There is a bewildering number of feed-in tariffs and energy plans on the market, so whether you’re about to go solar or whether you’re planning to switch provider and plan, here are the best five FITs to be had in QLD. Just before we dive in, however, it helps to know how to identify the…
The Clean Energy Council (CEC) released some concerning data last month which could suggest that large-scale renewables projects are becoming less investible. Battery storage has grown by 300% in Q1 2021 compared to Q4 of 2020, but there’s been a steep fall in large-scale renewables projects – investment has fallen to its lowest levels in…
In its latest report, business analyst IHS Markit predicts that Australia’s power storage installations will grow by more than five-fold by 2030. At present, the nation accounts for 3% of the world’s battery installations and is the world’s seventh-largest market. By 2030, according to HIS, it will be the world’s third-largest market and have 7%…
Tesla storage batteries are to be installed in solar-less, low-income homes so that these residents can be part of the government’s virtual power plant (VPP) project. The South Australian government said that this new phase of the VPP would offer cash-strapped consumers cheaper energy, as well as relieving pressure on the state’s grid by storing…
A fire in May at the Callide C coal power station in Biloela, central QLD, left almost half a million homes along the state’s coastline without power. CS Energy, the state government-owned energy company and operator of the 1.5GW Callide Power Station, said that a fire in on of the plant’s turbine halls forced both…
Scientists at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) have come up with an idea to provide enough solar energy to power entire cities – covering Australia’s airports in solar panels. The RMIT team has used real data to work out that by installing solar panels on all of the nation’s 21 government-owned airports, up…
The Yallourn Power Station in the Latrobe Valley will be closing four years earlier than expected, in 2028, to be replaced by a grid-scale battery. The 1,480MW brown coal plant is deemed to be one of Australia’s dirtiest power plants. The plant was built in the 1970sand has been prone to outages in recent years.…
Can I replace my old lead Acid Batteries with Lithium? To answer your question – YES you can! Do you have an off grid solar system and your old lead acid batteries, gel batteries or maybe even some old saltwater batteries (oh dear) and they really are not performing as they used too? I spoke…