Sydney Morning Herald reports that AEMO CEO is “truly concerned” about the offgrid threat of the rooftop solar boom on the electricity network. This week, Audrey Zibelman, CEO of the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) said that the solar energy revolution could cause the growth of electricity costs for those
The average household power bill would be cut by hundreds of dollars a year by the end of the decade as a result of the new projects built under the RET, says Clean Energy Council Chief Executive Kane Thornton. “The industry is on a high after a record year for
Australian Solar Council reported that off grid solar installations in Australia increased 10% during the second quarter of 2017 compared with Q1. The total number of STCs (Small-scale Technology Certificates) created was 54% above Clean Energy Regulator targets. It also shows there were more than 16,000 SWH (solar water heater) and 41,500
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 enough solar array and battery storage system can
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 solar and wind farms were the biggest contributors to this jump in
The planning approval has been obtained for a 20MW solar farm that will power a data center and crypto-currency mining in the coal-mining center of Collie in Western Australia. A company owned by local energy entrepreneur Ben Tan, Hadouken Pty Ltd., was the one who made the application. Tan has
A research by Bloomberg shows that more than 50 percent of new global car sales are going to be electric by 2040, meaning solar charging stations will be needed to fuel them. Data also shows that lithium battery prices are expected to fall a staggering 70 percent by 2030. Electric
Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) announced an Aussie-first trial of a solar-powered water producing device that extracts drinking water from the air. Coming from US-based company Zero Mass Water, the portable SOURCE hydropanel system sucks in moisture from the atmosphere using solar power, along with purifying and adding minerals to
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 are rentals. Renters often get locked out of the
Clean energy entrepreneur claimed that Australia could be the first continent running on 100 percent clean energy. Yosef Abramowitz, known as ‘Captain Sunshine’, also said that Australia’s entrenched fossil fuel industry is blocking the nation’s renewable potential. As the CEO of Israeli-American clean energy company Energiya Global, Abramowitz is ranked
