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The most buzz-worthy solar/renewable industry news from the past week.
- Victorians have given renewable energy a big tick of approval by voting to keep Labor in government for four more years, with a mandate to expand and increase investment in solar, wind and battery storage.
Read the full article at PV Magazine
- Australian Vintage has become the first wine producer in Australia to sign a large-scale Renewable Corporate Power Purchase Agreement, so 90 per cent of electricity consumption at its largest site will be met by solar and wind power.
Read the full article at Industry Update
- A grant from the City of Sydney helps tenants of a student housing co-operative in Newtown set up a solar power system, overcoming several challenges and barriers in their quest to live a sustainable life.
Read the full article at Architecture And Design
- For the first time, researchers have succeeded in creating an iron molecule that can function both as a photocatalyst to produce fuel and in solar cells to produce electricity. The results indicate that the iron molecule could replace the more expensive and rarer metals used today.
Read the full article at Science Daily
- SMA have announced that in 2018 they will have commissioned 1.8GW of solar inverter power in Australia, bringing the total utility-scale PV power plant installation base in Australia above 2GW.
Read the full article at EcoGeneration
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