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Northern Territory targets renewable energy schemes with budget spending
While Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is putting the finishing touches on the Federal Budget, the Northern Territory Government has already rolled out its 2021-22 Budget and solar PV and battery storage are among its spending priorities with an…
Simon Hackett uses big Redflow battery system to create microgrid at Tassie farm
Redflow ZBM2 zinc-bromine flow batteries deployed at The Vale
A solar and storage microgrid based around a 280kWh zinc-bromine flow battery system by Australian company Redflow has been completed at a Tasmanian sheep and cattle farm, where…
Global database for PV system performance
The database brings together photovoltaic performance data and meteorological values from PV systems located in all climate zones. It is being built by an international consortium including the Fraunhofer Centre for Silicon Photovoltaics…
Deakin Uni launches renewable microgrid, with Australia’s biggest on-campus solar farm
A $23 million renewable energy microgrid that includes a 2MWh battery storage system and Australia’s largest on-campus solar farm at 7MW, has been switched on in Victoria by Deakin University.
The microgrid was launched at Deakin’s Waurn…
Melbourne developer unveils Australia’s ‘largest’ vertical solar PV system
Victorian-based property developer Beulah has announced its soon-to-be-completed Paragon tower in the heart of Melbourne will be home to the nation’s largest and most efficient vertical solar PV system. April 8, 2021 David CarrollThe $200…
Sydney factory to share excess rooftop solar power with employees
The 800kW rooftop PV system installed at Hunter Douglas’ Rydalmere factory
An 800kW solar system installed on the industrial rooftop of a window furnishing company in Sydney will soon supply power to that company’s employees, by offering…
How to protect rooftop PV systems from fire risk
Dutch research institute TNO has released a series of guidelines to reduce fire hazards in rooftop PV installations. The study follows a series of fire accidents that occurred between 2018 and 2020 in the Netherlands, for which the main…
Budweiser shouts “green beer” for all on St Patrick’s Day in the US
US beer brand Budweiser has pledged to turn each and every beer green on St Patrick’s Day in the US; not with food dye – as is the tradition for American beer drinkers on March 17 – but with renewable energy.
The Anheuser-Busch owned brewer…
Hybrid operational strategy to use lithium-ion storage in commercial PV arrays
Lithium-ion batteries can not only improve self-consumption in commercial PV systems but are also able to efficiently perform peak shaving and price arbitrage, according to an international research group which has proposed a new strategy…
Rooftop solar rebate of up to 50 pct extended to small business in Victoria
Rooftop solar rebates offering to cover up to 50 per cent of the cost of a PV system will be made available to small businesses in Victoria, as part of the state government’s Solar Homes scheme.
Victorian energy minister Lily D’Ambrosio…