Keith Gregg has not paid an electricity bill in over a year after installing a solar battery at his Helensvale home on the Gold Coast, but if you’re considering doing the same, there is no financial assistance from the Queensland government in the latest state budget. Key points: Queensland’s Energy Minister says a discontinued household […]
The price of home batteries has gone up by about 15 per cent because of the global demand for electric vehicles, says Solar Run managing director Anthony Kurta, whose company is one of the largest installers in Victoria. But that hasn’t stopped his customers: “The uptake has been fantastic – people are concerned there is […]
Sun Cable’s Australia-Asia PowerLink, the massive solar and battery project backed by Australia’s two richest men, Andrew Forrest and Mike Cannon-Brookes, has cleared another important hurdle with a ringing endorsement of its economic merits from Infrastructure Australia. The endorsement by Infrastructure Australia, a government agency, means the project can advance to the stage 3, “investment […]
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham addresses the American Solar Energy Conference at the University of New Mexico Student Union Building on Wednesday. Elected officials and solar energy industry leaders spoke about the successes and challenges of New Mexico’s renewable energy transition. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/Albuquerque Journal) A rainy morning couldn’t dampen the sunny enthusiasm at the […]
PVC panels may not be enough to take pressure off the grid and keep the lights on The West Australian
Princeton Engineering researchers have developed the first perovskite solar cell with a commercially viable lifetime, marking a major milestone for an emerging class of renewable energy technology. The team projects their device can perform above industry standards for around 30 years, far more than the 20 years used as a threshold for viability for solar […]
