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How mum of five saved thousands a year on her electricity bills
Heating and cooling the family home, running multiple fridges and the endless loads of laundry that come with having a large family saw the power bills for her family's five-acre property on Sydney's outskirts climb to an eye-watering $2100…
Why Indonesia wants Australia’s help to supply world with EVs and batteries
Australia and Indonesia are forging closer economic ties built on what each country can offer the other in the transition to clean energy. Indonesia is emerging as a maker of electric vehicles and the batteries that power them. Australia…
Europe can exceed the ’30 GW goal’ by 2025, says latest study
The European Solar PV Industry Alliance (ESIA) recently announced that Europe can exceed the EU's 30 GW annual PV manufacturing capacity goal with proper policy support by 2025. The alliance also elaborated that Europe has the…
Assault of the Batteries
It appears that Australia is in the middle of a massive assault of new battery installations. Will this decade be for batteries what last decade was for rooftop solar? Highly likely. After the success of the Hornsdale Battery Reserve in…
BHP plans 550MW of wind, solar and storage as Pilbara mines go electric
Mining giant BHP says it plans to build around 550MW of wind, solar and battery storage in the Pilbara as part of a $4 billion plan to electrify and decarbonise its global mining operations, and save money while doing so.
The plans were…
State puts vanadium tech to test as ‘Australian first’ manufacturing plant opened
Critical energy minerals company Vecco Group has celebrated the official opening of Australia’s first commercial-scale vanadium battery electrolyte manufacturing facility in Townsville by announcing it has secured a contract to provide…
Chicagoland counties boost solar via “group-buy” program
A solar "group-buy" program called the Solar Switch Chicagoland was recently launched to offer residential customers and small businesses in five Chicagoland counties deep discounts for quality solar installations. As part of the…
The Success Of “Clean Cities” Shows How US Government Can Help Deploy More Clean Tech
A long-standing federal effort to decarbonize transportation proves how advanced technologies can make meaningful, real-world impacts by intertwining national goals and initiatives with local, community-based actions.
Clean Cities…
Naturgy opens new Victoria wind farm as part of major renewables and storage push
Total 0 Shares Spanish energy group Naturgy has begun operations at a new 109MW wind farm in Victoria and confirmed plans to quadruple its renewable and storage capacity in Australia to more than 2.2GW over the next two years.…
Key contracts awarded for 120 GWh pumped hydro project
The Queensland government has awarded two key contracts for what it says will be the largest pumped hydro energy project in the world, with the proposed 5 GW/120 GWh Pioneer-Burdekin pumped hydro energy storage system to form a cornerstone…