RedEarth and Deye announce strategic partnership in the South Pacific
RedEarth Energy Storage - 2nd Jan 2024 RedEarth and Deye announce strategic partnership in the South Pacific RedEarth is honoured to announce the partnership with Deye after the successful extensive testing of Deye’s advanced hybrid inverter range with RedEarth’s Private Power Plant (PPP) so...
Read articleChina remains the world’s worst polluter but did you know it’s also a leader in renewable energy?
By Christina Zhou - ABC News - 2 July 2019 Shanghai, one of the world's most populous cities, will today enact strict green policies limiting disposable takeaway utensils and hotel room essentials, as it officially rolls out a major recycling overhaul. The ban on the provision of a s...
Read articleAustralia’s still building 4 in every 5 new houses to no more than the minimum energy standard
By Trivess Moore, Michael Ambrose & Stephen Berry - The Conversation New housing in Australia must meet minimum energy performance requirements. We wondered how many buildings exceeded the minimum standard. What our analysis found is that four in five new houses are being buil...
Read articleAustralia’s first unsubsidised big battery installed in South Australia
By Michael Mazengarb - RenewEconomy - 27 June 2019 Australia’s first unsubsidised big battery has been installed at Lincoln Gap near Port Augusta, in a major milestone for Australia’s clean energy sector and the emergence of cost-effective zero-emissions energy storage. The 10MW/...
Read articleSolar industry beats Qld in red tape battle
Liam Walsh AFR Jun 25, 2019 The solar industry has won a battle against a Queensland law requiring licensed electricians to install panels on large-scale projects, a regulation they said was not about safety but about placating unions. Queensland’s Court of Appeal on Tuesday dismi...
Read articleElectricity demand in WA set to fall for first time, AEMO forecasts, as solar power takes over
By Daniel Mercer - ABC News - 23 June 2019 The body that runs the national wholesale electricity market is forecasting demand for electricity from households and businesses in WA will fall for the first time as the extraordinary uptake of solar panels reshapes the power system. In it...
Read articleCheap wind and solar and “people-powered” revolution to kick out coal
By Giles Parkinson - RenewEconomy - 19 June 2019 The latest analysis from Bloomberg NEF dismisses talk of a new coal-fired power generator in Australia, and says that cheap wind and solar, supported by flexible technologies such as storage, and driven by a “people-powered revolution” in...
Read articleVictoria’s coal-fired power plants the least reliable in the country
By Adam Carey - The Sydney Morning Herald - 16 June 2019 Main image: Loy Yang A is the most breakdown-prone power station in the country.CREDIT:SIMON O'DWYER Victoria’s brown coal-fired power stations are the most unreliable in the country, breaking down far more often than power p...
Read articleSolar rebates to return on July 1 with first-in best-dressed system
By Michael Fowler - The Age - 18 June 2019 Victoria's solar rebate scheme will be capped to about 3000 homes a month from July 1, in a revamped, first-in best-dressed system. The state government has changed its solar rebate scheme so that it is now similar to buying concert tickets,...
Read articleAustralia’s largest solar and battery farm opens in Kerang, improves energy security
By Beth Gibson - ABC News - 14 June 2019 PHOTO: The battery stores 100 per cent renewable energy generated from the solar panels. (Supplied: Edify Energy) Australia's largest integrated battery and solar farm was officially opened in Victoria's north on Friday. The 50-megawa...
Read articleElectric cars and renewable energy could drive new outback mining boom
By Emilia Terzon - ABC News - 11 June 2019 Main image: PHOTO: Parts needed to make electric cars could be dug up in the NT. (ABC News: Leah MacLennan) Electric cars and wind turbines could be pivotal to fuelling the next outback mining boom, with resource companies and start-ups wo...
Read articleNSW quietly cancels 200MW virtual power plant, redirects funds to solar loans
By Michael Mazengarb - RenewEconomy - 11 June 2019 The NSW government has quietly cancelled a $50 million program to establish a 200MW virtual power plant, to cover the costs of an election promise to provide interest-free loans to households for solar and batteries. The now canned S...
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