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NZ biggest corporate PPA seeks up to 2,000GWh a year of new renewables
A group of New Zealand’s largest commercial and industrial energy users, including dairy giant Fonterra, has joined forces to procure what could be thousands of gigawatt-hours a year of renewable electricity via one of the nation’s first…
Trina Solar powers up to 600W PV module, throws down gauntlet to industry
Just four months after Trina Solar opened orders for its top-of-the-range 500W PV modules in Australia, the Chinese solar giant has thrown down the gauntlet to the industry with the global launch of a 600W module.
The 600W Vertex module…
Green Peak Energy and Energy Ease partner up to make green energy PPAs easy
Solar PPAs are now easier than ever to acquire for large companies and enterprise thanks to the partnership of Green Peak Energy and Energy Ease. The duo have joined forces to offer the Energy Ease PPA, a one stop shop for large solar PPAs…
Ah McCain…you’ve done it again! McCain to build Australia’s largest ‘behind-the-meter’ system
It’s crunch time for renewables and McCain Foods is chipping in with what is being called Australia’s largest ‘behind-the-meter’ renewable energy system at its production facility in Ballarat. The 8.2 MW system will feature 17, 000 solar…
McCain Foods goes big on solar in Victoria, in bid to quit coal by 2025
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McCain Foods Australia will slash the grid electricity consumption of one of its Victorian sites by just under 40 per cent with the installation of an 8.2MW renewable energy system, including a massive 7MW…
McDonald’s opens net-zero emissions restaurant at Disney World, Florida
Global fast food giant McDonald’s announced last week that it had opened the world’s first net-zero emission McDonald’s restaurant at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, with over a thousand rooftop solar panels covering 100% of its energy…
Biden-Sanders task force calls for 500m solar panels in five years
A wide-ranging joint report published by the Democratic presidential candidate and his former rival includes the section: ‘Undoing the harms of the Trump administration and righting the wrongs.’ July 14, 2020 Blake MatichJoe Biden checks…
Queensland solar retailer cops hefty fine for telemarketing breaches
A Queensland-based solar retailer has been slapped with a fine of just over $50,000 dollars for the use of non-compliant and “aggressive” phone sales tactics, including making tens of thousands of unsolicited calls to numbers listed on the…
Solar PV World Expo (PV Guangzhou 2020)
With gathering the foremost
solar photovoltaic brands in China, Solar PV World Expo, one of the largest and most
influential PV trade shows in China, is a strategic platform not only for domestic and
international manufacturers to display…
Tesla 2.2MWh battery to help solar power South Australia poultry farm
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A 2.28MWh commercial-scale Tesla battery system added to a 1.4MW rooftop solar array will slash the grid electricity consumption of a South Australian poultry farm by more than 70 per cent, and its emissions by…