
Ciel & Terre starts construction on world’s largest floating PV plant
10th July 2017 French floating PV specialist Ciel et Terre International announced it has started construction on a 70 MW floating solar plant in China’s Anhui province for China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Group (CECEP), a top state-owned energy…
