by Debbie Thorpe | May 8, 2018 | Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Farm, Solar PV
The location of Victoria’s State Coal Mine is now becoming a renewable center because of the construction of a 30 MW South Gippsland solar farm. The project was reported in the Bass Coast Post in April and now a video describing the project has gone live. During its...
by Debbie Thorpe | May 8, 2018 | Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar PV
Diesel generators as a temporary power supply for military operations, disaster relief efforts and music festivals could soon be replaced by mobile solar PVs. An Australian-made innovation, CROSS is a factory assembled, relocatable solar array that has been developed...
by Debbie Thorpe | May 8, 2018 | Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar PV
Australian mining companies are harnessing the power of solar energy for use at mining sites across the country. The use of solar power in the mining industry is a growing trend, with the benefits of reliability and efficiency hard to overlook. Earlier this year,...
by Debbie Thorpe | May 8, 2018 | Electricity Cost, Solar Energy, Solar PV
The Moreland Energy Foundation Ltd (MEFL) and SunTenants launched their Solar for Renters pilot program today which will test out the ‘split incentive’ model for landlords and renters. Moreland is an inner-northern region of Melbourne, where around 38 percent of homes...
by Debbie Thorpe | May 8, 2018 | Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Farm, Solar PV
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released new statistics that show an increase in full-time renewable energy sector jobs of approximately 33 percent in 2016-17 from the previous year. At almost 15,000 jobs, large-scale solar energy installations, rooftop...
by Debbie Thorpe | May 8, 2018 | Electricity Cost, Energy Storage, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar PV
Australia’s leading consumer advocacy group says that solar battery electricity might be cheaper per kilowatt-hour than using grid power. Depending on the time of day and the feed-in tariff (FiT) you get from your energy supplier, the consumer advocate says a large...
