Solar roof tiles, along with windows and even cladding that can generate solar power, are exciting new building materials, but figuring out how to integrate these – and cost them – at the design phase of a building is difficult. To fix this problem, RMIT University has created software that helps architects and engineers incorporate,…
The combination of rooftop solar and large scale solar set yet another new record over the weekend, accounting for 126.7 per cent of South Australia state demand at its peak at 12.55pm (AEST) on Sunday. The new benchmark, sourced from data analysts GPE NEMLog2, comes just a week after rooftop solar alone accounted for more…
Victoria’s Solar Homes scheme has been adjusted, again, this time to allow double dipping on the rebate offered on rooftop PV panels, under certain circumstances. State energy minister Lily D’Ambrosio said on Thursday that households that had already taken advantage of rebates and interest-free loans for solar could now access the program again if they…
With funding from the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA) Victoria, Boundary Power has developed a relocatable, hydrogen
After meeting with Aboriginal elders at Narrandera, in regional New South Wales, Beon Energy Solutions’ Justin Coburn employed local Wiradjuri and Yorta Yorta woman Shaurntae Lyons to help coordinate community engagement for the construction of Iberdrola’s 240MW Avonlie Solar Farm. We talk to Justin and Shaurntae about how their teamwork has left a lasting legacy…
New South Wales may well have the biggest fleet of coal generators in the country – even after the closure of the ageing Liddell coal generator in April – but it may be about to stun the energy world with a new, unexpected record for renewables. On Thursday this week, the share of renewables in…
A $500 million solar farm has been flagged as the first project from a new Tasmanian renewables company called TasRex, which has been launched with ambitious plans to build a 5GW portfolio of onshore and offshore renewable projects. The company made its official launch at the Bell Bay Advanced Manufacturing Zone on Thursday, and is…
Australia has set yet another rooftop solar record, this time for average system size, which reach a new all-time high of 9.59kW over the month of September, according to the latest data from SunWiz. In what was a slightly quieter month for installs, compared to August, SunWiz says that number of households installing systems with…
It’s the feeling I get from seeing small seedlings sprout from the seedling trays in my glasshouse at the start of spring. It’s the warm fuzzies I get from knowing our rain water tank is full. It’s the deep satisfaction from presenting a meal to friends that’s made from our own produce. These are the…
NSW has dominated the rankings of big solar output in September, almost Steven Bradbury-like as its competitors knocked themselves out of the running due to negative average prices over the month. According to the latest data from energy analysts Rystad Energy, solar farms in NSW accounted for 14 of the top 20 facilities in terms…
Renewables covered more than half of Germany’s electricity consumption so far this year, according to calculations by utility association BDEW and the Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Wuerttemberg (ZSW). Between January and September, the amount of renewables in the electricity mix rose to around 52 percent – an increase of almost five percentage…
The Western Australia town that was shifted, en masse, off the reticulated gas network and taken all-electric is now the focus of a new retail energy offer targeting households that are unable to install rooftop solar. Horizon Power, which last year began the process of electrifying hundreds of homes and businesses in Esperance after the…