Facebook Oregon data centre to be powered by 437MW of solar
Internet giant Facebook and western US electric company Pacific Power last week announced plans for their data centre to be powered by 437MW of solar Oregon that will provide clean power…
Rooftop solar will generate more than coal by 2040, saving billions
Rooftop solar will generate more than coal by Australian homes and businesses and is on track to generate between 31-50TWh of power across the National Electricity Market by 2040, according…
Raising energy efficiency standard could save households billions
Strengthening the energy efficiency requirements of Australia’s residential building code could reduce household electricity and gas bills by a whopping $18.9 billion between now and 2050, a new report has…
Victoria’s building code forces people to connect to the gas network
Did you know Victoria’s building code forces people to connect a new house to the gas network? The question is why? The hidden fossil fuel subsidy that costs homeowners thousands. Getting…
CSIRO Energise app to help solve energy puzzle
The CSIRO Energise app will help solve the energy puzzle. How? Knowledge is power, or so the saying goes. But a new research project being conducted by the CSIRO is…
All-electric solar powered homes could save owners thousands
Disconnecting from gas and living in all-electric solar powered homes could save Australian households thousands of dollars in energy costs, a new study has found – as much as $18,000…
Budweiser switches to Hydrogen trucks – what about Carlton United?
Budweiser switches to hydrogen truck, so what about Carlton United? Anheuser-Busch (“A-B”), the largest brewer in the USA and owners of Budweiser, Corona, Stella Artois, Beck’s and other beer brands,…
Looking for energy independence? Make your solar smarter
If you are looking for energy independence, then the first step is to make your solar smarter. Building automation generally has been the automatic centralised control of a building’s heating, ventilation,…
Indigenous Daly River community is running on solar
The Indigenous Daly River Community is running on solar! The remote community south of Darwin, is now officially running on solar only during the day, after the installation of 1MW…
Australia Zoo – Home of “crocodile hunter” goes solar
Australia Zoo, the Queensland native wildlife park founded by the late “crocodile hunter,” Steve Irwin, is going solar with a 648kW PV array – the largest of any zoo in…