| Labor will pledge up to $1 billion to install solar panels at thousands of schools in an ambitious scheme to create "virtual power plants" that put energy back into the electricity grid. |
| The Clean Energy Council calls on the next federal government to adopt a strong clean energy policy. |
| Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has proposed a $36 million microgrid pilot programme to test the feasibility of microgrids in remote and poorly served regions of the country. |
| In the run-up to the May federal election, thirteen farmer and irrigator groups have called for more government support for solar PV and battery storage installed on site, and removal of barriers to connecting on-farm generation to the grid. |
| With rooftop solar still booming all around the country, it’s that time of year to look at which parts of Australia are embracing PV self-generation the most enthusiastically. |
| Jobs in large-scale solar farms tripled last financial year, overtaking the hydro sector for the first time, and helping to drive an overall expansion of employment in the renewable energy sector. |
| Australian tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes wants the country’s politicians to start taking climate change more seriously. Cannon-Brookes, who made his fortune co-founding the enterprise software company Atlassian Corp., is pledging the firm will get all its power from renewable sources by 2025. |
| The Queensland government has laid down regulations for solar farms that will allow only licensed electricians to install or remove PV panels. But the new rules will put hundreds of local jobs at risk and could bring some projects to a standstill, the CEC has warned. |
| Bank Australia, one of the country’s largest mutual banks, is calling on Australian business to lead a market-wide shift to renewable power as it becomes the second Australian company to sign up for the 100 per cent renewable power global business initiative, RE100. |
| In a briefing looking into the renewable energy investment boom, BIS Oxford Economics estimates solar and wind will attract $20 billion of private investment in FY18 and FY19, spread over more than 70 projects. The consultants warn investment will slow beyond 2020 pointing to the upcoming Federal election as critically important for the future of Australia’s renewables pipeline. |
| Smart Energy 2019, NSW’s biggest solar, battery storage and renewable energy conference and exhibition kicks off this Tuesday, 2nd of April. |
| Australia's solar industry is "effectively unregulated" and consumers are falling victim to "predatory" sales tactics which pressure them to buy expensive systems, according to new research. |
| A 30 kW vertical array has powered up at Australia’s Casey research station in Antarctica. The project is one the largest solar installations on the southernmost, ice-covered continent. |
| Korean solar manufacturer Hanwha Q-Cells has lodged a lawsuit with the Federal Court of Australia against Chinese panel makers Jinko and Longi. |
| New released statistics shows Australia making a major contribution to the global utility-scale solar PV uptake. |
| Labor leader Michael Daley has pledged to spend $100 million installing solar panels on hundreds of public schools across NSW. |
| A new property development in Sydney’s north shore by Metro Property Development will be the first in Australia to offer residents $0 electricity bills by integrating battery power into each of the homes. |
| Up to 1000 landlords and their tenants have the chance to team up and cut power bills and emissions under a trial scheme in Bundaberg, Townsville and Gladstone. |
