Tag: solar energy
Uralla in NSW could become the first self-sufficient town in Australia
Environment Minister Mark Speakman has launched a model to help towns plan a transition to 100% renewable energy consumption in the town of Uralla,...
Rio Tinto turns on Australia’s first commercial diesel displacement solar plant
Weipa Solar, a 1.7MW solar PV plant at Rio Tinto's Weipa bauxite mine and processing facilities in north Queensland, has officially begun operation.
The plant –...
Victorian company inks solar manufacturing deal with China
Aussie company RayGen Resources Pty Ltd has signed an agreement with Chinese partner JuYe Solar to expand its manufacturing business in Blackburn in the next five years.
The...
Risen Energy earns its place in the Australian Solar Council’s Positive Quality™ program
China’s Risen Energy has announced that after passing strict production examination and in-depth testing of completed solar panels, it successfully met the requirements of...
Capturing solar energy to deliver ‘microgrid’ power to remote towns in Western Australia
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Remote locations such as Marble Bar and Nullagine in Western Australia, towns which are not connected to the grid, would typically rely solely...
One of the largest Aussie solar power projects comes online
Privately-owned Australian renewable energy company Epuron has announced that the newly expanded Uterne Solar Plant in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory – one...
Panasonic tests solar battery storage system in Australia – inks deals with 3 Aussie...
Electronics giant Panasonic has struck agreements with three Australian energy utilities to trial its home-based battery storage options.
The company has announced pilot projects with...
Australian solar technology installed in Cyprus
Technology from CSIRO’s Newcastle Energy Centre has been successfully installed at the Cyprus Institute research facility - the premier research institute on the island...
Apple goes green in China
It seems that Apple is truly committed to power all its operations on 100% renewable energy.
A team of Apple execs, including CEO Tim Cook...
ABB technology helps propel the world’s first solar plane on historic round-the-world flight
Two Swiss pilots made history yesterday when they took off from the Bateen executive airport in Abu Dhabi on a five-month journey around the...