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…
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…
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,…
Big energy users and residentials are sick of the grid
It seems that even big users of energy and the owners of residential mansions are sick of the grid and choosing to cut their links with the main network, and…
Australian solar ROI – should you be installing it?
There’s been plenty of talk about how Australian solar households are warming to the idea of battery storage, but little concrete data to back this up. Until now. A new…
Chinese solar inverter brand de-listed over safety issues
The Clean Energy Council’s crackdown on rooftop solar system quality in Australia has claimed another scalp, the Chinese solar inverter brand de-listed is manufactured by China-based company Shenzhen Sofarsolar. The…
Tesla battery plus solar is now “significantly cheaper” than grid power
The results are in, Tesla battery plus solar is now “significantly cheaper” than grid power. In November 2016, our analysis shows that a Tesla Powerwall installation and a 5kW rooftop…
Solar PV installation figures continue to go through the roof, as Australians delivers record growth
Extraordinary figures continue to roll in from the year that was for renewable energy in Australia, but easily the most outstanding so far are the numbers – and “eye watering charts”…