15th February 2019 The latest Quarterly Dynamics publication from the Australian Energy Market Operator highlights how the growing penetration of solar – both rooftop and utility scale – is continuing to reshape the grid, along with growing amounts of wind…
15th February 2019 EnergyAustralia, one of the country’s big three utilities, has announced a $15 million program to install solar and storage in various charity groups, creating “virtual power plants” – and will fund this from the sale of large…
12th November 2018 Australian installations of small-scale rooftop soared to yet another record in the month October, with Victoria emerging as the latest hot spot and Western Australia becoming the fourth state to reach the 1GW benchmark. Data compiled by…
1st November 2018 The Australia solar PV industry broke a whole set of new records in September. September data from the APVI and Clean Energy Regulator shows accelerated growth in utility scale solar, particularly benefiting rural and regional Australia. And over the…
9th October 2018 French President Emmanuel Macron, right, Jim Yong Kim, president of the World Bank Group, second from right, Michael Bloomberg, United Nations Special Envoy for Climate Action, center, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, second from left, and Christine…
9th October 2018 Sean O’Malley from Planet Ark, Spiro Kalos from Mobile Muster, Andrew McKenzie and John Polhill from EnviroStream and Sustainability Victoria’s Shannon Smyth. Source: Supplied Australia’s first lithium battery recycling plant has been officially anointed in Victoria, in…
20th September 2018 The South Australia Liberal government has finally outlined details of its long-awaited Home Battery Scheme, that will offer $100 million in state government subsidies for up to 40,000 households to install battery storage in their homes. Individual…
19th September 2018 In 2008, the demand for grid-supplied electricity in eastern Australia began its fall. Back then, industry planners and commentators thought the phenomenon just a temporary response to the Global Financial Crisis. After an expectedly-brief lull, and as…
27th April 2018 Planning approval has been obtained for a 20MW solar farm that will power a data centre and crypto-currency mining in the coal-mining centre of Collie in Western Australia. The application for the solar farm was made by…
12th April 2018 The Victoria energy and pricing regulator has proposed a peak period tariff of 29c/kWh for rooftop solar exports back into the grid, in a ground-breaking recommendation that could help change the way consumers think about their solar…
