8th February 2021 A 1MW “solar garden” being built in the NSW Riverina region to offer virtual solar plots to community members without a suitable rooftop of their own, has opened for membership. The Haystacks Solar Garden – a joint effort of…
Tesla unveils standalone inverter, “completing” home solar product line-up
20th January 2021 Tesla has unveiled the latest addition to its suite of energy products – launching a standalone solar inverter that fills a key gap in its household solar, storage and electric vehicle offering. Tesla quietly updated its website…
Alpha ESS launches 13.3kWh battery for $5k less than a Tesla Powerwall 2
21st November 2020 Just as Tesla quietly upped the Australian price of its Powerwall 2 home battery by $800, a new residential energy storage offering has appeared on the market offering roughly the same capacity for nearly $5,000 less. The new offering…
“First of its kind” solar panel upcycling plant on cards after federal grant win
29th October 2020 A Melbourne-based company has won a federal government grant to set up a first of its kind solar panel upcycling plant, to transform potentially hazardous solar panel waste into value-added materials. The initiative is led by industrial…
Vertical solar array delivers cheaper power for Melbourne apartment building
2nd October 2020 An 87-panel vertical solar array has been installed at a residential apartment building in Melbourne, to get around the dual problems of unsuitable roof space and high power bills. The unusual system – one of few in…
ACT government to build first all-electric hospital, powered by renewables
18th September 2020 The ACT government has announced that a new $500 million hospital being built in Canberra’s south will be all-electric, ruling out the use of gas for heating and cooling equipment, allowing the hospital to become one of…
World-first fossil-free steel manufacturing plant completed in Sweden
8th September 2020 The global production of zero emissions steel has taken a massive step forward, with a world leading Swedish project completing the construction of a world-first fossil-free steel pilot plant in Luleå, Sweden. Three Swedish firms came together…
One of world’s biggest inland floating solar systems begins construction in Singapore
21st August 2020 Construction has begun on what is being called one of the world’s largest inland floating solar PV systems, a 60MW project on the Tengeh Reservoir in Singapore, which is also one of the first in the world…
Iconic AC Cobra sports car goes electric
12th July 2020 English sports car brand AC Cars has just launched an electric version of its iconic AC Cobra that looks identical to the original 1962 AC Cobra, The new AC Cobra will sport a number of upgrades to bring it…
ITP battery test does your homework for you
2nd July 2020 With more than two million Australian households already installing rooftop solar pv, we have become world-leaders in distributed energy. Now home batteries are emerging as the next front in the home energy revolution. But with the popular…