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Tributes flood in for “solar champion” Govind Kant
Tributes continue to flow for Trina Solar Australia assistant director Govind Kant, who died in India on Sunday from the coronavirus at just 47 years of age.
As RenewEconomy reported on Tuesday, Trina Solar Asia Pacific said on Monday…
Victorian councils commit to renewable energy future
The Victorian Energy Collaboration (VECO) will see 46 of Victoria’s 79 local councils powered by renewable energy with Melbourne-based energy retailer Red Energy, an offshoot of the Federal Government-owned Snowy Hydro, signing an agreement…
What the Clean Energy for America Act Gets Right — And How It Can Improve
Originally published on the World Resources Institute.By John Feldmann, Devashree Saha, and Rajat Shrestha
Under the Biden administration’s infrastructure plan, tax credits for clean energy and technologies are expected…
Push to ban solar cold-calling intensifies, as company fined $3m
The Victorian company found guilty in the Federal Court of using a “deceptive ruse” to market rooftop solar systems, as well as false claims of Clean Energy Council accreditation, has been fined $3 million.
In a judgment handed down on…
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…
Taylor awards $15 million grant to Darwin big battery that will cut gas generation
The proposed 35MW Darwin big battery has received a major funding boost, with the federal government announcing it would provide $15 million of the estimated $30 million cost of the project, which is expected to significantly reduce gas…
Vic Solar cops $3 million fine after thousands targeted with ‘predatory’ tactics
The Melbourne-based Vic Solar Technologies has been fined $3 million after the Federal Court of Australia found it guilty of multiple breaches of Australian Consumer Law, including making misleading representations to consumers, failing to…
Tesla Powerwall To Get Huge Boost Via Software Update Next Month
Just following news that Tesla solar power systems (Tesla solar panels and Tesla solar roofs) will only come bundled with Powerwalls starting with orders placed next week, Tesla CEO & Technoking Elon Musk added that some huge…
Musk says Tesla will only sell Solar Roof and panels with Powerwall batteries
Tesla co-founder and CEO Elon Musk has dropped another Twitter bomb, this time announcing that starting next week, Tesla solar PV panels and Tesla’s integrated solar glass tile roof would be sold only as a package deal with the company’s…
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…