Sophie Vorrath
Sophie is editor of One Step Off The Grid and deputy editor of its sister site, Renew Economy. Sophie has been writing about clean energy for more than a decade.
Sophie is editor of One Step Off The Grid and deputy editor of its sister site, Renew Economy. Sophie has been writing about clean energy for more than a decade.
Australian Federal Government Governments News & Commentary Renewables Solar
Tony Abbott a no-show at solar industry meeting in Warringah
A meeting of NSW solar industry representatives and candidates for the federal seat of Warringah was missing the sitting member.
Markets News & Commentary Solar Solar Thermal
Sundrop Farms sells solar tower powered greenhouse business
Adelaide-based sustainable agriculture trailblazer sells solar thermal arid-zone greenhouse business to NZ-based infrastructure group Morrison & Co.
Governments Queensland Government Solar
Electricians reject Queensland solar rule: Adds “nothing but red tape”
Electricians body says new rules on solar installations are no good. “Our members didn’t do 4-year electrical apprenticeship (to) lift heavy solar panels."
Monash Renewables Research Groups, Institutes and Universities Storage
Scientists edge closer to stable, cheap green hydrogen production
Monash University team says it makes "critical" progress on the path to industrial production of green hydrogen fuel by water electrolysis.
Battery micro-grids Smart Energy Solar Storage
Portable battery technology to debut at W.A. gold mine
Western Australia gold mine one of first sites in world to test out new, modular lithium-ion battery storage solution by EU-based Aggreko and subsidiary Younicos.
Governments Rooftop PV Solar Victorian Government
Victoria rooftop solar market languishing since rebate pause: SunWiz
New data confirms Victoria’s residential rooftop solar market “languishing” since pause in state rebate scheme early last month.
Governments News & Commentary Queensland Government Solar Utility PV
Job losses begin in Queensland as new solar rule puts 50% target at risk
Solar labourers forced to down tools, says CEC, as Queensland solar businesses scramble to accommodate "absurd" new rule and 50% renewables target at risk.
Governments Queensland Government Rooftop PV Solar Utility PV
Carry On up the solar farm: Queensland’s baffling new solar rules
Slight alteration to Queensland's new solar rules allows labourers to hold panels, but only if an electrician is holding them at the same time.
Governments News & Commentary Renewables Wind
First turbine completed at Tasmania’s Cattle Hill wind farm
First turbine completed at Goldwind's 144MW Cattle Hill wind farm in Tasmania, which will boost the island state's wind power capacity by 50% once complete.
Governments Solar Utility PV Victorian Government
Numurkah solar farm, to help power steel works, Melbourne trams, begins production
Neoen's 100MW Numurkah solar farm, which will help power Sanjeev Gupta's Laverton steel works, and Melbourne's trams, starts production.
