MORE than one million Australian houses now have solar panels. This represents a good start in producing clean energy and reducing the demand for electricity from dirty, carbon-intensive coal mines via Solar energy having a big impact on power bills | The Courier.
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DUBBO continues to lead the way in NSW with the installation of solar rooftop power systems with 3900 installations, totalling 8.4 megawatts. via Dubbo shines in solar energy push | Daily Liberal.
Australia has passed through another significant solar milestone, reaching 3,000 MW (3 GW) of solar PV this month, as Queensland nudged the 1 GW mark and states such as South Australia reached household penetration rates of 25 per cent. via Australian Rooftop Solar Reaches 3 GW | CleanTechnica.
Australia has passed through another significant solar milestone, reaching 3GW of solar PV this month, as Queensland nudged the 1GW mark and states such as South Australia reached household penetration rates of 25 per cent. via Solar – the people’s power station – reaches 3GW in Australia : Renew Economy.
Why on earth are we so worried about electricity? It’s actually a fair question to ask, when you consider how small a portion power bills are of our expenditure. via Why we hate power companies | Business Spectator.
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After William Grylls and Richard Day discovered photovoltaic energy in 1876 it took decades for the first solar cells to be made available commercially in 1956, and in 2013 there are now more than 1 million rooftops in Australia with solar power. via Albury Wodonga Solar Power Company Talks Incentives from Australian Government.
When a series of tornados tore through the Queensland city of Bundaberg at the beginning of 2013, a Clenergy 9 kilowatt SolarTerrace III solar power system survived. via Solar system withstands Queensland tornados — EcoGeneration — The magazine for Australia’s clean energy industry.
