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Stationary superstore Officeworks has followed its Wesfarmers stablemate Bunnings in pledging to source 100 per cent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2025, starting with an on-store rooftop solar rollout. Officeworks on Friday…

One Step Off The Grid South Australia’s Liberal government has thrown another nearly $20 million at its Home Battery Scheme, boosting its overall target from 280MWh of installed capacity to 440MWh, and paving the way for consumers to…

November is still in its infancy but Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM) is on track to record its third consecutive month of achieving more than 30% renewable energy. November 6, 2020 David CarrollData provided by OpenNem.org.au…

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency is chipping in over $700,000 to help Frasers Property Australia build 51 energy efficient homes complete with a solar embedded network. The idea is to demonstrate to the wider housing sector that…

A new analysis by Rewiring America — a grant-funded non-profit — shows that transitioning to 100% clean energy would save Americans as much as $321 billion in energy costs. The report, No Place Like Home: Fighting Climate Change (and…

A new, all-Australian designed and made rooftop solar mounting solution has been launched on the local market, in a deal between Victoria-based manufacturer SolPod and global heavyweight, Schletter. SolPod said on Sunday that it had signed…

Transmission company Transgrid is to build the first big battery in Australia using Tesla’s recently introduced Megapack battery technology, and what is likely to the first of more than 10 big batteries to be built across NSW as it…

Rooftop solar installation figures in Victoria have plunged dramatically in recent months but an easing of Covid-19 restrictions has provided a welcome boost for the state’s small-scale solar installers. October 23, 2020 David CarrollSolar…

In a move which is sure to pan out well for Granny Smith gold mine in Western Australia, Aggreko has installed one of Australia’s largest renewable energy microgrids comprising 7.7 MWp of solar energy generation which will integrate with…

Apple, Amazon and Walmart are the top three corporate solar users Tech giants, major retailers and other corporate leaders are making investments in clean energy. The group collectively installed 1,286 megawatts (MW) of new commercial…