Horizon Power is using solar to help its Reconciliation efforts
Horizon Power has launched its Reconciliation Action Plan to strengthen relationships with Indigenous peoples. Among the many-faceted mandates in the Plan is a recognition of the utility of solar in remote communities.
Windlab set to change hands, flags write-down on Kennedy solar-wind-battery park
The developer has confirmed a nearly $30 million write-down on its troubled Kennedy Energy Park and entered into a binding agreement on a $1 a share takeover bid from a consortium that includes Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest’s Squadron Energy.
Rio Tinto to invest $1 billion toward climate change goals
Rio Tinto set to invest approximately $1 billion over the next five years as the mining giant looks to deliver on its new climate change goals and particularly its 2050 net zero emissions target.
SA home battery subsidies to decrease, Victoria’s battery rebate expands to more postcodes
The South Australian Government is expected to announce a decrease in the subsidy level and cap for its Home Battery Scheme this week, while the Victorian Government has more than doubled the eligible postcodes for its Solar Homes program.
SA bushfire victims to get free sonnen batteries
The South Australian Government has partnered with sonnen to offer 188 families a locally assembled sonnenBatterie as they rebuild their homes.
Tasmania to invest $50 million toward green hydrogen vision
The Tasmanian Government has announced a $50 million investment package toward its green hydrogen ambitions over the next 10 years.
Beyond blobs on a map: NSW Central West REZ to be shovel ready in 2022
With a Commonwealth MoU in hand and a ‘flexible’ attitude to the regulatory processes governing transmission build in Australia’s National Electricity Market, the NSW Department of Planning and Environment is revving up its plans to develop a demonstrator Renewable Energy Zone.
The kids of Goat Hill: Altura proposes 1GW of east-coast pumped hydro projects
You’ll recall that in 2019, an Australian National University Study identified 22,000 potential pumped-hydro energy storage sites across Australia. Altura Group, is proposing development of three east-coast sites that are also close to strong transmission connections, abundant renewable resources and load centres.
How to manage gigawatts of rooftop solar and batteries? AEMO’s DER register is live!
Australia’s distributed energy resources — rooftop solar, batteries, smart devices — have become a force to be reckoned with, and AEMO has opened its DER Register to help integrate consumer assets into what is expected to become the world’s most sophisticated two-way energy market.
NSW Government’s Empowering Homes program set in motion
The Berejiklian government has launched a pilot program that will allow eligible Hunter residents to access interest-free loans for battery and solar-battery systems.
