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Solar water pumps: cheaper, easier but routinely underestimated
Victorian company Commodore Independent Energy Systems has evaluated how much customers save by using solar water pumps compared to diesel or mains-connected pumps. Based on its calculations, the smallest solar water pumps save customers…
The United States Consumed a Record Amount of Renewable Energy in 2020
In 2020, consumption of renewable energy in the United States grew for the fifth year in a row, reaching a record high of 11.6 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu), or 12% of total U.S. energy consumption. Renewable energy was the only…
FRV to add its first battery in Australia with hybrid solar-storage power plant
Solar developer Fotowatio Renewable Ventures has announced plans to build a 5 megawatt solar-storage hybrid power plant near Dalby in southern Queensland, the first time it has built such a facility.The Dalby Hybrid Power Plant will include…
Aldi takes first place in supermarket race to 100% renewables
Aldi Australia committed to reaching 100% renewable energy for its operations by the end of 2021, it’s done that with six months to spare. Achieved through an unprecedented commercial solar rollout, PPAs with two wind farms, and renewable…
With 9 New Gigawatts Of Solar Power, BP Smacks ExxonMobil Upside The Head (Again)
Ouch, this one’s gotta hurt. ExxonMobil suffered a 3rd degree media burn last week, when climate-friendly activist investors managed to seat two of their candidates on the company’s board of directors. Now here comes BP to rub it in, with a…
NSW calls for 8,000MW of wind, solar and storage proposals for New England
Federal National Party MP for New England Barnaby Joyce might need a new shovel: the state Liberal government has just kicked off a tender for up to 8,000MW of new wind, solar and storage capacity in the New England region, in the largest…
Telsa boss declares Australia can power renewable energy age
Tesla has revealed it expects to spend more than $1 billion a year on raw materials from Australia for its batteries but the electric vehicles giant said the nation has the chance to secure a much more lucrative slice of the global supply…
New UCS Research: Utilities’ Uneconomic Coal Use Is Being Called Out in 25 States
Courtesy of Union Of Concerned Scientists.By Joseph Daniel, Senior energy analyst
When I came to UCS three years ago, coal self-commitment—the practice of coal plants running when cheaper (and cleaner) resources are available on…
Australia’s “father of PV” says your next rooftop solar system might be tens of kilowatts
The “father of PV,” UNSW Scientia Professor Martin Green has predicted that the average Australian solar household will soon be installing “tens of kilowatts” on their rooftops, probably coupled with battery storage, as panel costs…
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…