With Australian electricity prices amongst the highest in the world, more and more households are going solar. The big power companies say the Renewable Energy Target is undermining their businesses and they want it wound back. The federal government agrees, so who is to blame for the high price of power? Jess Hill investigates. via […]
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A QUEENSLAND company that sold allegedly faulty circuit breakers that caused at least 70 burnouts in rooftop solar panel arrays has gone bust, leaving tens of thousands of homeowners at risk of electrical fires. Advancetech, based on the Sunshine Coast, went into receivership on Friday, only four days after Queensland Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie ordered the […]
Furnishing giant IKEA yesterday will roll out a solar panel energy system across its East Coast stores, resulting in the largest commercial installation in Australia.Collectively, the installation, across seven IKEA buildings, will include over 16,000 panels, with an annual output of 5,495 million kilowatt hours of electricity. All five stores in Queensland, Victoria and NSW, […]
The electricity network business serving southeast Queensland, Energex, expect s this week it will have connected a quarter of a million solar PV systems to its network. Energex is finding that even though the government has slashed the price solar owners are paid for their electricity, down from 44 cents per kilowatt-hour to just 8 […]
GYMPIE’S Wide Bay region is leading the nation in revolt against big electricity cartels and the governments that back them, according to advocacy group Solar Citizens. And residents of the Gympie postcode area are in with a chance to win the race to become the first community in Australia with a solar panel on every […]
SWITCHING to solar energy is set to turn the Mount Isa Irish Association into one of the greenest clubs in Australia. See your ad here In a bid to combat crippling electricity costs on businesses, the club will have its 200 kilowatt solar upgrade (stage 2) up and running later this month. Irish Club manager […]
ELECTRICITY bills of zero are the massive spin-off Thagoona’s Larrissa Williams has experienced after installing solar panels on her roof. Instead of bills of $1000 a quarter, she now pays nothing. Ms Williams is one of an increasing number of Ipswich residents moving to solar power. She started off with a three-kilowatt system with 11 […]
HERVEY Bay is the third-biggest adopter of solar power in Australia, a solar power advocacy group says – and it’s not for the environment that we’re doing it. Easing the pressure on our wallets is the main motivator for the 6641 households that have installed solar panels in Hervey Bay according to the national Solar […]
The Federal Government has released details of its Direct Action policy to tackle climate change. The long awaited government white paper on climate change was released on Thursday, with the Government pledging that another one billion dollars will be allocated in the May budget “with further funding to be considered in future budgets”. Auctions for […]
To go with that could be your solar powered tent with flexible LCD screen, electronic barbecue tongs and for the lady who has everything, hiking heels. Perhaps you aren’t aware of the world of glamping – or glamour camping. As people get ‘back to nature’ increasingly they are seeking mod cons, explains Andrea Ferris who […]
